Re: [MDOsprey] Dunkirk "Mystery Dove" Opinion
Howard Youth (hmyouth@erols.com)
Mon, 09 Aug 1999 06:43:24 -0400
Phil,
Julie Craves' opinion seems to be the same as others I've received. Seems
this earlier dove was not a pioneering ECD.
Howard Youth
hmyouth@erols.com
Rockville, MD
At 10:18 AM 8/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
>All -
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>I asked Julie Craves for an opinion on the Dunkirk "Mystery Dove". Julie
>is doing research on Eurasian Collared-Doves for an upcoming article.
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>Her comments follow ...
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>>Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 11:14:51 -0400
>>From: "Julie Craves" <jcraves@umd.umich.edu>
>>Organization: Rouge River Bird Observatory
>>To: Phil Davis <pdavis@ix.netcom.com>
>>Subject: Re: [BIRDCHAT] Eurasian Collared-Dove records
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>>Phil,
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>>I took a look at your mystery bird, and my initial reaction is RNTD.
>>The bird appears gray in the lower photo, but lacks gray tones in the
>>upper photos (since the food tray is faux wood, I'm guessing the color
>>accuracy in these photos might be truer). There are fawn-colored
>>variants of ECDO, but from what I've read they are not very common yet
>>and so far I've only seen them reported from southern FL. Primaries on
>>ECDO should be black, or at least darker than the rest of the wing,
>>rather than gray or not much darker than the rest of the wing, as in the
>>mystery bird. The outer webs of the outer tail feathers on ECDO tend to
>>be mostly dark, while on RNTD are mostly white. They appear white in
>>this dove. How have opinions been stacking up?
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>>--
>>Julie A. Craves
>>Rouge River Bird Observatory
>>University of Michigan-Dearborn
>>
>>http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/rouge_river
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