That is good Jeff - the usual response time to feral threats seems to be
measured in years, so congratulations to DSE for a swift action.
2010/1/22 Jeff Davies <>
> G'day Dave,
>
> I think the folk at DSE should be commended in this instance for a job well
> done with a minimum of fuss, if only the Adelaide crew could do the same.
> It's up to birders to report these Doves while still in small family groups
> to the appropriate authorities, how else are they going to know.
> I hope our South Australian friends are still pushing for action over there
> and have noted how easy it was to remove the Williamstown birds.
>
> Cheers Jeff.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Dave Torr
> Sent: Friday, 22 January 2010 4:59 PM
> To: John Tongue
> Cc: Peter Menkhorst;
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] call of the Barbary Dove
>
> In Melbourne they are urban birds at a few well known locations so that
> should be pretty easy - although I guess people might keep releasing them.
> I
> guess the key is to get them before they get too established - which will
> probably take about 6 months less than the average government bureaucracy
> response time (sorry - was that cynical?)
>
> 2010/1/22 John Tongue <>
>
> > Would be very interested to hear how they go about 'removing them'. We
> > have been working in conjunction with a government agency here in
> northern
> > Tassie to 'remove' Rainbow Lorikeets, but with no success to date.
> >
> > John Tongue
> > Ulverstone, Tas.
> >
> >
> > On 22/01/2010, at 4:16 PM, Peter Menkhorst wrote:
> >
> > > Peter Shute asked about the call of the Barbary Doves in the
> Williamstown
> > area, Melbourne.
> > > I visited the site a week ago and made the following description of the
> > call; a trisyllabic, rolling, somewhat high-pitched 'coo cooor-oo' with
> the
> > emphasis on the middle syllable and a quality like a Scotsman rolling his
> > 'rrrs' .
> > > It is readily distinguished from the equivalent call of the Spotted
> Dove
> > which has four syllables - 'cor-cor-cooroo' with the emphasis on the
> final
> > syllable. The Spotted Dove also gives a trisyllabic call which sounds to
> me
> > like 'the Soccer-oos'. [for those who don't know that is the nickname for
> > the Australian Soccer Team]
> > >
> > > Apologies if I am just confusing people - trying to explain these calls
> > in words is not easy!
> > >
> > > We have know idea of the ancestry of these birds [Eurasian/African]
> but,
> > as potential invasive pests, they are being removed by the Victorian
> > Government.
> > >
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