Thursday, August 16, 2007

Eurasian Collared-Dove in L.A.

There was an ECD sitting on a wire above the eastboard I-10 onramp at Robertson Blvd. in West L.A. this morning. I went right under it and could see the undertail pattern (big white spots on the retrices, darkish band closer in toward vent, pale grayish plumage).

Elsewhere in L.A., I've seen this species a couple times in 2005 at the Ballona Wetlands and in Highland Park (in with a few Spotted Doves), and there have been a few seen with Spotted Doves southeast of downtown, but we're still awaiting the real invasion.

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