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Date: 6/22/26 9:44 pm From: Bethany Kilzer <storytel...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Mourning Dove Irruption
In my yard in Scotts Valley I have had as many as 23 mourning doves, as well as 25 band-tailed pigeons at a time under my feeders and in the walnut trees above the feeders. This was during Feeder Watch, which runs from November through April - those numbers were from February. This time of year I still get quite a few BTPIs, but only up to about 6 MODOs at a time… - Bethany Kilzer > On Jun 22, 2026, at 9:25 PM, Suzanne Kent <surreykent...> wrote: > > On Westside Santa Cruz, at the edge of Meder Canyon (also known as Arroyo Seco I think), my platform feeder often has a visiting flock of 20 Band-tailed pigeons - and at other times 1-2 Mourning Doves, rarely 3-4. > >> On Jun 22, 2026, at 5:46 PM, 'Louise West' via mbbirds <mbbirds...> <mailto:<mbbirds...>> wrote: >> >> My neighbor here in Felton has had as many at 20 BTPs in her yard. >> >> Louise West >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jun 22, 2026, at 4:49 PM, Lola Ross <lolabones...> <mailto:<lolabones...>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I would try to confirm if they are perhaps seeing band-tailed pigeons? I’m on the far Westside of SC near Natural Bridges, and have never seen that many mourning doves together anywhere, but I have seen large groups of BTPs up the coast in the Davenport area. >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM Grey Hayes <17coastalprairie17...> <mailto:<17coastalprairie17...>> wrote: >>>> Hi folks, >>>> >>>> Anyone else seen an irruption of mourning doves? A neighbor in Newtown, Davenport is seeing 50-100 and they rarely saw any historically. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Grey Hayes >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mbbirds" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> <mailto:mbbirds%<2Bunsubscribe...>. >>>> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<4562EB78-F348-453A-BBDD-FCE5BA3CEFA4...> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mbbirds" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> <mailto:mbbirds+<unsubscribe...>. >>> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/CAFCCGgkBjcd3%2BFxVZE6cFTuPjMnO%2BvuakR16bzZr1%2B%<2BFrrXDrA...> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/CAFCCGgkBjcd3%2BFxVZE6cFTuPjMnO%2BvuakR16bzZr1%2B%<2BFrrXDrA...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mbbirds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> <mailto:mbbirds+<unsubscribe...>. >> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<5B7C90CB-D85E-4361-9141-4D0FFF2DD46C...> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<5B7C90CB-D85E-4361-9141-4D0FFF2DD46C...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mbbirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> <mailto:mbbirds+<unsubscribe...>. > To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<26B56D05-DE6B-4AD9-B010-238E17DFF3D8...> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<26B56D05-DE6B-4AD9-B010-238E17DFF3D8...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mbbirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<C2D55030-721B-4601-8C0D-71AD76DAA3A9...>

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