We were at the Wilson piers this morning when Betsy heard what sounded like a distant EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE. I was out on the pier so she came and got me, then we headed in the direction where she heard the sound come from. Shortly, I saw a largish pale dove flying a couple hundred yards from us but it soon was out of sight. We headed in the direction of my sighting but we were not hearing the song at all. Finally, we both heard it and then found it on the top of a large picnic shelter. I got some shots off before it flew southwest along the harbor, chasing a pair of Mourning Doves. We tried to refind it but most of the access is on private property, so we wound up coming back and had the bird again on the same shelter, singing.
This bird may have been in the area for about a year now and possibly longer. Last May, Betsy heard and saw one on the west end of the harbor at Wilson-Tuscarora State Park. This past late Dec-early Jan, one was photographed at a feeding station 0.6 miles east of today's location. DIRECTIONS: On the corner of Ontario St and Harbor St in the Village of Wilson, is a large parking lot for the Wilson Boathouse Restaurant and the Wilson Harbor Front (a few shops). You can park in this lot. The bird was singing from atop the large picnic shelter with several picnic tables stacked up under it on the south side of the parking lot. According to Google Maps, this is at 57 Harbor Street, coordinates are 43.316830, -78.833611 Good birding! Willie ------------------ Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com <http://www.betsypottersart.com/> 2013 Big Year: http://www.betsypottersart.com/willie-s-photos/2013-big-year/ Odenates: http://www.betsypottersart.com/willie-s-photos/dragonflies -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
