Morning dove nesting in the hanging planter

[mysteryowl]

I just love morning doves! What a delight to have one in our hanging planter.

What to do? ...just let the flowers die off or water them when the dove leaves?

[Chin music]

1. I like how their neck color pattern changes, when they coo.

Very interesting to see.

[MyOwnPeace]

2. Interesting thing about "that" bird............

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/mourning-dove-versus-morning-dove/

[mysteryowl]

3. Thanks! great link and fun info!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. In some areas they are called rain crows because you hear them cooing before it rains.

In other areas a rain crow is a sort of cuckoo. But my dad always called mourning doves rain crows.

[blueinredohio]

4. My mother always had finches make nests in her ferns.

Always the same side of the porch every year. She would take it down when the mother flew off, water the plant and hang it back up. Taking it down also kept from getting the nest wet. Mama bird always came back.