[NatureNS] Mourning Doves - Can they become pests?

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Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:01:58 -0400
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> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
> Date: February 2, 2013 6:25:16 PM AST
> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] Mourning Doves - Can they become pests?
>
> I have yet to hear from anyone here in The Valley who considers  
> MoDos to be pests, and they are extremely common at Valley  
> feeders.  Like John Sollows says below, they were very noteworthy  
> and primarily winter residents 35 years ago, and the first nest  
> near Avonport and/or Wolfville was in the lat 1970s, after which  
> they gradually became one of our most widespread and common summer  
> residents, and abundant also in winter, whereas they were only near  
> Avonport back in the 1970s.  Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Gary Myers <gemyers@eastlink.ca>
>> Date: February 2, 2013 7:11:53 AM AST
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Mourning Doves - Can they become pests?
>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>
>> Mourning Doves are alive and well in Morden too.  We routinely  
>> have 20 or more doing cleanup duty under our feeders.
>> Gary Myers
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: John and Nhung
>> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 6:00 AM
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Mourning Doves - Can they become pests?
>>
>> Over the past couple or three decades down Yarmouth way, morning  
>> doves are
>> one of those species which have gone from being relatively  
>> noteworthy to
>> being highly commonplace.  More or less the reverse of the house  
>> sparrow
>> story!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens- 
>> owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
>> On Behalf Of P.L. Chalmers
>> Sent: February-01-13 11:30 PM
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Mourning Doves - Can they become pests?
>>
>> 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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