[Tweeters] Fwd: Eurasian collared doves

[judyem at olypen.com]

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Subject: Eurasian collared doves
Date: 2022-01-27 20:53
 From: judyem at olypen.com
To: tweeters at uwashington.edu

I'm curious whether anyone has information or at least hypotheses about 
the boom then bust of ECD populations. When they first appeared, we were 
all rushing about to see them, then numbers got so strong they became 
ho-hum or even pests. I've gone from having a couple pairs showing up 
daily at my feeding area and a number on my daily walks to not seeing or 
hearing a single one for weeks in a row. We have resident Cooper's hawks 
that have bred successfully for several years (which don't seem to 
recognize Douglas squirrels as menu items). I don't know whether other 
areas are seeing similar declines in ECD populations, so I'd be 
interested in hearing you observations.

Judy Mullally Port Angeles WA judyem at olypen dot com