Here’s a favorite photo of mine, featuring one of the parents along with a nestling from back in 2021. They’re so sweet and beautiful and I’m so glad they chose our home for their nest. Looking forward to seeing the little ones again this year!
I have the same question. I have two separate nests outside and they are both occupied again🙂 wondering if it’s the same parents or some of last year’s babies🥰
This might be true of the typical mourning dove, but they can live a dozen years or longer! These dove parents seem to have found a safe nesting spot, so maybe one or both are a bit more adept at keeping safe from predators than the typical dove? It’s also well built nest with lots of sticks and twigs, which suggests birds who take precaution! Who knows, maybe OP has been housing the next evolution of doves!
There’s one building the poorest nest I’ve ever seen a bird build on our back door light. Everyday I walk out to a pile of sticks that fell. I mean do they even try?
Im used to the robins who would build nest in our front door wreath that had the most perfect tightly weaved nest. It was amazing to watch them. These clowns my goodness I feel so bad for them!
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u/Emotional_Turn6059 15d ago
It is now their ancestral home.