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Discussion => General Discussions => Topic started by: northerner2 on March 08, 2008, 06:25:27 PM

Title: Question:- roosting for common birds
Post by: northerner2 on March 08, 2008, 06:25:27 PM: Looking out in this blizzard we are currently experiencing prompts me to ask:-
Where do Mourning Doves normally roost?
They sit in my Crabapple tree for most of the day, except when feeding at my feeder, or warming their tails in my bird bath. They seem oblivious to the snow and wind.
But at a time around dusk, - off they go.
So:- where do they normally roost?
Do they have established roosts? I think yes. Would it be sheltered?
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Post by: Anonymous on March 08, 2008, 06:31:19 PM: We're surrounded by evergreens here, and every night after their evening feed I see them fly deep into them. Would make sense - very dense and great protection from blowing snow like we have now.
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Post by: northerner2 on March 08, 2008, 06:37:16 PM: I suspected that they would seek evergreens, but they never seem to get in to my Spruce trees.
Probably because they are full of sparrows, juncos and finches..
:?
Thanks for the reply.
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Post by: Anonymous on March 09, 2008, 12:09:16 AM: Sparrows juncos and finches - sounds like my neighbourhood! They all seem to get along here, doves included.

The one thing I haven't seen a lot of this winter has been starlings...anyone?
Title: roosting birds
Post by: martin ahermaa on March 09, 2008, 09:30:03 AM: Quote from: Attila
Sparrows juncos and finches - sounds like my neighbourhood! They all seem to get along here, doves included.

The one thing I haven't seen a lot of this winter has been starlings...anyone?

There's one that keeps hanging around the suet here in the Broadview-Danforth area,
along with usual suspects named above. As for mourning doves, one was picked off yesterday
morning by a Coopers hawk in my back yard--see Bird Photo Corner.
Martin
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Post by: northerner2 on March 09, 2008, 10:25:04 AM: I agree re the missing starlings. Just the odd one or two on the suet. But not in packs..that's for sure.

I also have a Coopers visiting regularly which sends the rest scattering...

:o
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Post by: Bluffs Birder on March 09, 2008, 12:15:09 PM: I agree! The number of Starling sightings seems to be down this year although here in our Midland Ave & Kingston Rd (Southern Scarborough) backyard we've had a flock of 10 - 12 stop by on a regular basis. Usually they feed on the suet but also at times eat the sunflower and mixed songbird seed.
Title: starling mystery partly solved
Post by: Julie on March 10, 2008, 10:03:43 AM: The starlings are at our house! About a dozen hang out in the neighbourhood along with the resident flock of pigeons, south of Danforth near Coxwell. But I suspect that's partly because our well intentioned but slightly wacky neighbours put out bread and soup for all comers, including at least two family groups of raccoons.

What I want to know is, where are the goldfinches? Over the past months only house sparrows and juncos have tried out the thistle feeder.
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Post by: northerner2 on March 10, 2008, 10:22:26 AM: Problem solved....
I have the Goldfinches + other finches too, BUT very few starlings.

Fair trade...you have starlings - I have goldfinches..

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Title: All in Miss/Oakville.
Post by: Ron Luft on March 10, 2008, 04:11:36 PM: I'll see your few here and there and raise you upwards of a swarm of ca. 4-500 around W.Churchill and Royal Windsor. Trees at N.E. Corner 7 over to Purina plant. Hmmm. Suspicious, that. Been around since Christmas.