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Explosion of Crested Pigeons in suburban Melbourne

To: "Fiona Anderson" <>, "Birding Aus" <>
Subject: Explosion of Crested Pigeons in suburban Melbourne
From: "Steve Creber" <>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 10:40:55 +1000
I noticed a flock of around 30 Crested Pigeons on our local oval in
Ringwood North on Monday - biggest flock I've seen around the suburbs.


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Sent: Thursday, 1 May 2008 10:33 AM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: Explosion of Crested Pigeons in suburban
Melbourne


Good Morning birders,

A couple or three years ago, I saw my first pair of crested pigeons in
the local park in Bulleen where I live.  These have been periodic
visitors since but never more than 2.  Last week, there were at least 11
feeding on the soccer oval.  This week I counted well over 50 birds on
the same oval.  Next day on a nature strip in our street there were 5
feeding.  Has anyone else noticed such a surge in numbers of these
invaders from the north?  In this area at least, they seem to be
displacing the introduced turtle-necked dove which isn't a bad thing, I
guess.

Cheers,

Fiona
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