I was on St Pete Beach last week and saw a pair of each dove species within 500 feet. I felt lucky, but now you have me thinking "invasive". Interesting to consider it all. > On Dec 21, 2016, at 4:23 PM, Robert Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From personal experience, Eurasian collared doves do indeed appear to have > displaced native doves in certain areas. My own observations from the area > around Fernandina Beach, FL, back in the 90s, was that no mourning doves > were around, yet there were dozens of collared doves in the area where our > research vessel was ported, a mile inside the sea buoy. (The extreme > northeastern corner of Florida.) These were actually my "lifer" Eurasian > collared doves. (I count them - personal rules.) I found this interesting, > since mourning doves were present in other fairly nearby locations, down > closer to Jacksonville, in Duval County. > > I was left with the impression that the two species do not really coexist > well, although I have no quantitative data to back that up, only > qualitative personal impressions. Perhaps when a local population of > collared doves becomes well-established it does not bode well for nearby > mourning doves. > > Bob Evans > Geologist, etc. > Hopewell Township, Muskingum County > > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Kathi Hutton <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Steve: >> The House Sparrow vs bluebird comparison is a no-brainier, as HOSP >> aggressively compete with bluebirds for nesting cavities. According to the >> link in the original post, ECDO were not thought to be negatively affecting >> native species. That article was from 2014, so things may have changed >> since. >> >> Curiously, >> Kathi >> >> Sent from iVan II, my iPhone >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. >> Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/ >> membership.php. >> Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. >> >> >> You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: >> listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS >> Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]