I do not understand all the upset about the spotted turtle dove.
They have been in other places since 1900 at least and are not
regarded as pests. I grew up in Perth and they were just one of the
local birds. They do not displace other birds, as the rainbow
lorikeet does, in WA. There are thousands of lorikeets there now,
probably hundreds of thousands. They have been declared a pest
because of the damage that they cause to local farmers and the fact
that they are displacing the local ringneck parrot, the twenty-eight
What problems do the doves cause? They are not at all like the indian
myna
Have I put the cat among the pigeons?
Elizabeth
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