Comments on: Mourning Dove http://www.thegardengossip.com/2007/07/23/mourning-dove/ gardening, flowers, plants, herbs, vegetables, fruits, trees, lawn care, bugs, pesticide, fertilizer, lawn equipment, nature, services, products, insurance, travel, business, coupons, product reviews, health, home, recreation, outdoors, beauty, gifts, self help, family, hobbies, crafts, lawyers, finance, shopping Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Francine Waldman http://www.thegardengossip.com/2007/07/23/mourning-dove/#comment-555 Francine Waldman Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:36:08 +0000 http://thegardengossip.com/2007/07/23/mourning-dove/#comment-555 This past April a pair of Mourning Doves set up housekeeping on my apartment windowsill which has a security gate. Unfortunately this was a particularly cold month and I believe the clutch froze. In fact the doves merely sat near the nest but not on it. Finally both left the nest unattended and after about 2 weeks, I removed the one remaining unhatched egg. The other day I noticed the nest which consisted of only a few twigs was once more occupied. I am not sure if this is the same pair but as the weather is lovely I am hoping to see the clutch and perhaps even hatched. This past April a pair of Mourning Doves set up housekeeping on my apartment windowsill which has a security gate. Unfortunately this was a particularly cold month and I believe the clutch froze. In fact the doves merely sat near the nest but not on it. Finally both left the nest unattended and after about 2 weeks, I removed the one remaining unhatched egg.

The other day I noticed the nest which consisted of only a few twigs was once more occupied. I am not sure if this is the same pair but as the weather is lovely I am hoping to see the clutch and perhaps even hatched.

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