Maybe it is because of the devastation from the hurricanes the last couple of years.........all that junk left around. I know that it doesn't take long for a board or piece of tin around my house to attract young ones and, after a little longer adult ones. I'll bet they had a population explosion from all that extra "habitat" created by the discareded lumber, etc. It still amazes me how plentiful the Eurasian collared doves are here in the south all of a sudden. I know ya'll have plenty along the upper FL coast.
Jim