The Eurasian Collared Dove was introduced into the Bahamas in the 1970s and spread from there to Florida by 1982. It has become invasive; the stronghold in North America is still the Gulf Coast, but it now found as far south as Veracruz, as far west as California, and as far north as British Columbia, the Great Lakes, and Nova Scotia. Some of the more distantly dispersed records may refer to local escapes from captivity. Its impact on other species there is as yet unknown; it appears to occupy an ecological niche between that of the Mourning Dove and Rock Pigeon.
Taken at my feeders.
Photo Details:
F Number – 4
Exposure Time – 1/640
Focal Length – 500
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Amazing! As usual.
Just saw boatloads of these in the Keys. I was so desperate to see a burrowing owl there that I mistook the dove’s cooing for hooting. They got me good.
Great pictures!
That second one is really something! Great work.
Great shots. I feel like he’s looking right at me.
Is he lavender or pink? Hard to tell, but beautiful.
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