Tag Archives: Dove

Morning Dove on my sidewalk?

Last night my husband found a baby morning dove on our front patio. We put it back in the nest but the parent birds flew off and didn’t return until this morning. I put the baby in a box on a heating pad for the night and returned it to the nest this morning. To my surprise there was another baby on top of some bushes by my front door and one of the parents was there pretending to have a broken wing.

Later I checked on the nest and the baby I returned to the nest was on the patio again. An hour later both babies are under one of the parent birds in the middle of my sidewalk.

This isn’t a safe place. I live near an open space with snakes and many feral cats. Is there a way to get them all some place safer?
Thanks for the answers. I can’t move them to my back yard because I have two dogs. I have put up a sign asking people not to use the sidewalk up to my front door. The babies are under a bush with one of the parents. I will hope for the best.

Would you give space in your house to birds who would like to make their home in your punching bag?

I have hung a punching bag on my balcony where the “Dove Birds” have made their nest and laid eggs. Till then my son can not use the punching bag for his boxing practice. Our family has decided not to disturb the birds and let them have their home in the punching bag. I think everyone would do that I am sure.

Would you give space in your house to birds who would like to make their home in your punching bag?

I have hung a punching bag on my balcony where the “Dove Birds” have made their nest and laid eggs. Till then my son can not use the punching bag for his boxing practice. Our family has decided not to disturb the birds and let them have their home in the punching bag. I think everyone would do that I am sure.

What do mamma birds do right after thier eggs hatch? Do they still sit on top of thier babies for a while?

I have a White Dove that has made a nest in my planter box out on the patio. She layed eggs and now they’ve hatched and she continues to sit on them. This is the 3rd day. I feed her bird seed and give her water and she lets the daddy come and sit with her from time to time…crazy huh?!

hand feeding zebra dove at tobhik bird farm

What do Mourning Doves eat?

A Mourning Dove flew into my moms friends house and her dog got hold of it and tor some of its fethers out and it can’t fly and she gave it to us and I don’t think its eating the bird seed we’re feeding it so please help me
and theres not a shelter where I live
it is not a baby

Kesttrels Challenge Nesting Rock Dove

March 30, 2009: The Rock Doves have settled into the nest box. Last year, the nest box was used by the kestrels, and when they left, the Rock Doves moved in. Now both couples view the nest box as their own. The male Kestrel arrives at dawn to warn the nesting Rock Dove. Then the female, who is larger than the male, arrives. The Rock Dove’s defense is to snap her wings at the intruders. This goes on for some time, with the Kestrels taking turns. Finally Rock Dove Dad arrives, only to immediately fly away. The end of the video shows the male Kestrel, who has brought courting gifts of voles to the female over the last few weeks. The Kestrels have a long nesting period, so perhaps they will move in after the baby Rock Doves hatch and fledge. But the clock is ticking, and the Kestrels need to find a nest box or other location by May… Watch the drama at this site: www.beleefdelente.nl Nest boxes are in great demand: www.HancockWildLifeChannel.org