Re: Any birders here?

vickiebee wrote:
> 
> Citizen Smith wrote:
> > Sn!pe wrote:
> >> 
> >> Citizen Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Recently the collared doves in my garden have started duffing up 
> >>> the wood pigeons that are quite a lot larger. Anyone know why 
> >>> they do that?
> >> 
> >> Competion for resources?
> > 
> > I think there's more to it. I've been feeding the birds and the seed 
> > that falls gets gobbled up by the ones below. There's normally
> > plenty to go round. Now a wood pigeon can land on my lawn and start
> > pecking at the grass and out of nowhere a collared dove will swoop
> > down shrieking and attack the poor pigeon.
> [..]
> Maybe it's because the Eurasian Collared-Dove's species name, decaocto,
> comes from Greek mythology. Decaocto was a servant girl turned into a
> dove by the gods to escape her terrible treatment; that's why the dove
> has such a mournful cry.

They look so nice and dainty compared to the wood pigeon and their cooing is 
quite soothing, but when they attack the pigeons the cry is like that of crow.

> They could still be pissed and vengeful.

No doubt.