Outdoor Ontario
Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: Rob'in'To on July 18, 2014, 10:45:18 PM
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Last Saturday we had a unique visitor come to the backyard for a feed, a drink and a nap. At first we thought we had an Eurasian Collared Dove; but it turned out to be an African Ringed Dove, or Turtle Dove as some call them. An escaped pet or a release at a wedding.
If only I had known at the time of his 30 minute visit with us, I would have taken the bird in and helped him. He was pretty worn out and rough looking. Good luck wherever your wings take you!
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/dove1_zps570e759c.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/dove1_zps570e759c.jpg.html)
(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/lilevl13/rare1_zpsd09024e4.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/lilevl13/media/rare1_zpsd09024e4.jpg.html)
So the yard "pet" list goes up... 3 Budgies, 1 Orange Canary, 1 Cockatiel and now this guy. *sigh*
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Did you manage to catch it ?
I didn't hear about the third budgie...cockatiel or orange canary....
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Nah, the bird flew off and never came back. At that point there was some big debate on what this bird actually was... African blah blah or an Eurasian-collared Dove. So I was just leaving it be.
Ya, there was a Budgie in between the 2 we have that I wasn't able to catch. The Orange Canary came in one afternoon, screaming and freaking out, but didn't stick around. The neighbour caught a Cockatiel in the park nearby and it escaped on him which I managed to capture for him as it flew around here for 40 minutes.
There was a Zebra Finch a few blocks away about a month ago. That would have been a good one for the personal list. LoL!