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20-02-2008, 02:32 PM
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| |  collard doves
You will never believe this but i had 7 collard doves on my bird feeding station this morning,the large feeder futher down the garden was empty,i fill it every day,but today i thought i would leave it so the birds would clear the seed in the feeding station,didnt think collard doves would attack it,the feeding station gets a bit wobbly with 7 doves hanging on it as you can imagin,i do get the odd one but never 7 at one time,i get a regular blue tit every morning,i know its the same one as he/she always takes a sunflower heart jumps on the budlia to eat it,then repeats the same prosess untill he/she is full,quite sweet really,also had my same blackbirds hanging around for their crusts,thats another thing they watch out for,they dont fly away just hang around on the branches untill i go in the house then they grab the bread and eat it on the ground,they seem to be able to know what time of day it is,this is around 12.30pm when i cut the crusts off father in laws sandwiches,as he is rather fussy,we might all be like that if we get to 93.  |
20-02-2008, 02:35 PM
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| | | Re: collard doves
It sound like they have bred near your garden Naturelover..Are they young or adult. |
20-02-2008, 03:03 PM
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| | | Re: collard doves
No they are all adults,they are pairs most of them anyway,there is a hell of a lot of collard doves and wood pigeons in the fens,never see so many till i moved up here,also a lot of blackbirds,no finches,great tits,only blue tits must be something to do with the fens flatness i would think. |
21-02-2008, 05:33 AM
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| | | Re: collard doves
A couple of years ago I had up to 12 collared doves in the garden but the female sparrowhawk took a liking to them so now I only get one or two pairs  |
21-02-2008, 06:28 AM
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| | | Re: collard doves
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrs fish  A couple of years ago I had up to 12 collared doves in the garden but the female sparrowhawk took a liking to them so now I only get one or two pairs | We had exactly the same happen to us. Used to have several pairs visit daily but a Sparrowhawk moved in and thinned them out a bit.
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21-02-2008, 12:36 PM
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| | | Re: collard doves
I get around 12 Collared Doves every day...the most I have counted at any one time is 25 !!!!!
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