Barbary Doves in Melbourne - please report.

[Ed Williams <>]

Barbary Doves do not "home" - hence they are kept as aviary birds and not in 
lofts like Rock Doves.  They do however breed prolifically if well kept...
 
I guess if they are released birds unless they were locally released it would 
be odd that they kept ending up in the same place.  
 
That said there are plenty of places round there that they could breed 
relatively unnoticed once released too...
 
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> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Barbary Doves in Melbourne - please report.
> Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 13:01:11 +1000
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> My stupid neighbor let some of his Barbary Doves out to "home" and they just
> flew away.
> I think he was just using it as an excuse to reduce the numbers in an
> overstocked aviary, a perennial problem for anyone who keeps them.
> Sounds like somebody in Newport is doing the same.
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> Cheers Jeff.
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Barbary Doves in Melbourne - please report.
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> But do these birds home like Rock Doves? If not then they'll simply
> disperse. If they do then it ought to be possible to find who's responsible
> by following them.
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> But there are no houses nearby, other than the "fishing village". It seems
> odd they'd hang around there if they're returning home regularly.
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> Peter Shute
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