Mourning Dove's nest building and feeding chicks crop milk

The pair of mourning doves can quickly throw together a loose platform of sticks in just a few hours. The construction may be finished in a single morning or spread over a couple of days. Nests are commonly built in shrubs, conifers, and deciduous trees. In the absence of trees, doves will nest on the ground, on building ledges, and even on chimneys. Both parents will take turns incubating the two eggs. The eggs hatch after 14 days. By two weeks old, the young grow significantly and show fluffy feathers. Crop milk is a secretion from the lining of the crop of parent birds (both male and female) that is fed to young birds. They are found among all pigeons and doves where they are referred to as pigeon milk.

[@starburst98]

I love how after the little flight the bird did a little happy dance.

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[@_mortiam]

Most of the time they're like "Oh, they're filming again, better don't move!" 😂

[@sharonbennett1687]

Absolutely beautiful doves love them ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Shogunwario]

The dove sound has been a part of my life since i was a child, they allways nested here, the sound is a part of my soul forever.

[@thealmightynootdoodle5615]

I love hearing bird sounds in the background! You can hear some Red Winged Blackbirds! Some warblers too!

[@donreid6399]

She (or he) almost seemed proud to show them off to the human videographer just after they hatched!

[@Imaedraw]

Thank you for this video that lets us just hear the birds and ambient sounds. It's beautiful.

[@user-ik9ew2nl4c]

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[@dennismejia341]

Thanks for the video, I learned how they gave milk to their offspring.

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اكيد طبعا نتعلم الحب من الطيور تحياتي لكم من قناه اجمل طيور❤❤

[@mariellegrant6248]

So adorable! So beautiful!❤❤❤❤

[@user-ik9ew2nl4c]

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[@lyledahlberg288]

Very nice. Love those baby Palomas.

[@geigertec5921]

I once saw a Mourning Dove and it was cute ☺️

[@Leney_and_Jill]

The doves looks so cute❤❤😊😊

[@ja6368]

My favorite besides the hummingbird🥰

[@user-ik9ew2nl4c]

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[@Jdwify]

This is a great video. I just went through this at the end of March and first of April. A dove made her nest in a Blue Spruce by my front door. I avoided the area as much as possible. Every morning, I would crack open the front door and see momma bird sitting on her eggs. Then, one morning I didn't see her no more and I ain't seen her, the babies, or the dad since.

[@AKinToHumanity]

thank you I learned something new today :)

[@hellcat4004]

Why at 3:19 does it look like she’s melted over her little babies,so chubby!

[@Losinqxgiu]

It's because she is lying on them and her feathers stick out to the sides and that gives her a chubby appearance.

[@user-ik9ew2nl4c]

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[@Losinqxgiu]

Beautiful nature ❤

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اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم ❤❤❤❤اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم ❤❤❤❤

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[@ld3511]

Thank you. I just love doves. We mostly get white wing doves and inca doves here in central Texas.

[@seankempfer3044]

The squabs are growing!

[@kimkimiaroch7117]

The babe look like pine cone ❤❤❤

[@debbiej.2168]

You're right. A pretty good disguise.

[@aporue5893]

when she cooed to the baby... awwww!

[@vinnies4497]

Cute family

[@Arachisage]

Pigeons are so beautiful and peaceful

[@XavierAway]

Is this the original source audio? It sounds like a fantastical forrest paradise and I can scarcely believe this is what your backyard sounds like... lucky you 👍🏻

[@aliciapineda5733]

Qué video más bello ver la familia de aves en etapa de crecimiento 😍🕊️

[@kijangakijanga]

Very nice birds

[@abrarcheema9105]

🎉🎉Nice sharing ❤

[@Nat0964]

Amazing video!

[@grovestreetmember2648]

aww

[@ouiamour8673]

Todo el vídeo se la pasan mirando a la cámara jajaja

[@naturesviewwithanishkhira]

That's amazing

[@JinxNightcore]

Omg so cute and pretty 💕💕💕🥰

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

The adults are more adorable than the babies.

[@elizabethbarajasfajardo-lm5tf]

Qué lindo

[@chlebajatro]

😍

[@user-ik9ew2nl4c]

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[@user-bi2lx7ou7i]

Unlike other birds, dove feeds its chicks with crop milk, mm ... Interesting..

[@KaliBairava-wr3vo]

Thanks allot for sharing

[@user-ik9ew2nl4c]

اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم ❤❤❤❤اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم ❤❤❤❤

[@sksagor7056]

Very nice video 👍💟💝💝💟🇧🇩✌🐦🕊🕊🐦

[@user-ik9ew2nl4c]

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[@claudiabraun349]

Niedlich ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️!!!

[@WildlifeNature-lf7ou]

lovely birds

[@shanuka.goonawardene]

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[@monicaaiken9746]

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[@christine.m.b.2026]

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[@Araujoclaudio]

Meus irmãos, tende grande alegria quando enfrentardes várias tentações; Sabendo que a prova da vossa fé opera a paciência.

[@Rosesalgorithmicalgorithmic]

My life my heart oh oh my heart you my life 💐🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌸🌸🌺🌷💐💕🌹🌸🌸🌺🌺🌸🌸🌸

[@OliverMagoo]

If a nest parasite like a cuckoo, lays an egg in a dove's nest, will the chick die since it wouldn't know how to drink the crop milk?

[@crappiemikecrappie8211]

I call them field doves here in so cal,,, morning doves are a little bigger--

[@taborgaluciana1476]

Oi acho vó cria produz bastante bom 😊😊

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جميل جدا ورائع سبحان الله ينام شكله جميل جدا تحياتي لكم من مصر❤❤

[@clayjay2753]

1:11 poor baby

[@sabihunt3382]

Alhamdulillah, beautiful! Please give them something to eat daily, something like wheat, green millet, roasted peanuts...... it would be very kind of you.

[@SweetyDove]

Superbe photo😍👍

[@nikaberzina2478]

3:26 Carry me, slaves !

[@pleasantdashi7112]

drones in production

[@bee2113]

🤗😍😍😘😘😘😘😍😚😙

[@nazarruddin3460]

Samal kenal bos ku

[@ismaelgaxiola6425]

💪👍🙏

[@donaldpedigo296]

.. Which is the "Male" & which is the "Female"....?

[@emiliopucci9208]

Like 877. ISCRITTO.

[@UddinSt]

Induk burung menjaga anak anaknya yang tertidur dan memberi makan

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[@user-pv1wf6nu7q]

ভালো

[@adijayachenel5296]

Hadir kawan salam kenal adi jaya gabung

[@loafbreed7246]

wh woulge? djnner it is pigeon

[@user-ck7jr3gx2b]

Quel est les nom exact de l'espèce s'il vous plaît

[@kiarazoccogoldenbonniegirl1641]

Mourning Dove

[@marcusevnig2953]

THAT IS A DOVE?!

[@delaney6413]

All pigeons are doves, by the way.

[@MdShapin-jx8li]

জে একজুগ দরে দেওয়া পেশা তাইতো ছুপ থাকি এমন একটা সময়ের জন্য 🤤👉🤘

[@whiwhimee]

What? "Crop milk?" How naïve. It is vomit. Bird vomit.

[@Fathercorvid]

Birds can't even vomit, they regurgitate, plus crop milk is a thing that only a few birds have which are pigeons/dove, penguins, and flamingos.

[@SaAb-sh2xp]

Very nice birds

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