Buzzed by a pair of doves

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birdie
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Buzzed by a pair of doves

I know it sounds like a card move or something but this happened to me yesterday at work. We were in a garden and these 2 doves came out of nowhere and didged around us then scooted off to the trees. I saw a flash of metallic green and a wide fanned tail with a green/grey colour and a border of cream barring. Any suggestions? They were fast flyers and very pretty.

birdie
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That would be dodged not didged - oops!

Sunshine Coast Queensland

DenisWilson
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Hi Birdie
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Well, its not really my place to comment, but Ed had a very nice photo of a bird which matched your description very nicely - the Rose-crowned Fruit Dove.
It was a photo of a bird "sunning" itself, and so it ended up getting posted in the thread about a Brown Cuckoo Dove with its tail fanned out.
http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/forum/messages.cfm?threadid=238C9715-D7EC-2FF2-B9EBDB9D6DAF17B2
I remember it because it was a great image and the bird had lovely green wings and a cream band across the tail.
Cheers
Denis

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Yes Dennis I remember seeing that. I have been looking at pics of the Rose Crowned fruit dove. I didn't get to see it's head as they came from behind but the tail and the body colour look the same. I wonder if they live around here. I think I saw that they like mangroves and wetlands and we have a few of them not too far away. We also have tall trees for them to nest in.
Isn't it a pretty bird?

Thanks again

Birdie

Sunshine Coast Queensland

DenisWilson
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Hi Birdie

The map on the BiBY site shows them going into NSW, clearly covering SE Queensland.
It says:
"Distribution
The Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove is widespread in northern and eastern Australia, from the Kimberley region of Western Australia through the Top End to Cape York and the Torres Strait and to the mid-north coast of New South Wales. They also are found in Indonesia.
Habitat
Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves are found in coastal tall tropical and sub-tropical forests, particularly with dense vine growth, in monsoon rainforest and tall woodlands near rainforest with many fruiting trees. They are sometimes found in mangroves."
It also says:
"Did you know?
Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves feed on fruit high in the canopy and can be very hard to see. Often they are only detected by their calls or the sound of fruit dropping to the ground."
In other words, they are primarily rainforest birds, only occasionally in Mangroves.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Denis

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