Doves

Mourning Dove On Nest

This is my first dove nest. There was a barn swallow nest that was built the year prior and the dove claimed it before the swallows could return. The dove built its own nest of twigs on top of the swallow clay nest. Pretty cool.
Mourning Dove (Zenaidura macroura)

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