Here's a great observation from Peg in Morris Co.:
"....this morning we rode a pasture of steers that we take care of (in Wab.Co.) about 5 miles east of us and as we were driving down the road about 8:30 the road was covered with doves!!...huge flock maybe a 100 or more!....Like Don said we usually don't see them gathered up like that till Sept.....And I had just told him riding across the pasture that maybe, just maybe we had Aug weather in July and will have Sept. weather in Aug... Remember how so many things were 2-3 weeks early this spring?!!... Crazy year!!..."
Our friend Tony (manager of Milford Lake State Park)commented on this post. He says he too has been seeing unusually large groups of Mourning Doves. Normally, he doesn't see such flocks until corn harvest.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if maybe the doves sense that a lot of the corn is already done!