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NEF: Maybe doves aren't as supid as I thought...

Mystery2BMystery2B member
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So for the past several years doves have attempted to build nests in our yard...but have not selected good spots. Once or twice it was on top of a 4x4 beam that supports the patio, but both sides of it are exposed. Good solid wind knocked down the nest and eggs that were incubating inside. Crying 3 years now they have unsuccessfully attempted a very small spot on top of a speaker box on the patio..see that small black box near the top of the picture...and notice the smashed egg on the ground? (The smashed egg happened today, but I haven't seen any birds up there for a couple weeks, when half the nest and 1 egg fell).

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This led me to think that doves, while the bird of peace, were just plain dumb. 

But this year, in addition to the speaker location, there are 2 other dove nests in actually decent spots. Once is in our lemon tree and the other is in the roses outside my kitchen window (this seems like a great spot because it gets A LOT of shade which seems like a good idea in sunny hot Tucson).  Maybe they aren't as stupid as I thought...maybe they're just slow learners ;) 

The Lemon Tree

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Close-up - nest is located about halfway up the tree on to the left of center

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Taken from just inside my kitchen window - nest is located just to the right of the top of the left show arch

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Close-up 

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I can't wait to watch the baby birds outside the kitchen window! (And I didn't actually get this close to the birds, I used the zoom feature on the camera).

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Re: NEF: Maybe doves aren't as supid as I thought...

  • georgia_peachygeorgia_peachy member
    Aww poor doves.  We have several pairs and they're my favorite little buddies.  They coo to me in the morning and I love them.  I'm surprised they built so high up at your house. Ours always put their nests relatively low to the ground and I'm so worried that a predator will get the eggs.  This year we've got one in our little dwarf weeping cherry tree and another on the ledge of the gazebo-thing that we have over our swing.  Both nests are about at my waist height.
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  • Mystery2BMystery2B member
    The two nests that are going now are about head height, but the other two were closer to the 10-12 feet from the ground I'd guess.
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