Hi All— I guess it is not that rare to see collared-doves; John Holden and I found one last Wednesday about a mile west of the Whitetail Woods Regional Park on a telephone wire over 170th Street West. The bird was buffeted by high wind, and the sun lit the tail from behind, which made for a nice photo on my blog: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota [log in to unmask] http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ....”—H. D. Thoreau ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html