Carlton Hobbs Blog: When Doves Cry

August 10 2009, 9:09am

You may have read about this story in Monday’s NY Post: A flock of about 45 African albino ringneck doves were released in Queens, officials suspect during a wedding ceremony. Unfortunately, the birds are domesticated and unaccustomed with flying or finding food in the wild. The birds were found in a tree in Flushing Meadows Park on Monday; cold, wet and starving after a stormy weekend.