[mou] 25 Eurasian Collared-Doves, Sibley County

[rdunlap at gac.edu]

This afternoon Dedrick Benz and I found a total of 25 Eurasian  
Collared-Doves in the town of Winthrop in Sibley County. We found two  
birds a couple blocks south of Hwy. 19 on the west side of Main Street  
in front of someone's yard. A few blocks north of Hwy. 19 on the east  
side of Main Street we found another 23 birds in the backyard of a  
house. Both locations had feeders that were also attracting House  
Sparrows and European Starlings. I know that there are previous  
records of Eurasian Collared-Doves in Sibley County, but I'm not  
certain whether they have been seen before in Winthrop.

Bob Dunlap, Nicollet County