I've been taking pictures of it for the past three weeks and it looks like the chicks finally hatched! It's pretty cool to have a resident gardening bird friend!
I have a theory it made part of its nest out of the dried thyme plant which I never trimmed after the winter, which would be somewhat hilarious.
by electrifiedair
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So…she needed/needs “thyme” to lay and raise her brood?
Herb infused eggs, those would sell like hotcakes at a farmers market
That might be the best dove nest I have ever seen.
Wow, says a lot about you and that space. You were chosen! 💖
Almost r/stupiddovenests material, but this one’s actually somewhat decent
best constructed dove nest I’ve seen, but it’s compensated by putting it somewhere stupid
Love.
Nice!
It’s good luck! Plus there is a good chance they’ll keep returning year after year. We had some nest in out hanging baskets for 4 straight seasons then we moved 🙁
THE WITTLE BABY WITH THE WITTLE BABIES OMG ❤️
Thats pretty adorable
That’s super cute
adorable!!!!
Omg this made my morning!! She looks so satisfied with herself. Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing
Mourning doves are a favorite of mine! What luck!!!
Honestly that seems like a great spot. It’s pretty, she’s slightly hidden, and I bet it smells lovely
Sweet.
She decided it was high thyme she had a quality residence to raise her family.
Finally… optimal dove nests
It has good judgment.
Great pics of the sweet mama 😍
Idk why yall are saying this is dumb placement, its plants all around, covered, hard to find from predators and if i remember correctly, smells nice!
Her babies should be named English and Thyme
Love 💕
Just had one hatch two babies in our mint plant on our balcony. It was so sweet!
I love mourning doves so this would be awesome to see.
I was today years old to learn the correct spelling for their name 🤯😄
Lucky you!!!
That’s so sweet.
Beautiful. I would nest 🪺 there 😎
This is so cute!! What a beautiful nest too. And she even has a painting in her living room 😂
My grandma (born in 1917) used to call mourning doves “rain owls” because “when you hear it, rain is coming”.
She grew up in the mountains of West Virginia so I could see where they could mistake a mourning dove for an owl.
Anyway, thank you for sharing this and bringing back some memories of my grandma! We lost her just short of her 91st birthday back in 2008.
I’m not sure if I can add pictures to my original post by editing it, so here’s the latest picture from this morning!
https://preview.redd.it/c01dtrfu7x2h1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3bee4fa8612b1e447907175c751bc51fc2dd9cd
Congrats! Hope this isn’t close to a bedroom window though.
We have doves that try to settle in our apartment balcony planters. Year one they were welcomed. From then on we try to move them on cause their morning cooing is the devils soundtrack!!!
If they do lay, we chalk it up to them beating us and do what we can to help. But there’s still a quiet resentment lol.
I love mourning doves. Such beautiful birds.
She’s doing a great job. It’s protected, pleasantly fragrant, and disturbed by a human often enough to discourage other animals from interfering.
At least it built a nest, instead of just 2 twigs and calling it a nest. 😆
They are very opportunistic on taking any spot and not building the actual nest.
🥲💖
I had one make her nest in one of my hanging ferns and her baby just hatched 😭
https://preview.redd.it/tktg90jj8x2h1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72cb9924ac143d834a673624a3f8917001e5d6d0
Mourning doves will have multiple broods a year, and they are one of the few birds that will reuse the same nest/location. They usually lay 2 eggs each time.
They’ll even come back year after year as long as it’s safe! You might get to see them raise dozens of lil fluff balls over the years!
Also, the papa sits on the eggs during the day, and the mama sits on them at night, they’re a real team 🙂
This is the best thing ever 😭
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