My Favorite: Such an interesting story with this species. The first time I saw one in South Dakota was 2004. They had become established in the United States in the preceding years and were rapidly spreading in range. They were few and far between back then, but as the years have gone one, they've become more and more common. Today, it's hard to go out birding and NOT run across Eurasian Collared Doves. They must be filling some niche, something a bird like the Mourning Dove isn't filling, as they are around all year long, and you don't often see them associated with Mourning Doves. In pretty much any town with a grain elevator, you'll find some hanging around the area. The photo below is from Oldham, South Dakota in 2012.

Eurasian Collared Dove 1	Eurasian Collared Dove 2	Eurasian Collared Dove 3	Eurasian Collared Dove 4
February 4th, 2006	February 4th, 2006	January 3rd, 2008	January 3rd, 2008
Near Corson, South Dakota	Near Corson, South Dakota	Baltic, South Dakota	Baltic, South Dakota

Eurasian Collared Dove 5	Eurasian Collared Dove 6	Eurasian Collared Dove 7	Eurasian Collared Dove 8
January 3rd, 2008	March 31st, 2012	March 31st, 2012	December 23rd, 2011
Baltic, South Dakota	Oldham, South Dakota	Oldham, South Dakota	Presho, South Dakota

Eurasian Collared Dove 9	Eurasian Collared Dove 10
December 23rd, 2011	October 10th, 2016
Presho, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota

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