[cobirds] African Collared-Doves, Lafayette, Boulder County

Hello, Birders.

The short version of the story. Several African Collared-Doves (Streptopelia roseogrisea) are present in the residential neighborhood just west of Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County. I audio-recorded one late in the morning this warm Monday, Oct. 20. A bit distant, but I think diagnostic:

https://soundcloud.com/ted-floyd/african-collared-dove-2014-10-20-1048-colo-boul-lafa-y

More on the collared-doves in a moment, but first a note for the Boulder County birder who still "needs" Bushtit for 2014. This morning, a sputtering flock was strewn along the trail along the south side of the preserve (north side of Waneka Lake). They're still here. Git 'em while the gittin's good, I'd say.

Back to the African Collared-Doves. In reviewing audio from the past few months around Lafayette, I can tell that these doves have been around for a while. And I have a photo from a month or so ago. It's fascinating and wonderful that I'd just dismissed them as Eurasian Collared-Doves. I wonder if they're breeding. And if so, with whom. African Collared-Dove genes may be more prevalent in the North American Streptopelia genome than a lot of us realize:

https://aba.org/nab/v64n4p548.pdf

Well, they're here. I'll post excessively and obnoxiously about them in the months and years to come... :-)

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado

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