It's Been a Long Time Coming!

Video of an active Mourning Dove's nest... from last year! I shot this video in May of 2008. It's mainly a gift to Heartlover1717 - I've been telling her I'd release it for months... she's quite into Mourning Doves - :)

© 2008-09 Zach Glenwright

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[tinylunn]

did they hatch? i was hoping they would hatch at the end of the vis lol, i love birds, we have a single peanut feeder in the garden which is about 3 mtrs from my window and the birds love it, im now in the mids of trying to make my own window sill feeder...

[taburineagle]

@tinylunn - That's cool, I hope your birds are successful! No, they didn't hatch, both of the doves screwed the nest up - one knocked an egg out of the nest during the switchover (when they switch who's sitting on the egg so the other can forage) and the 2nd dove came back and knocked the entire nest over the day right after that. They're notorious for being somewhat disastrous nesters, so that's not really surprising, but it would have been awesome to catch them fledging on camera!

[TheSupergame2010]

Niceee :)))

[taburineagle]

@TheSupergame2010 - Thanks! :)

[charliker2]

Класс! И как интересно людей не боится ?

[taburineagle]

@charliker2 - They do fear people a little bit, so I tried to keep my distance from them when I set the camera up.

[taburineagle]

@Layouts4Facebook - Thanks!

[Layouts4Facebook]

kind video

[taburineagle]

@aceto89 - Thanks! :)