Mourning dove nesting in my hanging basket
I hang two flower baskets by my front door every year. This year, the very day after I hung these I saw the beginnings of a nest. I left it be. A bird would be way cooler than some annual flowers. Sure enough, within a few days I saw a mourning dove sitting on there. So our front door is off limits for awhile. Mama bird has a good spot. The overhang is protecting her from the rain right now. She’s out of reach of pretty much any predators. I have lots of pine trees in my yard and they have nested there many times. This is a first for the flower pot. Very cool indeed.
Dove family
First brood of the year.
Mourning dove chicks
Two mourning dove chicks in their nest in a hanging potted plant.
First egg of 2018!
My first Nest Watch nest! My first egg! So excited to be part of this website!
Mourning Dove Hatchings with Father
Father mourning dove with two hatchlings, 12 days old, in potted plant nest on our patio
The Mourning Dove’s First Egg.
The first egg! Yay!
Mourning Dove Hatchings with Father
This was taken just after I witnessed the father bird feeding his two hatchlings who hatched a week ago. The nest is on our back patio which we can see through our sliding door, in a plant pot about 5.5. feet high.
Mourning Dove Hatchlings 1
Oldest of two hatchlings begins to molt
Mourning Dove Hatchlings
After laying two eggs on this Bonsai pot which is situated on my balcony, two chick hatched with both mates taking turns on baby sitting.
Mourning Dove Nesting
Video captured by my Arlo home security camera as dove returns to her nest. Video taken on 2/6/2018 (2 days following first egg) The weather has been seasonal with temperatures in the high 70’s.
Overnight, the 2nd egg was laid and discovered in the morning.
Excited about 2nd egg since I thought that only one egg would be laid.
Mourning Dove Nesting
Nesting is occurring outside my Condo Unit and is being monitored by an Arlo Home Security camera. I can observed this nest without disturbing the nest from the inside via my desk top computer. I have only observed one egg at this time.
Mourning Doves
M Dove mom and 1 of her 2 babies – 20 Jul 17
Urban Nesting
A pair of Mourning Doves chose the top of the old alarm box to build a nest and hatch their young. This location is on the side of my house and is protected from the elements, and out of reach for most predators. Just not a lot of space.
What I found on my vacation in Illinois
Recently I went on a vacation to Illinois to see a cousin’s wedding. During this stay, I have found many bird nests and these are some of the ones that I found.
Harvill #2
Nest built last year. Two eggs April/May of this year, both survived and moved on. Have been watching out of curiosity (right behind vehicle parking) and saw dov sitting on June 23, 2017.
Mourning Dove Mates
A beautiful picture taken right on my smart phone in my back yard the birds were not harmed nor disturbed by my presence
Mourning Dove Eggs and Nest
Mourning doves are nesting outside our kitchen door!
Petunia’s nest 2017 (3rd yr)
For the last 3 years we have a pot of petunias hanging on the front porch.
We named the dove couple petunia and peter since they keep returning.
I’m sure their previous offspring are still around the house.
On some days at the feeder we have 20 doves 🙂
I like to think I’m helping, my neighbors I’m sure don’t agree….
Doves are almost fledglings.
Dove Chicks Growing Fast
Second Dove Nest
This is another Mourning Dove brood that about a week behind the other nest that I have posted.
Mourning Doves
Morning chicks getting ready to leave the nest.
Maturing chicks
2 Mourning Dove babies
After only seeing one egg a month ago in the nest, Momma never seemed to leave again for me to check on it. I saw her up there a couple days ago sitting next to one baby. Then today I went out and there were 2 babies!!! So excited. She must have laid her other egg and then kept her young guarded toward the back of the nest where I could not see them. Congratulations Momma Mourning Dove on 2 beautiful babies.
Mourning Dove Family
The fledglings grow so fast! They almost look like they are ready to leave the nest.
first hatchling
Mourning Doves
Nesting Mourning Doves, 1st and 2nd egg
Mourning Dove and fledgling
Hanging pot on my porch that I now put out every year since 2014. In 2014 the parents raised 2 and this year from what I can see only 1. She is really hovering over the little one as it has been windy.
Mourning Dove Nest
Door Dove
New dove nest
Dove Nest in the City
Ladder Dove
Mourning Dove Egg
Mourning Dove egg found this morning. in a new nest on my front porch. Momma flew away when I went out to check my mail. She came back soon and resumed her nesting.
Mourning Dove nest on our house!
We discovered this Mourning Dove nest on the side of our house, built atop our junction box, next to our electric meter. About 6.5′ off the ground. Not sure how long it has been there, but we have observed parents there over the last couple of days.
Mourning Doves
Nest on my front porch.
Henrietta’s nest
Mourning Doves 2017
My Mourning Doves
I have always had a pair of mourning doves around my house. They started nesting on my front porch last year and have returned this year.
Mourning doves
#3 this season
Taking Turns
I first noticed this pair of Mourning Dove fledglings hiding in my garden, waiting for mom to come back with food. She was feeding them millet from under my feeders.
Petunia the mourning dove year 2
Mourning doves
4 days old
Mourning Doves
Mourning Doves made a nest right outside front door on the porch and had 2 babies!
empty nest
2 white mourning dove eggs gone today & found this in nest
Day 10: City slicker mourning dove
Urban Planter Nesting Doves
mama sparrow abandon eggs?
sparrow sat on nest for 7 days before…
nesting turtle dove
Mourning doves (Turtle Doves) nesting in tree outside of bedroom window.
Petunia’s babes resting in sunshine
Petunias babies all grown up!
The last photos of Petunia and her babes.
Mourning dove
A pleasant surprise visitor
Petunia’s babies all grown so quickly!
Continuing my nest watch since the beginning of June, Petunia has 2 full grown chicks and they are growing so fast. They have already left the nest but remain around the house. They are not camera shy and sit calmly when I am near. Such a great experience. I will post another pic of them foraging in the front yard.
I fledged!!!
Petunia the mourning dove
A couple of weeks ago I submitted a pic of a dove nesting in our pot of petunias. I call this Petunias nest.
She lets me go near and take pics. I have one of the eggs and another later of the chicks. I saw them for the first time today!
Petunia’s Nest
We have 2 mourning doves nesting right now one in front and one in the back yard. I have perfect view of the hanging pot of petunias thus we named this one Petunia’s nest 🙂
Petunia’s Nest
This dove nest is located in a hanging pot of petunia’s on our front porch, next to the kitchen window. We can see daily the activity, and have a good view of her.
Mourning doves on my front porch
Mourning doves made a nest in a flower basket hung on the railing of my front porch.
Mom and chicks
Mourning Dove with 2 chicks (about 10 days old). Little one on the right poses for the camera, while the sibling on the left turned around and is only showing its tail and wings.
Mourning Dove Eggs
Mourning Dove Eggs
Mourning Dove Eggs
Two mourning dove eggs in a nest on our patio. The picture was taken during the change of shift of dad dove to mom dove.
My sweets
Mourning Doves & 2 Chicks
Mourning dove chicks
These guys are so cute I love there beaks they don’s look like Mourning doves but when they grow up they are!
Baby Doves
Doves Nest on patio
Watched two doves build a nest and lay eggs – finally saw the babies appear last week. They were very comfortable with us walking around their nest and taking pictures from about 5 feet away. Next time will chart the journey now that I know about this site!
Mourning dove chicks
They were together in a nest five feet off the found in a nest five feet above the ground. The mother got scared away so i took a few photos.
Ready to fly
Sweetie\’s Nest
First to hatch
Mourning dove family
Fledge #4 this year!
This was last week, just a couple days before the babies fledged.
Mourning dove nest
We’re afraid that this mourning dove nest has been abandoned, since we haven’t seen the parents for a week or so. We haven’t been watering this hanging spider plant just in case we’re wrong, though..The first time this nest was used, the eggs weren’t abandoned.
terra-cotta first chick
Mourning Dove
Mourning Dove
Mourning dove female in nest with eggs on ladder leaning against wall in patio.
Mourning Dove – Third Attempt 2014!
Mourning Dove adult and baby
terra-cotta
Dove Family
During the winter of 2014, a dove couple visited with us be sitting on our deck many days. They seemed to watch us. This past month, mrs. dove nested in one of our window boxes. We watched from our window how attentive she was all the way through them flying the nest and now hanging out on our deck. The babies stay on the deck all day. Mom and Dad come back to check on them. They get fed, sit, groom each other and do other bird teachings. daddy dove will call and it’s almost as of he is teaching the young to follow. He will fly over to a chair or other ledge, etc…call and they follow when they feel they can make it. It’s so adorable to watch. Very loving parents!
As I write this, I am sitting on the deck across from them. They groom and sleep. The first night I did this, Mom and Dad sat on the wire above us watching.
Mama and 2 Babies
She sat on them a lot the first few days….today was the first day we saw the babies sitting on their own beside their mom. They seem to love their messy but cozy home.
Baby doves in the gazebo.
Last year, I discovered a dove nest inside the rafters of my backyard gazebo. She had one baby who I got to watch grow up and she eventually flew away. Left the nest alone and to my delight, the doves returned to the nest this year and they are raising two new babies. The papa dove often can be seen on top of my storage building keeping watch for the feral cats who frequent my backyard.
Welcome, baby birds!
Mourning Dove nest on retractable clothesline
Mama Bird
We found 2 eggs in this nest in our pine tree one afternoon. By early evening the mama bird had come home to sit on them……..
Mourning Dove Nest
Mourning Bird Nest
Mourning Dove with two eggs in nest.
Patio Babies
Found mother bird sitting on top of a flower pot on my patio. My closing of the screen door started mamabird and I was able to capture this photo. Since then she has been back and is sitting a top the eggs – I have been mindful not to utilize my patio. She appears to be a Mourning Dove.
Sally the Dove
Last Saturday I was sitting on my deck looking at the back brick wall of my house that had a planter attached to it. I was wondering what I was going to plant in it when I noticed a feather sticking out. I approached and to my surprise, it was a Mourning Dove … I have no idea how long she has been in there but it is right outside the back door of my home. She’s beautiful!
Mourning Dove
Papa bird checks the seen before returning to the nest he is building for Mama bird.
Mourning Doves on Patio Planter
Mourning Dove on nest in north central Texas
Mourning Dove nest in pine tree.
Mourning dove nest in my chiminea!
Apartment Dwelling Mourning Dove
This pair were nesting in neighbor’s hanging planter; planter was taken inside so I purchased and obtained planter of Bolivian Jew and in less then two minutes, the pair had settled in!
Another Mourning Dove Fledge!
Second Attempt
This is the second nesting attempt this year; same nest
Mourning doves nest in a hanging basket