Doves

The other day Trudy noticed a bit of odd bird behavior. A Mourning Dove, which we usually hear in the tree next door, was picking up twigs from our yard. Then he was delivering them to his mate right outside our office window.
So we now have a new family in the yard. The nest is just high enough that I cannot see if there are eggs yet but there should be two. The doves usually take 14 to 16 days to incubate the eggs and another two weeks of care in the nest.
The male sits the eggs all day and the female all night. They switch at dawn and dusk. Looks like the Mom spends all day shopping and at the spa while Dad wings it down to a club on the Strip all night. I heard there was a new topless place called "Birdies."
Mourning Doves range all over North America and nest up to 6 times a year. There are estimated to be about 130 million of them making them one of the most common birds in the US.
The male and female can be identified by the color of the feathers on the top of the head. Unfortunately the angle I have to view the nest hides the cap feathers color.

More as it happens
Bob