Doves are nesting right outside our window

[bushmaster1313]

Hiding in plain sight

 

[6518John]

It never ceases to amaze me how they just throw together some sticks for a nest. Yet they always seen to be successful, while I have seen Orioles’ magnificent hanging creations blown off a tree limb many times.

A flimsy assembly of pine needles, twigs, and grass stems, unlined and with little insulation for the young. Over 2 to 4 days, the male carries twigs to the female, passing them to her while standing on her back; the female weaves them into a nest about 8 inches across. Mourning Doves sometimes reuse their own or other species’ nests.

Mourning Dove Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

 

[Rudi]

Cool, I've never seen a dove nest before.

 

[bushmaster1313]

The vines are dead English ivy
The doves have a small nest tucked inside

 

[Breakaway500]

While trimming along a fence line I came across this Mom who would not leave the nest..

 

[jbtrucker]

Doves stay in the flower beds outside my apartment and sit on window sills cooing . Walking just few feet away will flush them out even when dark , surprised not to see a Hawk hanging around

 

[Telecaster]

We have a Muscovy duck nest next to our front porch. About 16 eggs.

 

[bushmaster1313]

We have a Muscovy duck nest next to our front porch. About 16 eggs.

16 eggs?

Comrade, it Soviet duck collective nest dedicated to glorious achievements of socialist intellectual purity

 

[6518John]

16 eggs?

Comrade, it Soviet duck collective nest dedicated to glorious achievements of socialist intellectual purity

I like it! But Muscovy actually swam or flew the Rio Grande and our are neighbors from south of the border.

Muscovy Duck Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

 

[H Richard]

We have some wall mounted flower baskets on our deck. Every year we have sometimes two or three families of Doves nest there. Here's a pair of babies getting ready to leave the nest.

 

[Rule3]

Cool, I've never seen a dove nest before.

Doves need to go back to nest making 101 school. Can't even call them nest but some how they work. Down here not as good as those pictures. Just a few sticks and some soft stuff (anything)

Every year we have some nest in a bush right ar our front door. I can look in there and the make believe you can't see them,
The also make "decoy" nests in other spots.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Today I saw a white spot, which seems to be an egg, when the dove got up for a moment.

Here is another close up