DEAR JOAN: This spring, we had a mourning dove make a nest in one of our hanging planters. The planter was mostly dead plants and potting soil, but she must have thought it was safe, so she laid two ...

The eggs in the nest. Unlike most eggs laid in open nests, mourning dove eggs are bright white. (Marilyn McGonagle) The doves returned this year to the same nesting location — a pot for large plants — ...

DEAR JOAN: I’ve got a dove nesting in my hanging fern basket. The problem is I need to water my fern. I have no idea if the dove has laid eggs or not. Do you have any suggestions? Steve, Bay Area DEAR ...

DEAR JOAN: A pair of cooing mourning doves are building their nest on our patio table. I love all our birds and am torn between cleaning it up and waiting for nature’s show. There is a big problem ...

Previous Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) nesting studies conducted in areas containing a mixture of edge and continuous habitats have focused on edge habitats. Consequently, little is known about the ...

Most birds spend several days, to as long as two weeks getting their home just right. But a pair of mourning doves can quickly throw together a loose platform of sticks in just a few hours. The ...

Last spring, my next-door neighbor and I were blessed with the miracle of mourning dove life. My pair nested in the fork of two limbs in a backyard pyracantha bush, just above eye level. My neighbor’s ...