[MDOsprey] Dunkirk "Mystery Dove" Opinion
Phil Davis (pdavis@ix.netcom.com)
Sat, 07 Aug 1999 10:18:30 -0400
All -
I asked Julie Craves for an opinion on the Dunkirk "Mystery Dove". Julie
is doing research on Eurasian Collared-Doves for an upcoming article.
Her comments follow ...
>Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 11:14:51 -0400
>From: "Julie Craves" <jcraves@umd.umich.edu>
>Organization: Rouge River Bird Observatory
>To: Phil Davis <pdavis@ix.netcom.com>
>Subject: Re: [BIRDCHAT] Eurasian Collared-Dove records
>
>Phil,
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>I took a look at your mystery bird, and my initial reaction is RNTD.
>The bird appears gray in the lower photo, but lacks gray tones in the
>upper photos (since the food tray is faux wood, I'm guessing the color
>accuracy in these photos might be truer). There are fawn-colored
>variants of ECDO, but from what I've read they are not very common yet
>and so far I've only seen them reported from southern FL. Primaries on
>ECDO should be black, or at least darker than the rest of the wing,
>rather than gray or not much darker than the rest of the wing, as in the
>mystery bird. The outer webs of the outer tail feathers on ECDO tend to
>be mostly dark, while on RNTD are mostly white. They appear white in
>this dove. How have opinions been stacking up?
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>--
>Julie A. Craves
>Rouge River Bird Observatory
>University of Michigan-Dearborn
>
>http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/rouge_river
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