Currently, we have a pair of mourning doves nesting outside our kitchen window. They're very peaceful and beautiful. Their nest is also a thing of beauty composed of twigs and bits of twine they gathered from somewhere in the neighborhood.
We've read that the nesting season will only last a few weeks, but it's an exquisite sight.
Caroline's reading up on how to encourage the doves to nest in a different window in the future (one outside the garage), which is a less active space that they might find more restful.
But the place they've chosen is fairly well hidden and the birds blend in almost invisibly to the house.
Two small white eggs with a violet sheen form the "clutch", as I've read is common. How these birds can stand the yapping dachshunds I have no idea, but I guess they're used to the mixed sounds of nature and culture.
Photography: Jane Roberts, Strange Phase Studios
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For more on the mourning dove, please see here.
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