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Don,
That's interesting. Your neighbourhood was checked during
the Christmas Bird Count, and none were found then. However, in
recent years there was a good-sized flock that moved around from the
foot of Springvale Avenue to just south of Mount Olivet Cemetery,
which isn't all that far from you. I did that area this year, and
didn't find them.
Cheers,
Patricia
At 10:45 PM 01/02/2013, you wrote:
>I now have about 16 Mourning Doves coming to my backyard near the Halifax
>Shopping Centre (none in previous years). They must be making incursions
>into the city.
>
>Don
>
>Don MacNeill
>donmacneill@bellaliant.net
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca>
>To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 9:53 PM
>Subject: [NatureNS] Mourning Doves - Can they become pests?
>
>
>During the recent cold spell I was more generous than usual in
>stocking my feeders. There was more spillage of seed, and to my
>surprise I now have up to six Mourning Doves coming to feed. This
>might not seem unusual to many of you, but MoDo's are not common on
>the Halifax Peninsula. In fact last year was the first time that I
>had even one of these lovely birds in my yard. In my limited
>experience of them in Bedford, they roosted and nested in trees, and
>were pretty unobtrusive. I was wondering, though, have they become a
>pest, like pigeons, in places where they are numerous? Will they
>roost around buildings?
>
>Patricia L. Chalmers
>Halifax
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