Colored Dove

[Chipchopper]

Among the many species of birds that visit my garden, for the last two mornings, I've seen a single colored dove. (never seen one around here before), and it appears to be collecting nesting material.
Do you think it will be setting up home nearby ?

[emmie]

most likely chip.

[Chipchopper]

Yes Emmie, I don't think it would want to fly too far with a beak full of twiggs.

[emmie]

no they wouldn't. would be lovely to see where they nest.

[roopower]

Think this is a collared dove. Once quite rare in this country, I remember the excitement when a pair arrived in our local park when I was a little girl. Sounds like they are nesting not too far away from you. Lovely

[barry1010]

The first collared dove in the UK was seen in the 1950s, now they are a blerdy menace, they decimate crops and spread disease which affects crops, chickens and native birds. They are considered to be a pest species

[Calibax]

You may get fed up of their monotonous cooing.
koo-KOO-kook koo-KOO-kook koo-KOO-kook koo-KOO-kook...(ad nauseam),,,koo-KOO-kook - kook.

[Prudie]

I have a pair in my garden all the time, they sit on the bird feeder and gobble the lot. I do have woodpigeons nesting in my garden this year which is pretty cool as their nest is not very high and I can see it and them in it clearly.

[lankeela]

Mrs Collared Dove is sitting in the guttering on the house behind mine while hubby Dove brings her mouthfuls of twigs. She has been there now for about a week or so, even through all the wind and rain. I can see her from where I am sitting and although I don't feed the birds (with five dogs it would be chaos) I did fill an upside down frisbee with water when it was dry and put some bread crumbs out but all I got was a blackbird. There was a magpie appeared on the fence a few days ago and I was ready to see him off as they can eat the eggs or chicks - have never seen him before and it was a shock as he was quite a big one.