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02-15-2009, 10:20 AM
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I Tought They Would Have Migrated
17 degrees and I've got two Eurasian Collared Doves cooing in the Aspen
in the back yard!!!!Man, I would have thought they would have gone south with the Mourning Doves...as they are new to Colorado, guess I've got a lot to learn about them. Dan 
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02-15-2009, 12:50 PM
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I wonder if thats not the species that has showed up in South Dakota the last few years. If so they will stay all winter. Can you get a pic. of them for me ?
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02-15-2009, 04:13 PM
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Nulle, I'll try to get a pic...they are a tan instead of grey....nearly twice the size of a mourning dove. Kinda like a dove on steroids!!!
Dan Hey, I just Googled this under Eurasian Dove.................perfect pics! D
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02-15-2009, 04:30 PM
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Collared Doves
Talked with a biologist for the state and they consider 'em pests here and are trying to find a way to eradicate them. I was trying to help 'em along by shooting them as they came off the ridge behind the house.
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02-16-2009, 12:30 PM
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The ones we have are same color as the dove but with a black band partly around the neck and I will try and get a pic today of them
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02-16-2009, 06:36 PM
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That be them....google has good pics.....I'm not a camry freek.....
Dan 
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02-17-2009, 12:26 PM
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I looked it up and thats the bird we have in Western South Dakota. I first noticed them with being just a few pairs about 5 years back. Now there are more and more and the mainly are staying in the cities and towns.
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02-18-2009, 06:48 AM
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When the cool snaps push the mourning dove south, I've put the scatter gun up....as these stay around, guess I can get a couple more trips in! In Co,
they count in the aggregate. Dan
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02-19-2009, 10:03 AM
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Might be rather interesting what the Game and Fish Depts. list them. Would they be game birds with the doves, song birds subject to protecting or pests like pigeons ?
If they can make money on them I am sure they will be a season. They are non-migratory so we might be able to hunt them all year.
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02-19-2009, 12:39 PM
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I believe I saw a couple of those this week. Is it possible they have a foothold this far East. They looked like a regual dove but were tan. I thought it strange but figured the liberals had something to do with it.
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