[Diver Dave]

Mornin' GeeBee.

This little lady decided to build a nest in our daughter's hanging spider-plant. These doves are notorious "messy" nest builders, but she managed to hatch two young-uns last week...

[GodBlessUSA]

Fantastic Diver!
This is a great shot. How sweet it is!

[MEG33]

Now THAT’s a warm fuzzy sight! My great gathering of birds has left me..and I enjoy the doves hanging around..I get an occasional cardinal, titmouse or chipping sparrow but the doves are my best bet for bird watching this month. I do hear the birds singing every morning though.

[Mama_Bear]

Oh, what a great picture of the mourning doves! Now that is warm and fuzzy. :-)

I have seen a few of these doves around here over the years, but they never stay very long. I love the cooing sound they make.

Cool fact: Mourning Doves feed their nestlings
crop milk or "pigeon milk," which is secreted by the crop
lining. This is an extremely nutritious food with more protein and fat than is
found in either cow or human milk. Crop milk, which is regurgitated by both
adults, is the exclusive food of hatchlings for three days, after which it is
gradually replaced by a diet of seeds.

[Billie]

These doves are notorious "messy" nest builders, but she managed to hatch two young-uns last week...

That is so exciting to watch!

We see quite a few doves here .... and quail. In the field behind one of the barns, Mr.B cut down a huge tree that had died, but it was going to take a while to cut it up and dispose of the limbs in the dumpster. Before we could get all of it in the dumpster, some quails decided to nest there - there are so many now we don't have the heart to destroy their home. It's such fun to watch a mother quail with all her little babies walking across the field.