Mourning Dove Family - Part 1 (Nesting, laying and egg care)
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- Mourning Dove Family - Part 1 (Nesting, laying and egg care)
Part 1 of a two-part educational series about the nesting behavior of mourning doves. Follow our mourning dove pair, Ward and June, through nest construction, egg-laying and egg care. Filmed with an inexpensive USB web cam connected to my computer. The events depicted are as nature directed, not me. I simply recorded it in the form of hundreds of hours of video footage, with a remote camera so that human interference is kept to a minimum. Many of my viewers ask me about the doves nesting in their yards, because mourning doves will nest just about anywhere.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS FILM IS TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR DOVE NEST, SO YOU WON"T DISTURB YOUR BIRDS. Please watch my films instead of approaching, looking into or trying to photograph your nest! Thank you. Teachers, please feel free to use this video content in the classroom.
To see the 2nd half of the story, stay tuned for Mourning Dove Family - Part 2 • Mourning Dove Family -...
I wish people can watch videos like these and realize the presence of birds and their nests are not a nuisance but rather a blessing.
YOU ARE RIGHT. I Travelled and one of the windows in my inner room was left half opened. When I returned back after 2 weeks, I realized that they have started building nest for laying eggs. My Sister and my gf wanted to drive them away but I refused and I decided to let them be and they layed 2 eggs and hatch 2 beautiful nestlings. I couldn't have been more glad I allowed them to have their peace and shared my window with me 😇
I was pleasantly surprised yesterday to find an egg on my hanging potted plant. Friday morning I was startled by a dove flying away when I was getting ready to water my plants. I decided to skip the plant and so glad I did. The next morning, we discovered an egg. I'm so excited to take a peek tomorrow. Maybe there will be 🥚🥚. This just sooooo endearing and heart-warming.
The Holy Ghost is like a dove. Ho. I am a Christian that has the faith of Jesus and keep the commandments of God. Sadly, hellfire will be filled with false Christians who did not repent but continued going to church on sunday, Christmas, Easter, January 1st. Stop being a rebellious witch and a stubborn idolater. If you reject the word of God, you will not reign as a king under King Jesus. 1 Samuel 15:23, Revelation 1. We both know that God only saved Noah and his family from the flood. God also only saved Lot and his daughters from Sodom. Remember that our Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God and upon this rock of truth, he founded the church. Let us not go back to the weak and beggarly elements of Christmas, Easter, sunday, friday, January 1st, etc. Let us go on to perfection. In the new earth, we shall worship God in his sabbaths and new moons. No idolater that worships every sunday, friday, Christmas, Easter, January 1st, etc will be there. Again, no idolater or rebellious witch will be in the new earth. Judge Jesus and the Gentiles kept the sabbaths, new moons and holy days.
I completely agree with you! These birds are just starting their own family like all of us, Humans do! They usually find the best sites that offer better security, shelter, support and warmth so they can safely raise their babies! They are very much like what we usually do to help protect our own family, including babies!👍👍😁❤️❤️❤️
Yeah and in Islam for sure you are not allowed to destroy a bird 🪺 ; that includes the 🌲 it might be residing in.
Hanging potted plant:
Birds: *It’s free real estate*
If the hanging potted plant is in California, those doves really should be paying rent.
This should get an award. It’s very intimate, accurate and priceless ❤️
Soooo cute! I love Ward's reaction to meeting his first egg. It's almost as if when June got up, Ward was like "What's that? ........ Egg :V!"
I love the noise they make while flying, and I love the calls. We have a small flock in my neighborhood who coo every morning
Same here!!!😍😍that sweet sound before when they fly is so cute!!!
I watched this... Found a sturdy wicker basket in disuse, and went right out and set this up... In a matter of minutes, absent of the camera... I love the mourning doves around my home and neighborhood, wherever!... And I do a mean Dove call. Thank you so much for the inspiration
Happy Birding!
Ward's reaction to NEW Wally-egg: "woohWOOOOHA!"
PRICELESS!
What a cute couple. They know how to work a marriage. Ward gets off of work and gives June time to go and relax.
Mourning doves sing so pretty. They are beautiful birds. Thanks for sharing.
God how I love the sound they make ☺🐦
Thank you so very much!!! Just warms my heart 💖💖💖
When I was very little, Grandpa told me about mourning doves after I asked about hearing the most beautiful sound when waking up. I heard him say "morning doves" make those sweet cooing sounds!!! Grandpa had a gentle caring spirit & he'd feed birds & squirrels would come up to him on the porch to take peanuts from his hand!!! Mourning doves always remind me of him & Grandma.
Beautiful couple... So Cute innocent and adorable.. Their actions are very loving..
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Oh I love them. I live the cooing of doves! 🌈⭐🌺👩👩👦👦🐏🐑🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🐣🦅🐦.
Ho. I am a Christian that has the faith of Jesus and keep the commandments of God. Sadly, hellfire will be filled with false Christians who did not repent but continued going to church on sunday, Christmas, Easter, January 1st. Stop being a rebellious witch and a stubborn idolater. If you reject the word of God, you will not reign as a king under King Jesus. 1 Samuel 15:23, Revelation 1. We both know that God only saved Noah and his family from the flood. God also only saved Lot and his daughters from Sodom. Remember that our Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God and upon this rock of truth, he founded the church. Let us not go back to the weak and beggarly elements of Christmas, Easter, sunday, friday, January 1st, etc. Let us go on to perfection. In the new earth, we shall worship God in his sabbaths and new moons. No idolater that worships every sunday, friday, Christmas, Easter, January 1st, etc will be there. Again, no idolater or rebellious witch will be in the new earth. Judge Jesus and the Gentiles kept the sabbaths, new moons and holy days.
June only called that man once and he came immediately 😂
I love Doves and the sound they make.
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful couple... So Cute innocent and adorable.. Their actions are very loving..
"My gf's here, must f l a t t e n." 1:52
Ward is showing a submissive stance, I believe he's showing June what he wants her to do. It's what the female does when the male arrives bringing nesting material. The female gets flat in the nest, and does rapid little wing flaps, and the male stands on her back as he delivers a stick from his beak to hers. Then she incorporates it into the nest.
it's so cool how the male's voice/coo is deeper than the females just like humans!
The sound of the morning dove, will always remind me of being out at my grandma June's house.. You would hear them every am...
Yes, we had them at the house where I grew up, too. I always found the sound kinda sad, but hopeful...
Beautiful birds...
Thank you for watching!
these two shows a lot of dedication, that's a special quality.
Beautiful couple... So Cute innocent and adorable birds.. Their actions are very loving..
Thank you for making and sharing this video. I have been watching this scenario from my living room window, but it's wonderful to see it in detail. My Ward and June raised two babies, and within 3 weeks have returned to the same nest and are starting again.
I have Mourning Doves in my courtyard. You have no idea how wonderful it is to run this video over and over. Thank you so much!!!!
I died of laughter watching ward step on June.
That is how nesting material is delivered to the female, from standing on her back. They do it every time.
doves are sooo cute
Oh!, The Patience! 😊...These Birds Have taking turns to watch Over and Guard their Nest. 😊
HUMAN BEINGS CAN LEARN ALOT FROM THIS VIDEO! 👍😊
Thank you for making this video. This morning I heard a beautiful healthy dove, started my day on a happy note.
Ah! Just heard this lovely sound this morning but had no notion what animal made it. Kept thinking it sounds like WHOO-WHOO and wondered the likelihood of an owl in broad daylight in the city...? No, of course not. It was a mourning dove. How pretty. Neat story!
I love Doves they're one of my favorite Birds 🕊
Uncle Kenny really should get well deserved credit for creating a documentary about the lives of two incredible doves , Ward and June, including their quest to start an amazing family of their own!!
Ward and June, I love it. The coo of Mourning Doves is my favorite, as a child and for 18 years right outside my bedroom window in a huge Arborvitae tree Mourning Doves nested there all those years and I was greeted by their beautiful and mournful calling, it always brings back wonderful memories when I see or hear them now.
Such a well done video! Thanks so much for sharing. Silly Cat in the background LOL! We love love love Mourning Doves we feed a community of at least 60 they were born in our yard for at least 12 years we were not really familiar on how these wonderful beautiful souls are until I lost my job then we found our true love for birds, having a job takes away from the true meaningful and beautiful small and great things in life we were to stressed all the time now we go around feeding wild doves in at least 5 corners in our city, we include vitamins and DE added on food to remove mites on their bodies. Bird lovers here!!
Thanks for watching!
I just had a pair land on my window box! The dad called the fat little mom to come check out the spot! My silly cats scared them away but the birds watched for a while and I closed the blinds. Oh how I hope they come back and nest here!!!!
Stumbled onto this watching TH-cam on my TV. Love it. The Cleaver family continues on. Happy birding!
When she laid the first egg on June 1, I named her June. The rest of the names were a natural progression from there, especially since mourning doves almost always have broods of 2. It was sad when the "star" left the show prematurely, though.
*Wow nurturing beasts is a very good job God will do you good* 👍👍👍👍 😘😍👌👌👌😊 .....
"Damn, Ward you did a really good job. It looks really nice and comfy. I'm a girl bird."
If only I could push out my baby daughter so quickly XD
Ha ha! No kidding.
The tea is hot!
If only my mom would push me out/ let me go, lol. Too funny!
It's simply amazing! Glory to God!
Wonderful video, we have doves that nest every year on our upstairs window sill, get to watch them laying on their eggs and seeing the little ones grow. Such a sight to see!
i actually watched a dove family grow from parents and eggs, to a whole adult dove family. i have a new one moved in :D
I have a pair of mourning doves nesting in a pepper tree in our garden. My very first time to see the mother feed her chicks yesterday. They always make noise before feeding the babies. It’s fun to quietly observe them every early morning and evening from the window.
They coo before feeding the babies to condition the babies to expect feeding after the coo. Then the parents begin cooing from outside the nest. This is how they lure them to leave the nest. Once they do leave it's also how the parents gather them together to show them where to find food, water, and a safe place to roost at night.
I had a pair of mourning doves make a nest on one of the support beams of my patio last year :)
Never saw the couple arguing or fighting. Can human couples learn something from these birds?
This pair? No, they were good mates and good parents. However, the previous occupants of this nest weren't as good at either. The female looked very young, inexperienced. The male looked old, as if he had lost his first wife (they mate for life). He had the hardest time getting her to stay in the nest. He'd coax her there, but a few minutes after he would leave, so would she. When she finally laid a clutch of eggs, they took turns caring for them, but one morning she left the nest unattended before the dad came to take over the day shift, and a western scrub jay flew in and stole one egg, and returned a few minutes later for the other one. Less than a week later, she laid another egg in the same nest. Again, she left it unattended one morning, and again a jay came and stole it. She laid another pair of eggs, and everything was going fine. The eggs were within a day or 2 of hatching, and again she abandoned them one morning, and again the jay came and took them away. She just wasn't ready to raise a family. Like dove birth control. It was pretty frustrating for a filmmaker who wanted to document the life cycle of nesting mourning doves! Luckily, that pair then abandoned the nest, I cleaned it out, and Ward and June moved in very soon afterward.
You could see Ward just couldn't believe it when he came back and there was TWO there. Goodluck little ones 🥰
I love mourning doves! I have usually 8 coming to feeders. They are fun to watch. Thank you for these videos...
How cute
I'm here for the fluttering sounds. ☺️💕
Edit: Oh this was nice. Thanks for providing narration of what's happening. Great close up view.
What a great set up. I'll have to try that with an old planter next year! Thanks for sharing
Thanks! I did it originally to stop them from nesting in the hanging flower pots on my patio, which were in danger of my dogs getting to them. They moved right in a few days later.
Unbelievable! I love you for doing this! I have a nest outside my front door, and I love it!
Same.
Really unbelievable.. This is how God teaches their creation.. Beautiful couple... So Cute innocent and adorable.. Their actions are very loving..
I thought the title meant “mourning dove family” where they were mourning the loss of a chick or something. 🤪
Me too.
They are called "mourning doves" because of the "sad" sound of their coo. But if you watch Part 2, they do actually mourn the loss of a chick...
@@Weird_Old_Uncle_Kenny You are right. They are called Mourning Doves because of their haunting, cooing sound.
Very helpful video, I just got mourning doves nest over my front door(took them about a month)
I love the birds wonderful thanks for this video ☺️
Good good day 😀
Beautiful pair..❤
I had a pair nest on my patio umbrella solar panel. They couldn’t get the sticks to stay so I bought a nesting box form them. They had 2 eggs on Memorial Day weekend so I named the babies Freedom and Liberty. They were so cute. Then one morning out of now where a Coopers hawk came and got the babies when I was asleep. I was so sad, as were the parents. They came back and he coo’d and coo’d all day while the mom came and went looking for the babies. They hung around for another week then they started spending the night again on Saturday. I knew we had more eggs! I was so excited. Then that Tuesday morning I woke up to no birds (again)! I walked out to the patio and there were feathers everywhere. That hawk came back again and took the Mom! So sad. I immediately went to see if there were eggs and there were! I took them and they are now being incubated with a bird person. I’m hoping for the 2 babies to be born on the 4th of July. I’ll call them 3rd and 4th. Lol. I’m so sad not to have them around anymore but I took the box down as I can’t stand to see them get killed. Any suggestions to ward off a hawk would be great! Meantime the Dad comes and visits my patio from time to time now. I loved this video. It reminded me of my experience only with a better outcome! 🥰
Sorry to hear that. The only defense I can think of against a predator that knows where the doves are nesting is to provide a better, safer location, such as a hanging basket like mine up under an eave. The hawks will be less likely to see the nest, and less comfortable flying in - also don't give the hawk a perch on or next to the nest to land and dine from. I'd be happy to give you some tips, just ask. Also, if you provide food or water, do it completely out of view of the nest, such as on the opposite side of the house. Predators are drawn to birds and rodents eating bird seed, you don't want them to also see the nest. The doves will find the food no matter where you put it. I wish you luck!
Thank you for sharing this. I have a nest in my gutter that has been home to at least two different mother doves. Watching these birds has become a very special part of my day.
Great video chap. Love it. Have mourning doves come by my kitchen window. I feed them wild bird seeds. They love it.
Thanks for watching!
Weird Old Uncle Kenny this video is amazing. Tho its 2nd part is sorta hurting n tragic I loved em both. You did a great job. Thank you and keep sharing birdie things. I love birds.
thank you for this video, I never saw a bird lay an egg before
Thanks for watching! I was so lucky to get a decent view of both eggs being laid.
So that’s what you call these lil things.
They’ve moved into my area of the San Fernando Valley. I have a pair of these cuties waddling around my yard pecking and scratching every morning. They’re very cute to watch. 🥰🥰🥰
They have been in the San Fernando Valley for a very long time, they are native. However, mourning doves are being replaced in many places in the U.S. by the Eurasian Collared Dove, which is an invasive species. They look very similar, but the coos sound significantly different. The Collared doves don't seem to be as eager or comfortable to nest in flower pots as the mourning doves!
So cute and informative. Thanks Uncle Kenny, well done!!
Thanks for watching!
Nice looking doves
This was a great video, doves are soo cute I love them! 🥰
Thanks for this great documentary.
Thanks for watching!
Sir, you are a real gem. Please keep making these outstanding videos!
Thanks for watching!
One if the best videos I watched!!
How can you tell the difference? I was watching the part 5 of your last dove videos and the babies were crying for food. When I looked out of my patio I had what seemed one hundred birds on my driveway. They must have heard the video. It was crazy!!
Good question! The parents are virtually identical, visually, and I can't really tell them apart on sight alone. I have 2 main ways to tell the parents apart: coo and time of day. The male does almost all the cooing and calling, and he has a very developed "voice". When the female does make a coo, it is much higher in pitch, and not as well developed.
The female is always the one who stays on the nest with the eggs or babies overnight. If I film all day, I can count parent swaps.
They have different spot patterns on their wings (4:26)
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Male
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Female
Those Cleavers are so cleaver! Amazing video!
Awesome footage. Of particular interest to me because I currently have a pair of doves who made a nest (rudimentary) on a high shelf in my garage. Two eggs. One hatched about 9 days ago. Check on them numerous times a day from a distance. All appears well so far.
It's nice bird 👍
You are so funny. I love the names you chose.
I was hooked when I saw this was a story about The Cleaver Family.
a mother mourning dove has a nest on our balcony when we moved in. The bird had two eggs and when they hatched we ( me and my sister ) named the babies, but then the babies grew up and we had to say goodbye to them.
1:47
Dove: flies in
Other Dove: *ducks*
Wow! Great video. A pair of Mourning Doves are hatching two eggs in a hanging basket on our deck right now. Can't wait for the new baby doves.
This video is amaging. you did a great job Weird Old Uncle Kenny. Tho this 2nd part is tragic but I loved both. Keep sharing birdie things. I love birds.
So cute and adorable!
Awesome my friend
Thanks for watching!
Great film. Thank you! 🙂
[I can't imagine why someone would be such a jerk as to give it a thumbs down. Some people....]
This is beautiful!! Ty so much for sharing! 💙
Thanks for watching!
Sweet doves ...
They look so cute and squishy
Thank you for this amazing and enlightening video! Helps me to care for the sweet doves in the yard....thanks again :)
The egg is so small, how cute
I swear morning doves are so cute
I like hearing their little grunts and when moma coos. You don't get to hear these sounds everyday.
Very interesting film , thank you for sharing, truly enjoyable!
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful video!
My Cardinal best friend always blocks out the sound of the morning dove but they competed this morning and he is relentless and knocks at my window before daybreak always.
Thank you for this wonderful video
Thanks for uploading this beatiful video.
very relaxing video! love it
I enjoyed every second of it. Thank you for this video
Thanks for watching!
So much love and teamwork, so beautiful and inspiring to see nature up close, thank you for sharing, my husband and I adopted a beautiful dove and named her Zara, we are trying to make her home comfortable any tips on what these beautiful birds like to eat besides the wild bird food ?
Thanks for watching! Sorry, I don't know much about what's best to feed them. Perhaps someone else on here can chime in on this subject?
We live in central Minnesota and as of today with the snow storm, I counted 14 mourning doves, they've been eating Black Oiled Sunflower seeds and White Millet. I have a spot that I keep clear of snow, what I have noticed is they will swallow both seeds whole and eat small pieces of gravel. I hope this helps
I just Googled what they like to eat, wheat and cracked corn also.
Plat form feeders or ground
This exact thing is happening in my back yard :o
It feels better now that I know the steps, thank you!
Heeey!! Mines, too. The exact same thing.
there was a nest on my school campus, and it was pretty visible to the eye and ground level. Sadly the chicks were probably eaten. Wish I could have seen them grow up.
Oh my gosh✨WOW✨💖😁👍
I'm so thankful I found you!✨
These video's are just the best Ever!✨
I really needed to hear this XO✨
And see these most amazing Angels✨🙌💞
Well done✨ truly✨well done👍👍👍😁XO✨
I'm a new subscriber now!✨
This is my most favorite bird in the world
Omg I live in Fresno to! Also btw I love birds their so beautiful in sight and I love their sounds they make 😍😍❤️
So cute when Ward approves the egg. :3
I love your story like commentary!
Thank you for watching. Glad you enjoyed it!
❤❤❤ I really needed to see this because recently Doves started nesting in my kitchen window seal and I was wondering what I have to do if anything. Thanks for sharing this.
Sweet doves