I first saw a Eurasian Collared Dove a year ago here in Salt Lake City. I never knew about this foreign migrant that’d settled so successfully on these shores.
I next saw one of these birds on Monhegan Island last spring. This crazy vagrant didn’t belong anywhere near Maine.
Now that I live in Utah, I see these guys all the time. I’m kind of fond of ’em, actually. Mourning Doves live here, too—and, of course, Rock Pigeons. But there’s just something stylish about these red-eyed birds walking around in their fancy collars.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. House Finch*
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Northern Flicker
4. Cooper’s Hawk
5. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay**
6. American Goldfinch** (v)
7. Black-billed Magpie*
8. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
9. Dark-eyed Junco*
10. American Robin
11. California Quail (v)
Elsewhere
12. Eurasian Collared Dove
13. House Sparrow (v)
14. Song Sparrow (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American goldfinch, American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California quail, Cooper’s hawk, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, house sparrow, northern flicker, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, Woodhouse’s scrub-jay
