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Old 01-12-2006, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Imaginos View Post
I think the Collared Dove came originally from Africa and swept across Europe from it's first landfalls in Greece & Italy.
There's some recent research that suggests the recent decline of the House Sparrow in the UK may be related to the urban spread of the Collared Dove and the subsequent competition for food.
Something similar with parakeets or are they escapes? They're reaching large numbers in London - competing with what? The only city where I've seen them in abundance was Barcelona. I put this down to the large numbers of leguminous trees providing a good source of seed?
The London sparrow has been declining for decades and the collared dove isn't that numerous so I have my doubts about that research ....
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