More evidence of the strong nesting instinct of Eurasian Collared-Doves. Chuck Hundertmark Lafayette, CO
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2020, at 5:49 PM, 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Denver Audubon received a call from Dave, who lives in Johnstown. He > confirmed that an American Robin built a nest, incubated on it, and then a > Eurasian Collared-Dove incubated the same nest with the robin watching from a > few feet away. Then the robin took over incubation, then the dove, and > finally now the robin is back incubating. This has gone on over a couple of > days. Barbara Fahey (Den. Audubon volunteer) asked if he could i.d. the eggs > but no, the nest is 20 feet up. > We look forward to more information from Dave. > Do any Cobirders have thoughts about this bizarre affair > > Hugh Kingery > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/775615097.2060919.1592437788378%40mail.yahoo.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/34562E53-B422-458B-86BC-D71E74368F6C%40gmail.com.
