Kevin:

Helen Patton, Joy Bowen and I were at the nursery on several 
occasions yesterday, Saturday 8/19, but did not sight the Collared 
Dove at all.  We checked at  just after 8 a.m., again just after 9 
a.m. (when the nursery opens) and yet again just around noon.  The 
staff at the nursery told us that the bird had been seen on Friday, 
but that it is generally around only in the "early morning" and "late 
afternoon."  One staff person said she recognized its call.  Its 
favorite perch is, we were told, in the partially dead tree next to 
the main road, adjacent to the fence separating the nursery from the 
furniture place next door.

We didn't come away empty handed, though.  We purchased some very 
attractive ceramic pots.  It's a very nice nursery, and the people 
there seem very friendly to birders.

Mike Bowen
Bethesda, MD

At 08:25 AM 8/20/2006 -0400, Kevin Heffernan wrote:
>Karen and I were thinking of trying for this bird but no one has posted on
>it lately. Has anyone seen the dove in the last couple of days?   Thanks.
>
>Good birding,
>
>Kevin Heffernan
>Ellicott City
> (mailto:[log in to unmask])

D. H. Michael Bowen (Mike)
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda MD 20817-3845
Tel/Fax: (301) 530-5764
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