COBirders, Over the last two decades or so, the number of over-wintering mourning doves here has greatly diminished, to the point that now one is a real rarity. Yesterday afternoon I saw two in my back yard, which is about when we would expect to see returning migrants. These were odd, though, because one was two-thirds the size of the other. I first saw them when the larger one was chasing the smaller one along the sidewalk, as if in an attempt to copulate. They went into our small raspberry patch and each began to forage for seed below our feeders, the chase apparently forgotten. After a while they flew off and I didn't see if they continued together or went their separate ways. I have never seen, at this time of year, such a disparity in size between mourning doves. Comments welcome.
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