We used to have lots of them in Seal Beach (northern Orange County, CA). But since I've actually lived here (as opposed to visiting in the '90s), I've only seen one. LOTS of mourning doves, but the ringed ones seem to be scarce. We do have lots of Cooper's Hawks, too; wonder if they had something to do with the thinning out of the ringed doves? Or maybe they just moved downtown to Long Beach....

Weak Ejector, you can take solace in the fact that "Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds" (or is it "short leads"?)!