I just saw Marty's post about Eur Collared Dove nesting in NW Colorado Springs. While I haven't seen nesting in my yard (300 yds from Marty, in Mountain Shadows), I did get to watch copulation on my deck by the same species last week. I averted my eyes at the proper moment, to quote Fate Dunaway.
Steve Brown Colo Spgs Sent from my iPad > On Dec 27, 2016, at 8:53 PM, macawolf via Colorado Birds > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, Cobirders, > > I was a little surprised by a pair of Eur. Collared Doves this morning > building a nest from 8-9 am, in 32 F... > > Birds of North America online says they breed from February to October, but > will do so year-round in warmer climates. I know we had a warm fall, right > into November, but lately it hasn't been so warm. The winds had died down > finally (for 6 hours or so, as it turned out), so maybe it felt downright > balmy & got them twitterpated for a spell... They were on the south-facing > (sunny) side of a spruce, so maybe the micro-climate there added to their > confusion? Our new Second CO Breeding Bird Atlas indicates breeding between > late January thru the end of August. I haven't taken a close look to see what > progress they made, but after more than a dozen trips I witnessed by the > presumed male with single 4-6" pieces of grass stem, they seemed to stop the > activity. Either came to their senses, or finished the job?? I'll have to > look more closely tomorrow. > > Marty Wolf, > NW CO Spgs > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/159438fa324-5056-24b88%40webprd-a40.mail.aol.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0AB62479-9CB1-4957-A3E8-0F20ECAA42D4%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
