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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-22--709570441 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Begin forwarded message: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-22--709570441 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">February 2, 2013 6:25:16 PM = AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] Mourning Doves - Can = they become pests?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> I have yet to hear from anyone here in The Valley = who considers MoDos to be pests, and they are extremely common at Valley