Idaho Bird Records Committee Rarities Report Form
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Rare Bird Report #: 36-B-07
Species: Eurasian Collared-Dove
Reporter: (include address, phone, e-mail)
Elise Faike
PO Box 977
Challis, ID 83226
208-879-5291
Other Observers: Dave Faike, Deb & Pete Peters, Mark & Jody Lupher, Rick Piva
Date Report Prepared: March 16, 2007
Date Sighting Occurred: from winter, 12/05 to present
Locality of Observation: Pete and Deb Peters’ yard on Rod & Gun Club Loop Road in Challis, ID, also downtown Challis, ID. Custer County, ID.
Habitat: Peters’ yard and feeders, nearby trees. Also downtown trees and telephone wires.
Conditions: clear weather
Did you take notes…
during the observation? __x__________
after the observation? ______________
the same day? ____________________
another day?______________________
not at all? ________________________
Did you consult a field guide or other reference work?
during the observation?____________
later the same day? ___x____________
another day? _____________________
not at all? ________________________
What guide(s) or reference(s) did you consult? Sibley, National Geographic
Description: Pale-colored Dove with square tail and collar. White edges on tail feathers. Black primary tips.
Behavior: sometimes skittish, won’t allow close approach, will otherwise feed on feeders.
How and when did you positively identify the bird, and what clinched the identification for you?
Pete reported to Dave during winter 2005 that they’d been watching some different-looking doves at their feeders and described them. (They are familiar with Mourning Doves.) He said he’d seen 5 at a time, and thought they were 3 young and 2 adults. They sounded like Eurasians so we went over to check them out. On 3/18/06 Dave found and confirmed seeing a bird in that area. I returned with Dave on 3/19 and we watched as 2 Eurasian Collared-Doves flew over and around us and landed in a spruce tree in a neighboring yard.
Please see below for excerpts from my NAB reports about these and other sightings.
What clinched the ID for me was seeing the features specific to this species: Pale-colored Dove with square tail and collar. White edges on tail feathers. Black primary tips. In addition, Dave heard them call.
How did you eliminate similar species, and what were they? Square tail, color and collar distinguishes it from Mourning Doves.
Experience with this species (and similar species): We have been seeing this species elsewhere in Idaho since 2001 and had brushed up on the key features then in order to know one when we saw it. We had first seen it in India in 1987 and again in Ventura, CA in 1999.
General birding experience: Excellent
Were photo(s), video, and/or audio obtained by you? (If yes, please include or attach) Yes, photos were obtained by Deb Peters, and I have one that is not as good, but which shows the bird. See attached. (Please advise if you would like the other 2 shots.)
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NAB Reports Excerpts
3/18/06: Pete Peters’ home, Rod & Gun Club Loop Road, Challis: Pete reported to Dave that he’s been watching 5 Eurasian Collared-Doves, R5we, a new lati-long record, at his feeders this winter. He thinks they’re 3 young and 2 adults. Today Dave found and confirmed seeing a bird in that area.
3/19: : Pete Peters’ Road: I returned with Dave today and we watched as 2 Eurasian Collared-Doves flew over and around us and landed in a spruce tree in a neighboring yard.
3/31: Pete Peter’s Road: 2 Eurasian Collared-Doves, most likely the same ones we’d already seen there.
5/26: Mark Lupher’s House in downtown Challis: Eurasian Collared-Dove @ his feeder. He’d been hearing them for 2 weeks and finally saw one. Rick Piva also reported one today at his house somewhere in town. Not sure if he lives near Mark, but it must be nearby. [Town isn’t very big.]
6/7: Mark and Jody Lupher’s House, downtown Challis:
While at the Lupher’s house on 6/7, Dave saw and Jody and I heard a Eurasian Collared-Dove.
8/12: Pete Peters’ Driveway on Rod & Gun Club Loop: a Eurasian Collared-Dove, R5we. They’re still there.
8/26: At Pete’s: Dave saw one Eurasian Collared-Dove.
9/3: At Pete’s: I saw 3 Eurasian Collared-Doves in a tree and Dave saw one on a wire, probly the same as one of mine. I forgot the camera!
9/16: Challis Post Office: one of the downtown Eurasian Collared-Doves was sitting on a wire with Rock Pigeons.
1/3/07: Pete Peters’ Driveway on Rod & Gun Club Loop: We saw 10 Eurasian Collared-Doves in Pete’s front yard, R5we > R5wec. I’ll file a report with IBRC about these now resident birds. Deb Peters has sent me some photos, and I also took one of a single bird. Deb said she’s seen as many as 18 at one time.
2/16-19: Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), Challis: birds of note include 3 Eurasian Collared-Doves at Pete Peters’s on Rod & Gun Club Loop on 2/18, and 10 of them on 2/19...