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White-Winged Doves in Shreveport
Posted on 2/11/25 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 2/11/25 at 1:36 pm
These started roosting in my Crape Myrtles a couple of years ago and they never left. I took this picture a day or two ago.
Aren't they migratory? Is Shreveport not way out of their normal range?
Anyone else seeing any in LA?
Aren't they migratory? Is Shreveport not way out of their normal range?
Anyone else seeing any in LA?
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Posted on 2/11/25 at 1:42 pm to Clyde Tipton
Cenla has quite a few, enough that I dont notice em any more. I dont remember them being here 15 years ago or so...
Posted on 2/11/25 at 1:53 pm to Clyde Tipton
They've been in a lot of Louisiana for a while. They seem to be the dove equivalent to house sparrows. They'd rather be in neighborhoods than out in fields. Even though I can count dozens in my yard on just about any given day, I have not killed one or even seen one in a dove field since they arrived.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 2:07 pm to AlxTgr
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They'd rather be in neighborhoods than out in fields. Even though I can count dozens in my yard on just about any given day, I have not killed one or even seen one in a dove field since they arrived.
That's exactly what perplexed me. Never hear of anyone killing one around me. I thought mine were just some lost ones that planted roots in my yard.
I saw one at a buddy's house on the other side of town the other day prompting me to make this thread.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 2:07 pm to AlxTgr
Very common in NELA over the last 6-8 years.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 2:52 pm to Clyde Tipton
They make a nest on my porch pillars every year, North Bossier.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 3:24 pm to Clyde Tipton
Interesting post. We get them in the Florida Panhandle in the winter, not in big numbers but they aren't rare either. They really aren't all that migratory. It looks like they've expanded their range since your map was drawn. I checked eBird for their map which is based on actual sightings. Your map doesn't have them in Dallas but they are now in Dallas in a big way, and have kept moving east to Shreveport. And they've expanded north of Dallas into Oklahoma. And that's just the high population areas. They are in most of the US in low numbers. Definitely an expanding species.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 3:37 pm to Clyde Tipton
Plenty of white wings in Jarreau, LA. Almost half your limit on opening weekend will be white wings in the cut bean fields.
Posted on 2/11/25 at 4:40 pm to Koolazzkat
Quite a few in WBR
Posted on 2/12/25 at 11:07 am to Clyde Tipton
What does non-breeding resident mean when applied to doves? Mourning, and collared doves will breed together and they breed like fleas....why would they not breed if they are residents? UNless there ain't 2 of them I would bet they do indeed breed....wherever they are
This post was edited on 2/12/25 at 11:10 am
Posted on 2/12/25 at 11:37 am to tigerfoot
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Cenla has quite a few, enough that I dont notice em any more. I dont remember them being here 15 years ago or so...
I started noticing them in small numbers in Alexandria in the mid 2000s.
Posted on 2/12/25 at 1:40 pm to Clyde Tipton
I have them around my bird feeder almost year round and I'm in La.
Posted on 2/12/25 at 4:10 pm to Clyde Tipton
I’ve had them around the house in BR for years. My neighborhood here in TX was also loaded with them in the fall. And I’m not in a colored portion of posted map. TDPW sent out a white wing survey this fall, I think the boundaries will change. I picked up close to 400 doves a few miles from house this past season, only 2 white wings. Perhaps I get a red vagrant dot on the map.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:33 am to Clyde Tipton
They love nesting in palm trees too.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 1:35 pm to Clyde Tipton
I killed my first one here about 10 years ago. One hunt about 5 years ago I killed an entire limit of nothing but white wings. There hasn't seemed to be as many the last 2-3 years, but we still kill a few. Collared doves, frivolous whistling tree ducks, sand hill cranes, white wing doves. All things we have now that we didn't when I was a kid.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:38 pm to LSUballs
quote:heard some of these a month ago in Tensas. Was surprised, that was a first for me.
sand hill cranes,
This post was edited on 2/13/25 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 2/13/25 at 3:40 pm to White Bear
We've had a flock coming around Oak Ridge for 10+ years. They come to the exact same spot and the group gets a little bigger every year. Probably 400-500 this year.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 4:02 pm to LSUballs
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We've had a flock coming around Oak Ridge for 10+ years.
I used to hunt with a buddy on a private lease East of Wham Break and we would hear them occasionally.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:41 pm to Clyde Tipton
Yeah, their range has expanded quite a bit since that map has been updated. I see them frequently around bird feeders in CenLa. Ring necks as well. I even see an occasional Inca dove.
I wonder o if the population of mourning doves is suffering because of all of the other kinds of doves?
I wonder o if the population of mourning doves is suffering because of all of the other kinds of doves?
Posted on 2/14/25 at 6:55 am to Spankum
Isn't the Inca dove also called a ground dove and illegal to shoot ? Oops.
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