white collard dove.

[naturelover]

This morning while drinking my first mug of coffee in my useral place,by the patio doors looking at the birds,rather foggy this morning so i couldnt see much,then i spotted a white collard dove on the feeder futher down the garden,i did get a picture but when i uploaded it you couldnt hardly see the bird because of the fog,such a shame but i will keep looking,i have never seen a pure white collard dove,it was quite beautiful.

[peter B]

hi ,did the dove have a green twig in it,s beak ?if so there must be some peace about you ,

[Ukwildlifeo]

Originally Posted by peter B

hi ,did the dove have a green twig in it,s beak ?if so there must be some peace about you ,

either that or theres some poor bloke stuck on a big boat with loads of animals

[naturelover]

yes well perhaps the dove is trying to tell us something with all this rain we have been getting.

[peter B]

well i dont know about big boats , but when ever i go up to cambridgeshire peterbough way ,it,s all water now , so wetland birds must be well pleased ,

[Adam Cheeseman]

It wasn't somebody's Fan-tail Dove was it?

Cheers,

Adam

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

It wasn't somebody's Fan-tail Dove was it?

Cheers,

Adam

Sounds like a white domestic pigeon to me too!

[naturelover]

sorry but you are wrong it definatly was a collard dove,had the grey v on the back of its neck and it had a mate,was no pigeon or fan tail pigeon.

[naturelover]

Hi i got a photoe to prove it,this morning i would say she,was at the big bird feeder,now am i right that is a white collard dove,sorry about the quality of the photoe but i had to crop it quite a lot.

[Adam Cheeseman]

Yep, looks like a slightly leucistic Collared Dove.

Cheers,

Adam

[naturelover]

i may be thick but what is leucistic please.

[Gaina]

Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo

either that or theres some poor bloke stuck on a big boat with loads of animals

**ROFL**

[Kayleigh]

Its like albino this will explain better than me.

Leucism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[naturelover]

Its not albino as it has black here and there,but i thought it was just beautiful,be nice if there were more like her.

[Gaina]

Originally Posted by naturelover

Its not albino as it has black here and there,but i thought it was just beautiful,be nice if there were more like her.

Ooh! We've got a pale one like that - ours is the hooligan baby of the couple that live in my garden .

[naturelover]

good so there must be more about,seems a funny year for white animals and birds,i wonder whats going on,i would like to see a white robin with a red breast,that would be something.