This afternoon around 1600 we observed and photographed a White-winged Dove under one of our bird feeders at 203 Old Orchard Road in Sandhurst Shores.
Interestingly this bird has undoubtedly been here for several weeks since some time ago I briefly heard a dove giving what I thought was an odd call for a Mourning Dove. But I was unable to see any odd dove and did not hear repeated calls. This morning while filling the feeders I again heard an odd dove call once. While birders are welcome to check our feeders in the back yard, I suggest that you approach from the south side of the house. All the doves are skittish and fly when someone enters the back yard. We don't monitor the feeders much since we had to locate them in the back of the yard to help prevent birds flying into the windows of the sunroom so this bird could have shown up at them before. It would perhaps be best to wander the streets in the neighbourhood to look for or listen for this bird. It goes without saying that this is a residential neighbourhood so discretion is required when parking and definitely do not wander into other residents yards. David Edwards (and John Hall) _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
