RE: RFI: Delaware and PA Collared Doves
David Bridge (David@simsc.si.edu)
Tue, 25 Aug 98 22:26:02
To Howard and other birders:
--- On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 20:18:22 -0400 (EDT) Howard Youth
<hmyouth@erols.com> wrote:
>
>Since David Bridge's August 11 email reporting probable Eurasian collared
>doves from Selbyville, has there been any further evidence that this will be
>Delaware's first official record?
>
FROM: Birdline Delaware, August 13 1998. Armas Hill (armas@wittnet.com).
"Also notable, this week, a first for the state of Delaware: EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVES have arrived from the South, with 2 appearing at a feeder
in southern Delaware."
FROM: Birdline Delaware, August 22, 1998. Andy Ednie (ednieap@wittnet.com)
"The EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES that have been seen in Selbyville, a town in
the far southern tier of the state, continued to be seen last weekend.
[= Aug. 15/16] The location is from Rt. 113 in Selbyville, turn east on
Rt. 54. Stop at the gravel pullout and watch the feeder and light pole
on the right."
Andy also wrote to me, indicating that this was the first record for
Delaware. A search of the BIRDEAST archives, show no record for Delaware.
>Also, does anyone know in which town in northwestern PA collared doves had
>been reported a while back, and if they constituted that state's first
>record?
>
I retrieved the following from the BIRDEAST archives.
"An EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE has been seen in Conneautville in
Crawford County. The bird has been at this location at least 5 days
[?=July 31, 1996]. . . . This sighting may be a state record. Bird
is spending time in a dead tree which can easily be seen on the right
side of the horse pasture. Also spending time on the ground in the
horse pasture. Best time to see bird is between 8 and 10 am."
Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, August 4, 1996.
E-mail from: <BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
It was also reported as seen on several subsequent RBA for August 8, 16, 19
and 22. But gone on Sept. 6, 1996.
yours, Dave Bridge
David@simsc.si.edu