They are nesting! ~Dove Diaries~

[faislaq]

How neat! I'm surprised how "violently"? the one in back eats. The one in the foreground just gently pecks, but the other slashes in at an angle.

I love how close you can get to them. I can't believe you get to see this everyday.

 

[Zara]

! I'm surprised how "violently"? the one in back eats. The one in the foreground just pecks, but the other slashes in at an angle.

The bird towards me at the beginning is dad, he fell in the feeder
That´s mum rummaging in the bowl. She´s the one who comes down to the water bowl, and the first to leave.
Look at dad at the end of the video - he has the face of a ¨don´t mess with me!¨ type of bird
They are both really really large birds.

I love how close you can get to them.

Only about 30 cm between them and the phone. They don´t mind as long as there´s food

 

[Zara]

Dad rummaging;

 

[Zara]

Here´s a vid of the young ones from this summer. These chicks fledged, and constantly fought. They would be here every day running around on the floor chasing each other!
They have seemed to have moved on now.

 

[faislaq]

How do you tell them apart?

 

[Ali]

How do you tell them apart?

I've been wondering the same! They all look so similar!

 

[Zara]

How do you tell them apart?

Dads feet are grey and creepy looking (like skeleton), mums are more red. He also has a distinct face, around the eyes.

The young ones were always here, one had the drooped wing on one side, one was all picked on, and the other was just a small bird.
The young birds seem to grow up, hang around a bit then leave the street.

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

Dad rummaging;

I'm imagining people walking down below get bonked on the head with a few seeds occasionally and wonder " What the heck was that!"

 

[Zara]

I'm imagining people walking down below get bonked on the head with a few seeds occasionally and wonder " What the heck was that!"

I'm sure!! It's surprisingly quite busy down there on the footpath. Lots of dog walkers.
The problem isn't the seeds, it's when that hen is laying and has those reeeeeally loose poops! I sometimes hear them splatt on the street below!

 

[Zara]

For some reason they look further away in the photo,

 

[Zara]

 

[Zara]

Missed these two pics..

 

[Ali]

Missed these two pics..
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Oh my gosh they are adorable!

 

[Ali]

Are you sure you only have 673727883635282929927276278 pictures of them?

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

For some reason they look further away in the photo,
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Amazing! Next.. they'll be eating out of your hand!

 

[Zara]

Amazing! Next.. they'll be eating out of your hand!

I have tried a couple of times. They are interested, and I can get about 10-15 cm from them, but that seems to be the line.

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

I have tried a couple of times. They are interested, and I can get about 10-15 cm from them, but that seems to be the line.

You could rig a tray to hang from your neck!

 

[Zara]

I'm imagining people walking down below get bonked on the head with a few seeds occasionally and wonder " What the heck was that!"

The street sweeper is down sweeping the path below... and the doves are here tipping seeds

 

[Zara]

It´s really windy here. I see one of the doves in that same spot in the tree, sat on a branch facing the inner part of the tree so I think that´s where the little ones are.
They struggled eating just before the wind kept blowing them off the feeder!
Gonna get the binoculars out...

 

[Zara]

Gonna get the binoculars out...

Can only see this butt...