{"id":1942,"date":"2015-04-07T00:06:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T00:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fivecedars.com\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2015-05-19T07:48:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T07:48:18","slug":"mourning-doves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivecedars.com\/mourning-doves\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourning Doves 5\/5\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
This pair of Mourning Doves had been hanging around all day in the lilacs. <\/p>\n
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I have heard these called Turtle Doves or Rain Doves but we usually refer to them as just Doves.<\/p>\n
When they take flight their wings make a whistling swoopy sound and clicks. Other than that they make a cooing sound. They are not very timid and if careful, one can often walk right up to them.<\/p>\n
They remind me of the pigeons I used to keep when I was young except the doves seem to be a bit smaller.<\/p>\n
We see them feeding on the ground around the station picking up millet spilled by other birds. I personally have never seen one in a feeder. We were going to remove the millet from the feeder but it seems like the doves eat it on the ground so I don’t think it will hurt anything to continue with the seed. I think the sparrows eat millet and small seed too.<\/p>\n
This pair has been around for about a week and I wonder if they are looking for a place for a nest. I think I will keep an eye on them. I hope they will not choose one of the soft maple tree we have tagged for removal.<\/p>\n
From what I have learned Mourning Doves are monogamous so maybe this pair will treat us to some little ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This pair of Mourning Doves had been hanging around all day in the lilacs. I have heard these called Turtle Doves or Rain Doves but we usually refer to them as just Doves. When they take flight their wings make a whistling swoopy sound and clicks. Other than that they make a cooing sound. They… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n