Cooing Mourning Dove [Backyard Bag Feeder Project]

[lorealhogue1]

tragicc just soo tragic Dx u guys wouldnt understanddd

[MsMiniLover]

There are so many of these birds at my house. It is so comforting to hear them outside my window. Really makes it feel like spring and summer.

[eurasianchica]

They have the best bird song in the world...it's no cute and soothing. 

[8Eriquo8]

god these birds chill on the ground and in bushes, then when you walk by, WOHOHOHOHOHOHHOHHHOOOOOO and then fly away. Scares the shit outta me all the time

[mystuff789]

The wing strech ment that the dove was saying hello :3

[ABThatsMe91]

My entire life I thought it was an Owl or something, I'd never guess it was from a dove.

[SmashingKinpumps]

so that's what that noise is!!! ive wondered all my life and i finally know!

[SharpBalisong]

So cute.

[jashle7]

What bird makes is making that other song? Is that the mourning dove too??

[aotnak]

@jashle7 The other bird is a cardinal, I think.

[aotnak]

@jashle7 It is a Northern Cardinal, you can also hear a blue jay.

[memphispriderox]

omg doves sound so much like pigeons!!!!! =D

[taburineagle]

@memphispriderox - They come from the same family of birds - Pigeons are technically called "Rock Doves" - they act pretty similar too!

[8x13Wolf]

It wouldn't be summer without these little creatures. So beautiful.

[taburineagle]

@8x13Wolf - Thanks! They're very under appreciated birds ~

[Tubcityify]

its a freakin owl you idiots

[taburineagle]

@Tubcityify - Riiiight - it's just projecting it's voice *on to* the dove...

[shadow12231337]

@Tubcityify Are you retarded where do you hear or see an owl all i hear is the dove.

[Lynnabelle0]

@Tubcityify Have you seen an owl make this noise? I've only heard the call when I've seen a Mourning Dove around, but, hey, that's just me! Perhaps there's a kind of owl that likes to follow Mourning Doves around just for the lulz.

[Miri0mouse]

I like how wobbly they are. Cute ^_^

[RageingMuffin]

I have one of these nested in a tree in my back yard. I love hearing it in the morning but lately its been getting up at 3am making that sound.....Anyone know why? It kinda worries me....

[taburineagle]

@RageingMuffin - That is kind of strange... although I've heard robins that early in the AM too, maybe it's just an early riser?

[Zeanu]

@RageingMuffin Early bird

[vyperspit]

So this is what a cooing mourning dove looks like close up. It's chest looks like balloon<).

[sandsjames]

ever heard of video editing??? the coo doesn't start until 1:30

[taburineagle]

@sandsjames "Ever heard of video editing" ?? What kind of comment is that? Who said I *wanted* to start with the coo, huh?

[darkeagleEagle]

What is it doing the 'Ch-you-ch-you-ch-you' sound over the cooing and traffic? Is that the dove still? I hear that every morning!

[taburineagle]

@darkeagleEagle - I think that might be a reply from another dove?  I believe the one in this video is mated with another one in the yard, they're probably talking back and forth.

[kisscecilia]

@darkeagleEagle thats a cardinal, you hear,

[Gutsyndicate]

too much background noise.

[taburineagle]

@Gutsyndicate - I'm *weeeeeeell* aware of that... can't do anything about it, live right next to the highway - :(

[kid112390]

Glad i finally found out what's making that noise! i thought it was an owl but that's impossible considering i live in NYC!

[nightfire4107]

@kid112390 LOL same here

[malkmus07]

Why did you put signs that mean a bad word?

[taburineagle]

@malkmus07 - Trying to explain how much I *hate* the traffic noise here... I'd rather live in a more wildlife-rich place with less traffic noise, but I can't afford to right now, so I can't... :(

[12jason223]

@taburineagle pretty soon there will be barly any non city area in the US, people keep exspanding, and we have to, really sucks

[Timok67]

ahh, this brings back old summer memories

[Wizard101Official]

the mourning doves are the beast birds ever! Is just so peaceful to be camping in a tent and waking up to soft, quiet coo's :)

[SpartyWorld]

I love birdsong. It's so relaxing.

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

I've seen Mourning Doves as of yesterday. They were all over the place, in the spring, in the summer and in the fall, but not in the winter. I've seen them outside at the house and I heard it cooing. Good stuff.

[SaucyAussie1982]

I've had mourning doves sit outside my window every day, too. Or really it was just this one. (S)he would sit there and look at me for a long time, every day, for months. It was like (s)he was my little friend or something. :)

[taburineagle]

@SaucyAussie1982 - Ha, that's awesome! I taped a mourning dove's nest once, they looked at me like that too - :)

[skibb19]

cool

[taburineagle]

@skibb19 - Thanks! :)

[STFUxShorty]

Wait, so that "cooing" sound is coming from the Dove? I've always wondered what made that noise during the summer days.

I always that it was an owl making those noises, honestly.

[taburineagle]

It is kind of hard to tell, they sound like little owls when they coo like that!

[Duvmasta]

@taburineagle "Ooo-wooo! Hoo, hoo-hoo!"

[Timok67]

@STFUxShorty lol, I could say the same exact thing

[Gutsyndicate]

@STFUxShorty I swear God I thought the same thing, I don't know why we both thought it was an owl, but to find out today, I put owl sounds and it didn't totally sound the same way, so I found its this doves. can't believe it too.

[taburineagle]

@Gutsyndicate - I think owl sounds are a little more drawn out. They do sound similar, but I'm sure there's a slight difference in their calls somewhere...

[starshock01]

ooh yeah mourning doves...there so cute cooing but at the same time its annoying when you cant figure out where it comes from

[taburineagle]

Yes, exactly! Hawk screeches too - every once and a while, a hawk calls out in this area, it's hard to tell where it's calling *from*.

[starsandbarsDixie]

I like the cardinal in the background too

[undersoless]

I have a sufi friend who says the Mourning Dove is saying "Allah huu huu huuu"

(God is is is) I don't know, but that what my friend hears.

[taburineagle]

Interesting!

[DuchessAliana]

Omg that's so cool!!

[AdmiralCecil]

The sound that they make goes like this: cooOOoo-woo-woo-woooo.

Often times it gets mistaken for owl. The mourning dove makes this sound for marking territory, mating, as well as when it "talks" to its own young.

[Cronopioslover274]

I saw one of this kind, with the same singing at my window. When I heard it cooing, I opened quietely my door to see it and she flapped her wingsand moved to the top of the wall and looked at me when I welcomed her. These birds are called also Rain Dove. Certainly true, it was raining 5 days in Los Angeles!

[dokaw]

I once saw one of these guys in my backyard and I whistled its own tune back it. I think he/she was really confused, ahahaha.

[taburineagle]

"Huh?! Who's that?!" :)

[bribabytt]

sweet little dinosaur.

[taburineagle]

It is - :)

[DuchessAliana]

There's a mourning dove that comes to my neighbor's tree every day and just sits there and coos in the morning and in the evening. So one day I cooed back at it, and then I think it actually answered me, so I've been having "conversations" with it every time I happen to hear it cooing up there. The same thing happens every time--it coos, I coo, back and forth for a few minutes, then it flies to my backyard. Every time. It's really cute ^_^

[taburineagle]

That's cool! Even if it doesn't really "understand" what you're saying, that's cool that it comes to you!

[JennyBurke33]

right now I can hear them outside.

[taburineagle]

They seem to coo more in the morning and evening, you don't usually hear them much in the middle of the day.

[JennyBurke33]

they must have evolved because they sit out side my window all day and coo.

[taburineagle]

Hehe... maybe they do that because they know you're listening - :)

[praling]

AAARGHHHH afsgafhdafgasdf *foam at mouth* theres SO many of them here and they coo and coo and coo ALL DAY it BRAINWASHES YOU... hoo-OOO! HOOooo...HOoo....Hoo-... hoo-OOoo! Hooo..... hoo... *REPEAT AD INFINITUM*

[taburineagle]

Hehe... are you sure they're not all in your head? :)

[theSTAR70]

lucky !!!

[Spaceisneat]

@praling hahahaha... that was really funny.

[Norogoth]

@praling Send some to my house in the morning. PLEASE!

[theSTAR70]

they sound different in southern california

[taburineagle]

Maybe it's a different variation of Mourning Dove... there can be regional variations of the same species.

[theSTAR70]

yes... probably the doves of the western U.S. are different. the doves in southern california, arizona and northern mexico sound like

coo-COO-coo

or

coo-coo-COO

[theSTAR70]

now i've come to realize that the same bird can use different calls throughout the day

[taburineagle]

Different calls can mean different things at different times of the day too... maybe they're talking to a different group of birds later in the day...

[kiswang]

i believe this is not how the mourning doves sounds,

[taburineagle]

It is... :) What do you believe that they sound like?

[kiswang]

well, they sound like they really MOURN, its supposed to be like deeper sadder sound, not like this, like a happy lovebird or something. well i heard their sound in encarta

[AgentAndromeda]

That is actually their real song. It's very pretty. I never got why they were named MOURNING doves, but that's their sound (In North America any way)

[letspartytonite]

This is what it sounds like. They have different calls, and this is one of them.

[kcalhoun2]

it is thats y they r called "mourning"doves

[taburineagle]

Yep - this is definitely a Mourning dove. I'm not really what kind of "deeper sadder" sound they're supposed to make, it's not like they're crying or anything - :) Not to mention that, but the sound is somewhat covered with traffic noise, the audio in Encarta might be a clearer sound... but this is a Mourning dove...

[OvertOps]

I love mourning doves

[katenak]

Ah! Two of my favourite sounds, together! I love the sound of traffic -I find it soothing. Same with the call of mourning doves. Beautiful.

[taburineagle]

Thank you! That's very cool that you like traffic noise - sometimes it *can* be soothing, that is, until someone comes by with a semi or a motorcycle and kills the mood, but it can be nice as a drone sometimes... especially after it rains. Doves are interesting birds - I actually had the chance to tape an active nest last year that a dove couple set up on a windowsill! Sadly enough though, they were first year parents I believe, because they knocked the nest off and broke the eggs - :(

[tapatiadecorazon]

I love this bird. But the traffic noise is too disturbing.

[taburineagle]

I'm with you there - I hate the traffic noise too... but that is where I live now, like it or hate it at the current point... :) Most of my more recent videos are shot away from the traffic, but I live outside of the city - kind of hard to get away from traffic there, but I still try to capture the wildlife that exists in that kind of environment.

[taburineagle]

They might be any number of different birds... in the city, it may be pigeons (kind of like doves), bluejays (a harsh high-pitched call), gulls (kind of a crying sound), hawks (similar to both gulls and bluejays, but a shorter call)... or a bunch of other birds! That's great that you live in the city but still get a lot of bird visitors!

[taburineagle]

That's very cool that the dove responded to the calling in this video - I wouldn't have thought it would work with all of the traffic noise in the background! Thanks for the rating! I'm glad the dove enjoyed the video!

[taburineagle]

Awesome! I'm glad I could help you ID the bird!

[RICECAKEGOESWHEE]

MAN I LOVE THOSE BIRDS

[taburineagle]

They're very cool birds, I still prefer gulls though... :)

[taburineagle]

...and I hit remove instead of reply on another comment - ugh - isn't YouTube great? :P

[omeed8838]

when i was in my garden there was a baby mourning dove in my backyard. i was very confused.. cuz it prob. got seperated from its mom or something.. anyways i gave it some seeds and water in a cup and it was happy until later it just flew away.. cuz i think i kinda scared it and it was very young.. i hoper it comes back anyways :=)

[taburineagle]

Hopefully! It's mom might have just let him forage for the first time and he was a little nervous about it.

[0utdoors4life]

That's a juvinile morning dove.

[taburineagle]

Is it? I've seen very juvenile doves and they're usually smaller than that, and they have a almost speckled look to their feathers - I'm not typically a bird ID-er though, so I could be wrong!

[animalandcarlover]

oooooooooooooooooh, I always thought that cooing came from an owl. I love mourning doves:)

[taburineagle]

They're very interesting birds - they look kind of clunky, but they're survivors! I had the chance to get video of a dove's nest a few months ago, and I was really excited to see the eggs hatch (I did get a shot of the mother laying the first egg!), but one of them knocked the nest off of the ledge it was perched on and that put an end to that... :(

[Zickcermacity]

When I was little I thought these were daytime owls! My Dad used to call them "Hootie-owls".

It's amusing to see how their throat swells up during a standard coo. Think in terms of scale here: If our larynx was that big in relation to our body we would need necks 12-14 inches in diameter. Imagine how we humans would look! :D

[taburineagle]

Ha! That's true, I never thought of it like that! :) They do sound a lot like owls sometimes - especially when they do that later in the day. I had a chance a few months ago to watch a dove's nest (which was ultimately unsuccessful), but I heard them doing that every now and then!

[6V92TA]

ive always thought those doves were owls growing up lol. What sets them off cooing?

screw the traffic....least you picked up a cardinal singing away in the background

[taburineagle]

True! I have a few cardinal videos on my channel too actually... :) I'd like to just live without the street noise, but that's not possible right now, so I more or less tone it out...

I think that one is a male dove, and I'm guessing that it's cooing for it's mate. Either that, or it's cooing to alert other doves of some sort of danger in the area.

[Khymeira]

Wow! So THAT's what I hear in the morning! Mystery solved, thanks to you! Lol!

[taburineagle]

Awesome! Glad I could help! :)

[ClementKor]

Darn Cars...

When I first heard the cooing, I thought it was an owl...

O_o

[taburineagle]

Ha! I'm definitely with you on the cars! :)

It does kind of sound like an owl - especially from far away!

[CaptiveOrcas2]

Mourning Doves have the most amazing coo ever! It's so relaxing! lol

[taburineagle]

They do - it's funny to see them actually *do* that, it doesn't look like such a small puff of air could produce a noise like that! I'm glad you liked it! :)

[cheezepwnzer]

omg! lol! this morning, i was hearing those cooing noises and i was like "WTF, WHAT IS THAT?" and then i see a shadow on my blinds, which was infront of my window cill, and when i pulled it up, this bird was sitting there wedged between my window and the netting and it scared the crap out of me :P lols

[taburineagle]

Ha!! "Um... what'cha doing there, hmm...?" :)

[chloroxjello]

I saw one of these stuck behind a door in a laundromat. I reached for him and of course he freaked, but in time he calmed down and actually placed his little claw(talon?) on my finger and let me pet it. My random act of kindness for the day.

[taburineagle]

That's so cool! Ours seem to be somewhat oblivious that people are around them until they're about 2 feet from them, and then *they* freak like usual.

[itfelldown]

damn cars

[taburineagle]

Yes! My thoughts exactly!

[mastayoda101]

they are tasty

[taburineagle]

Probably... I wouldn't know... er... or care...

[cheribobbins]

I have one of these in my courtyard... It's driving me nuts! It wakes me up at 5am every morning cooing forever... *click click* *BOOM*

[taburineagle]

Hehe... have you thought about closing the window? :) Seriously though, do they do that year-round, or just during the springtime? There might be a nest nearby, or males trying to attract a mate...

[phantasma616]

they usually start just before robins come in spring, then stay til fall, cooing and watnot. at least at my house.

[taburineagle]

It's about the same here - early Spring to mid-Fall...

[travelsonic]

Try having a flock of mourning doves living right outside your window cooing @ 5 AM... I swear you can hear them breathe in first.

[taburineagle]

Ha! I wouldn't doubt it! :) We don't have any living that close, they just like to frequent the yard, but I could see how that could get annoying quickly...

[thequietkid10]

I grew up in a western New York suburb, listen to these things in the late afternooon when it is dead quiet, is one of my favorite things about suburbia.

[taburineagle]

It's nice to just sit back and listen to the things around you every once and awhile... of course, I live right next to the highway, so it's not often when things get that quiet! :)

[sexysteveroticeric]

mourning doves scare other birds? not in southern ontario o.O they sit on the top of roofs and sing their annoying song while robins and seagulls sit on the ground

[Lucidtomr]

Hi Stever... I'm in your area, well, New York. 5 years ago, morning doves here in the Catskills and Southern Teir, you rarely hear them, until about 2 years ago they started booming, it's more of a Pennsylvania bird. We've got seagulls and robins, what's endangered are the praying mantis, squirls, & ferns.

[taburineagle]

Well, that makes sense, since I'm in Pennsylvania. We also have gulls, robins, squirrels and the occasional praying mantis... but no raccoons, at least in *this* area!

[Lucidtomr]

taburineagle, thanx for adding me as a friend. We've got some racoons up here, but they're about as rare as the squirels. Part of my region includes PA, Northeastern PA,Susquhana County, and Wanye County. I've ran to the PA boarder once, Brackney, it's just west of Montrose. I might do it again and record / post a video of that.

[lonelygurl8305]

He/She sounds so sad :(

[taburineagle]

Hehe... kind of - but I doubt that he is! :)

[itsmemeDDP]

I love birds, but in Chicago area, the doves have all but scared off any kind of song bird. All we get are Doves and Starlings despite feeding saflower seed.

[taburineagle]

Interesting... you wouldn't think of a Dove as a territorial bird, but I have seen them driving away Blue Jays, so maybe they're more territorial than they look... do you have anywhere else to watch the songbirds? Maybe try a suet feeder that would suit them more than it would the Doves and Starlings?

[lonelygurl8305]

I'm live here in Milwaukee...why have the doves scared off the other types of birds?

[taburineagle]

I'm not sure why they do that... they just seem to gang up in one area and make it harder for smaller birds to get food - I have one shot from last year where a dove scared a bluejay off!  I don't think the bluejay could have "taken" the dove, but I definitely thought that bluejays were more dominant! Maybe if you tried using a smaller perch on your feeder, the other birds may come back?

[taburineagle]

Ah! I see... it doesn't look as flashy as I'd expect for a male, but that's probably because I'm seeing a different angle of it...

[taburineagle]

Heartlover1717 - would this be a male Mourning Dove then because you can hear it cooing?