BACK COUNTRY BY ROBERT ADAMS
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ROBERT ADAMS
urasian collared doves wait for feeding time on a gate at
Adams Ranch west of Fort Pierce. The birds feast on the
same grain eaten by the horses. Native to Europe and the
Bahamas, the species spread to Florida in 1989 and is now
found in nearly every state in the United States. The birds
are named for the black collars around their necks. E