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Congratulations to Vince Lucas and those who joined him in finding 6 doves today. I hope the Zenaida Dove stays around long enough for me to get a gander at it next week. Vince posed an interesting question. Has anyone seen MORE than 6 species of Doves (and relatives) in Florida in the same day? [I assume that the other four, besides Zenaida and Rock, were Mourning, Common Ground, White-winged and Eurasian Collared.] Four of us tied that mark in the St. Petersburg area last year with Ringed Turtle Dove replacing the Zenaida but looking over my list only in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas did we ever top the half dozen mark in a single day. With the help of a very cooperative and very talented local birder we finally managed to locate a Red-billed Pigeon to top off our seven for the day. (Mourning, Rock, White-winged, White-tipped, Inca and Common Ground were the others.) In any case, well done all. Thanks to Larry Manfredi for the find. STAY THERE UNTIL WEDNESDAY, BIRD!! Dick Beeler Fort Myers ________________________________________________________________ FloridaBirds-L website: http://www.javaswift.com/floridabirds/ For list policy: http://www.javaswift.com/floridabirds/policy.html For archives: http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/floridabirds-l.html To set nomail: Mailto:[log in to unmask] Set floridabirds-l nomail Listowner: Click on: Mailto:[log in to unmask]