Oriental Turtle Dove ssp meena - Oosterse tortel / Meenatortel

In January 2020 I saw an Oriental Turtle Dove ssp meena (Streptopelia orientalis meena) in Sneek, Friesland, The Netherlands: • Oriental Turtle Dove s...
Now in January 2024 there is another bird of the same species in the same city. Comparison of photo's shows they are not the same individual, so this is quite surprising. Is it a coincidence or suspicious? It is a very rare vagrant to the Netherlands and then four years apart a bird shows up in the same place, albeit in different parts of the city. Both birds were not ringed.

[@JacqJansen]

Mooie dieren

[@DBoer]

Daar kunnen onze duiven niet tegen op 😉

[@TheDutchBirder]

Nice 😊

[@DBoer]

Dank je, het weer was helaas niet zo nice 😉

[@TheDutchBirder]

@@DBoer nee we hebben twee mooie (koude) dagen gehad en nu is het weer prut...