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a kennedy

(34,418 posts) Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:44 AM Aug 19

My mourning doves only had 3 batches this year......so happy they had any, but kinda miss them

right outside my back door area. One year they did have 5!!!!! I wonder if I should leave the robin’s nest they’ve used for two years. I do love their actual dove nest, it’s like 5 - 6 sticks laid criss-crossed on the platform.

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My mourning doves only had 3 batches this year......so happy they had any, but kinda miss them (Original Post) a kennedy Aug 19 OP

The male mourning doves that frequent our patio and backyard... 3catwoman3 Aug 19 #1

I know, the males are trying to hump the females all the time. a kennedy Aug 19 #3

Yeah, pretty much 3catwoman3 Aug 19 #4

I only had one. bamagal62 Aug 19 #2

3catwoman3

(27,692 posts)

1. The male mourning doves that frequent our patio and backyard...

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Aug 19, 2025, 10:57 AM

Aug 19

…are horny little buggers. They pursue the females constantly, all summer long.

a kennedy

(34,418 posts)

3. I know, the males are trying to hump the females all the time.

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 19, 2025, 12:00 PM

Aug 19

3catwoman3

(27,692 posts)

4. Yeah, pretty much

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 19, 2025, 01:09 PM

Aug 19

bamagal62

(4,165 posts)

2. I only had one.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Aug 19, 2025, 11:51 AM

Aug 19

But, I'm in a new house (old house) and I have no idea how many were had there last year. I have been waiting and hoping for another one. I've left the nest there just in case.

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