Mamma Mourning Dove With Her Two Squab

by Jay Milo

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Mamma Mourning Dove With Her Two Squab

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Jay Milo

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Photograph - Photography

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The Mourning Dove is a member of the Dove family, The bird is also called the Turtle Dove or the American Mourning Dove or Rain Dove, and used to be known as the Carolina Pigeon or Carolina Turtledove. Its ability to sustain its population stems from its prolific breeding: in warm areas, one pair may raise up to six broods a year.Mourning Doves are light grey and brown and generally muted in color. Males and females are similar in appearance, the male having more shades of blue, The species is generally monogamous, with two squabs (young) per brood. Both parents incubate and care for the young. Mourning Doves eat almost exclusively seeds, but the young are fed crop milk by their parents.My hanging Television holder has been the birthing place of Doves for the past 18 years, some years there have been 3 eggs, but most of the time there are 2. They are generally, very good about finding just the right amount of space. Normally, I have had a large T.V., but installed a flat screen this year, that has given them more space and the hanging screen is pull down just to the bottom of the t.v. stand, to give them more protection from the wind. They let me get up on a ladder and look into the nest, and don't mind me taking pictures. These young squab are about 7 or 8 days old.

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March 21st, 2016

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