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Originally Posted by redwitch
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.
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redwitch..we have a family of cardinals that come to visit everyday. The three babies come first and then the adults right behind. The babies look exactly like the female adult except that the babies have a black beak and the mother's is red. So, look closely, they might be babies that you are seeing.