At 11:33 AM 5/12/99 EDT, Gail Mackiernan wrote: >There was a Ringed Turtle Dove reported about a year ago in Silver Spring, >but the home-owner did not have a guidebook with Eurasian Collared Dove in it, >so Barry and I opted to check the bird out. It was, in fact, a Ringed Turtle >Dove so we are still waiting for our first Collared Dove in the state (albeit >not with a lot of enthusiam!) > >Gail Mackiernan There was a Streptopelia dove that turned out to be a Ringed Turtle Dove reported last autumn in western Loudon County, Va. Lisa and I went to see it. I am awaiting Maryland's first Shiny Cowbird with even less enthusiasm! Rob Hilton