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Originally Posted by DonH57
About a month ago I had found a mourning dove had nested in one of our palm trees in the front yard. I had no idea she was there with a little one and an egg as I was going to cut the seed pods out. I kept watch so when they all left I could return to remove the pods. She never flew off if I came out to check the nest I still kept like 4 feet away. We have seen rabbits and a oppossum in our back yard.
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Mourning doves are interesting birds. They mate for life. Usually, the female will sit on the nest all day and the male will take over for the night. They fascinate me -- I had one in California make a nest on a paint can on my patio. Hand's down the sloppiest nest I'd ever seen -- think it may have had ten pieces of grass but guess that was enough for the egg to be dropped and the babies to be hatched. I was very careful to never disturb that side of the patio (at least I only had to sweep one-half). They came back year after year, adding more twigs every season.
Lately have seen several female cardinals, but not a single male. Hope those pretty red guys are just hiding. And I'm still in love with thee sandhill cranes.