r/AustralianBirds 15h ago

Spotted Dove/blue poo

A Spotted Dove has been hanging out on our balcony for 1-2 weeks. It will visit a few times a day and just sit there, chilling out. I noticed earlier in the week that it left a couple of bright blue poos. Anyone know what the cause could be? Is it sick? I've been leaving out some wild bird food mix that says it's suitable for doves (I did this after the blue poo - thought that it maybe was sick and didn't have energy to find food). It seems to enjoy it. Anyway, I'll let nature do its thing, but would love to know if it's sick and if so, if there's anything I should do/not do to make its life easier?

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u/evilhenchdude 15h ago

Has it eaten something full of artificial colouring? I can't imagine that colour occurring naturally.

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u/VerucaSaltedCaramel 14h ago

No idea. There's nothing at our place that they could have gotten into and I'm not sure where it spends its time when it's not visiting us.