eurasian collared-dove

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Grandpa Fudge

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did anybody else shoot one during dove season?? they are a great looking dove! i wanted to have it freeze dry mounted but i guess they don't do it in calif. anymoore and it is hard to mount a dove with just one .. there is a story in dove hunters mag about them .. sept- oct. 2003 www,dovesociety.org good hunting and keep your eyes open for them!! great looking bird!! grandpa fudge
 
Another exotic. They prefer to live in towns or close to towns. They also make the most aweful noises I've heard. Hopefully, they won't bother the native Mourning Dove populations.
 
Originally posted by Grandpa Fudge:
[qb]i never heard them ! the story said they don't count in your bag limit!! great looking bird![/qb]
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In Nebraska, they are treated and protected along with mourning doves. I think is because most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the two.
 
i only saw three birds here in calif.. it took me 3 trips to finaly get them in range for the 28 ga. i hit two and found one!! we hunt pigeons at the same place so i hope we can get some more and be legal.. i need to ask the dfg. if we can hunt them anytime.. thanks for the info..
 
Yellowhammer....

Have you noticed the increase or spread of Whitewings here? I've been seeing them all over town lately when we used to never see them this far north (Dallas).
 
the white wings are in Royse city in pretty good numbers to so ar e them collard doves. i eaten them collard dove the tast like a dove and the are great.
 
I've got buttloads of them in my area, in nearly every town in the county. And yeah, they make a very annoying sound. Definitely not a "coo" like the mourning dove.

An interesting sidebar on this species was a comment by someone on line just this past Spring when he noted that the spread of West Nile Virus moved west in corresponding fashion with the dispersal of the Eurasian collared doves. The Columbiformes is not susceptible to WNV, but it's curious to wonder if they might be a carrier vectoring the disease. Food for thought. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
The Columbiformes is not susceptible to WNV
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Lance- this is not correct.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/qa/wnv_birds.htm

Of the over 100 species of birds that have confirmed mortality from WNV, several are Columbiformes-feral rock dove, common ground dove, mourning dove, white crowned pigeon.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/birdspecies.htm

All most all birds, mammals and even some reptiles are carriers and/or suceptible to WNV.

Some are just more suseptable than others.

Alligators in alligator farms have been especially hard hit. While wild alligators blood temperature fluxuate enough to kill the virus, alligator farms keep their gators body temp at a warm 90 degrees to promote faster growth. Incubates the virus nicely.

Many other species of animals have been hard hit in zoos across the country.

Horses are on of the few animals that can be successfully vaccinated against the virus.
 


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