She's so offended about it, she's actually curled up on the beanbag that she
claimed she would never set a foot upon ;-))) and I must put the poor dove,
lying nearby, in the bin.

Tweed

They're not the brightest of birds. :-)

Their Achilles heel is that they are no jump jets, their take-off is slow
and clumsy.  This makes them easy meat for a young agile cat who can jump
into the air.
Once they are up and flying they are quite safe.

Tweed

If yoo woz ere wiv me, Mimi, I wood bring yoo birdies and mowsies to eet
evryday.
nose kissies
your Boyfriend

I'm sure they must be a staple diet for ferals.  There are often upwards of
20 here, they do well because they eat the poultry food, especially the
wheat I put out for my 2 geese, Shylock and Enid.  I had to put a bit of a
stop to it.  I still put out a litre jug of wheat every morning on a tray
for the geese (and the collared doves) but the rest of the wheat I put in
the bottom of a bucket of water.  Crafty, eh?  The geese can still get it
easily, they like to put their heads right under the water anyway and to
find wheat at the bottom is WOW!
It doesn't seem to make any difference how many collared doves my cats
catch, there are still plenty.  They are a very successful species e
(unknown here before the 60's)  and seem to breed all the year round.

Tweed