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Paula, at a feeder on Peth Road in Randolph a flock of at least 30 M. Doves has been gathering. There were only 7 there on the Christmas Count two weeks ago. ________________________________ From: paulagills tds.net <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 2:21 PM Subject: [VTBIRD] Record yard influx of MoDos Wondering if anyone else out there is seeing more Mourning Doves than usual, or knows what having 45 roosting in one's back yard trees might mean. Previous to just counting these guys, we had never had more than maybe a dozen or so at once. A remarkable sight they are, motionless in the bare trees. Paula Gills Brookfield -- *Birds were the earth's first musicians.* *Olivier Messiaen*