Hello, All: I drove up to Grand Lake St. Marys on August 14 to visit the ODNR Fish Hatchery and also to try to relocate the California Gull spotted in Celina on Monday (it was not found). While taking the on-ramp to Route 29 westbound in St. Marys, I flushed a flock of seven Mourning Doves and another bird, which was an almost uniform dusty brick red color pied with white (much like the "red morph" seen occasionally in feral pigeons). The birds put down again quickly, so I stopped the car, assuming that a some other species was among the doves. However, when I got the bird in my binoculars, I discovered that the red bird was practically indistinguishable in structure, size (maybe a tad larger), and behavior from the other Mourning Doves. It did have the neck spot typical of Mourning Dove, but it was brown against the reddish background, rather than black against gray. Other than the patchy white spots on the wing, it was otherwise entirely reddish. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to photograph the bird before the flock took off to the east. Any ideas? Bird well, Paul ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]