My friends Virginia and Larry of Ohio report they have a mourning dove pair raising a family in their porch hanging flowerpot. I’m excited for them!
Back in the 1980s, when I lived on Mississippi Avenue, we had a pair raise three little families of two chicks over the course of summer. I hope my friends get at least that many,, but, better yet, more than the Thomases got! It is fascinating watching them raise their little families.
They lay two eggs and go from there. At this point (front bird), only one baby’s reported, though the second may well be coming or didn’t make it. The reality is of all birds hatched in a season, as few as 10% make it to be one year old.
Andy would have enjoyed our mourning doves on Mississippi because there was a framed window shelving in the kitchen where he could have watched the mourning doves till nap time, then, without moving, a place to take that important kitty nap!
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Mourning Dove Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
For those reading this outside the North American range of the mourning dove, please take a little time to read about and listen to the call and flight sound the mourning doves make. It is a familiar bird here, one that portents spring with its soft call, and I think it must be one just about all people here can identify correctly.
I guess… 