Lazy Sunday Afternoon

Due to a dodgy right knee unable to go too far today, blip is of a Collared Dove now a common sight in Southern England although they were considered rare in th UK and the first recorded successful breeding only took place in the late 1950's. One of nature's better results.

The Eurasian Collared Dove sighting from the birds' point of view.

Peopleing on 2-19-06

Dear fellow peoplers, it was cold today, but there was plenty of grain at the Corson feed lot. We were hoping for some birders to add to our life lists, since peopleing has been rather slow due to the weather, and of course, the constant danger from the Red-tailed ones who could care less about us Peoplers.

We flew near every people?s car that came by, but none seemed interested in us. That is a slam, since we feel that we are a rare and unique group of flyers, at least in South Dakota. I can?t wait till spring when many People Birders (PB?s) will be out, even though the competition with the non-residents, especially those fair weather peoplers, the Warblers, will be intense.

We were about ready to give up when a silver car filled with people came by very slowly. We quickly checked our field guides, and discovered it was a Honda CRV, a common car for PB?s. If we would be lucky enough to have PB?s in it, it could be a life-PB for most of us, especially if it contained more than one PB.

One of our newer members asked how we could tell a PB from a human who has stopped for another reason, and we quickly opened our field guide and showed him the telltale trait. The Binoculars! But we reminded him that not all PB?s have the same behaviors, for some have Cameras (p. 32 in the guide), and people who stop and have GUNS, mean fast flying away for us.

Anyway, we were flying all around the silver car and finally it stopped, and lo and behold, PB?s stepped out. We were so thrilled we Cooed at them, and let them get a good look at us before flying away to tell others about our sighting. (boy are those Rock Pigeons going to be jealous),

Our new member exclaimed, ?I?m hooked, peopleing is fun, and a lot less dangerous than teasing hunters for thrills!? I was really happy for him because it is really difficult to get younger birds interested in Peopleing.



From your Friendly Eurasian Collared Dove Peopleing Club