Im going to be honest, I thought morning dove calls were owls for a good year as I was getting into birding, now I know the difference. Thanks for the species guide guys!
You nailed it, Doves reminds me of Saturday morning as a kid. I love 'em I also like how they sit around after they have eaten and don't run off like most birds.
I have a pair of mourning doves around my two bird feeders every day. They'll usually be on the ground beneath the feeders, foraging as they do their walk and bob their heads. I like the sound of their call, and I do remember hearing them since my earliest memories as a child. When I first heard their call and before I knew it was the call of a mourning dove, I wondered what kind of animal was making this sound that was so unique.
Mourning doves love my yard, and I love them! They really are a bunch of gentle goobers, and easily one of my favorite visitors since they clean up all of the seeds that the other birds drop. There was a time last year where I counted 12 of them relaxing in my yard and around the feeder, they must really feel safe here!
I have a pair of Mourning Doves, (Donna and Dexter) that come to my patio every morning and evening for their meals. ❤ They’re always friendly to the other birds, although Dexter makes me laugh sometimes. Whenever other birds eat too close to Donna, he’ll run over there and make them move. 😂
I was born in the year 2008 and lived in this apartment in the years 2012-2014. Every morning when I would wake up and hear the sound of this bird. Never knew what it was until today. Thank You for unlocking a core memory of my childhood.
I absolutely love the mourning doves we see here ! Ive never seen them on our feeders but they are amazing at keeping all of the seed on the ground cleaned up ! Their iridescent colors on their neck are mesmerizing to say the least !
Kept waiting for you to mention the wing whistle. One of their coolest traits. I’m in the woods so I don’t get tons of Mourning Doves but there are always five or six around. They are surprisingly acrobatic fliers. I enjoy watching them weave their way between the trees.
I like mourning doves. I have a ton of them around my yard. They eat a lot of birdseed, but I don’t mind. Their call sounds so peaceful to me. They seem like sweet birds.
Hi, Thank you for your Great channel, and thank you for featuring this Beautiful bird. 😊 I Absolutely Love Mourning Doves. Their cooing sounds so peaceful to me, and hearing them always transports me back to my childhood and spending my Summers at my Granny's in Tennessee. 💖 I think of that time and place because that was the first time that I actually really noticed the Sweet cooing of the Mourning Dove, and now as an adult, when I hear their cooing... I become that little girl again at my Granny's home. As I mentioned before, I Absolutely Love Mourning Doves, and I Love seeing them visiting our birdfeeders daily. Thank you again. 😊 Sincerely, Paula
Yay! Mourning doves are just such NICE birds. Most doves seem to be pretty nice neighbors as it were, even pigeons here in the South.* We have a veritable flock of these lovelies in the empty lots in the neighborhood, so we hear them constantly. Most of the time they stick to the woods or browse around near the ditches, where people won't notice them so much (and where the local feral cats have a harder time nabbing them). This year I might actually play host to a few, already I've had one that just perched up on the roof of the house and calmly watched the goings-on. They're so inoffensive even the blue jays don't feel the need to run them off! I have that same nostalgic soft spot for mourning doves that you mentioned; they were maybe the sixth bird I ever learned to ID in any way. I was so convinced there were owls in the neighborhood, LOL! (I was 13 and had lived in western Texas for most of my life, not many mourning doves there and certainly not in the neighborhoods I knew!) *Yes, I know: city pigeons, and esp NYC Pigeons, are a whole other deal, LOL!! But where I am there aren't such huge flocks and I suspect the relatively low-stress, low-competition environment helps them chill out. They only show up in parking lots and they only have to share those lots with the House Sparrows.
These birds actually outrank blue jays in the pecking order (every time in my area that I've seen). Blue jays can yell at them, but mourning doves have a wing slap that scares blue jays off. When they visit my neighbor's parking lot they are looking for small pebbles to help with their digestion. They will eat sunflowers whole, then use tiny rocks to work them over and grind them in their gizzard--a weird way of consuming food.
@@WhistlesToAnimals I was quite unaware that they'd defend themselves! That's fabulous! And it really DOES seem so strange how birds use gravel to grind their food inside their crops. At least, to us humans with our specialized teeth and omnivore digestion, heh!
I have two that have been feeding at my patio for a couple months now. I talk to them from my chair in the living room- hoping to make them less skittish. Once a couple days ago, one was out there. Suddenly he raised up and called out! I was stunned! Shortly he was joined by the other- I guess he was calling her to dinner!
Our 5 year old loves mourning doves. I'm going to show her this tomorrow as part of her school work. She's going to love it- and learn a lot too! Thank you!
I have a pair nesting in the Morningstar Jasmine that covers the arbor that straddles my sidewalk. When I walk through the Mom looks at me very calmly without blinking an eye. A peaceful and surreal experience.
Very nostalgic call. I learned to cup my hands to copy it. I also got Inca Dove, Eurasian Dove and occasionally White-Winged Dove at my feeder in Southern Nevada.
Yes, I love the mourning doves !! I enjoy watching all the birds Cardinals, the Blue Jays. The hummingbirds are birds are beautiful and God’s creations.
I'm a fan! We've had a pair living on or near our property for years. This year they took over a nest that a pair of Robins had built and used for 3 years! It is inside a broken sunroom attached to our house (due to tree fall) so we can watch them closely. It is lovely to see their activities.
just rescued a fledgeling that fell from the sky ... thought wing was broken, but after 7 days, much improved and growing... still a bit weak in (wing flapping) flying, but hopeful the next couple of weeks will be ready for release. She likes black berries, bananas and papaya. Learning curve for us ... many other misc. animals rescued.
I love the mourning doves that visit my backyard feeders. They perch on my fence and pine trees. It's rather comical to see a pair in my feeder taking their sweet time eating while the other birds are patiently sitting on the fence waiting for their turn. Eventually, the others will get impatient, (usually the Chickadees or Goldfinches - LOL) and will fly in and get their seeds. So I took pity on them and now have multiple feeders on my patio and deck. The mourning doves do a great job of cleaning up the ground under the feeders along with "Alvin" our resident chipmunk and a squirrel pair we affectionately named Bonnie and Clyde for obvious reasons. 🙂
We welcome our mourning doves in our hanging flower planter on the deck. We’ve spent much time observing. 2 eggs yesterday. Waiting for hatch in a couple weeks. OHIO
Have dive nesting on my patio every year. Sometime the nest will put out two Brussels. This year (today) the baby left the nest. Only had a single this spring nesting
Have a nesting pair on the deck. The nest was made a long time ago by another bird so it is quite stable 🤣. I like them. They have been coming back for about 5-7 years to have their babies. We don't feed them but they seem to like how sheltered it is so they keep coming back. At least their coo isn't annoying so they can talk all they want.
I love them and would love to keep the ones i have around. What do i feed doves and what kind of feeder do i use?? I live in the South in Louisiania. Thank you
I am a fan. Then the doves I've observed with white along the edge of their wings isn't a mourning dove... But another species. They have reddish ring around the eye where it is absent with the mourning dove... Fascinating.
I definitely have heard the morning dove around here for years!! But I am unsure if I have seen them - probably because I didn't know who was making the bird call or what he looked like!
I notice you use a bird seed mix that includes millet. I am curious about your thoughts on the pros and cons of feeding millet. I am aware that some people do not recommend it in some situations.
I have a small balcony with some planters that only have soil in them during winter. Last winter some mourning doves liked to sit on them in the sunshine. Is there anything I can do to help them during the harsh Chicago winter? Should I add straw on top of the soil or would they prefer twigs or cardboard to reflect heat back? Does anyone know? Thank you!
A pair started nesting in my hanging planter. I had to shoo a neighbor cat away the other day and have only seen mama in the nest so Im worried the dad may have been eaten ☹️
I found dove with broken wing and put him(her) in cage. After wing healed she still can’t fly. My concern is: is she good to live in cage? Because for me it looks like she doesn’t eat much. I never see her eating I can see she is pooping it means she is eating. I don’t want she being unhappy. How to make best life for her?
Nobody is going to hunt them in my yard! I love sweet little mourning doves! I put feed in several places around my yard, so all species of birds have enough to eat.
I actually never see mourning doves anymore. In the spring of 2000 they were mostly driven out by a sudden incursion of white-winged doves. They're still around but not in their former numbers and I never hear their calls anymore. In fact I see Inca doves more often, tho not in any numbers, and they were never common in the first place.
Having a difficult time with these guys at the feeder, they sit in the feeder and poop right on the seed every single time they come to eat, multiple times a day. At this point im looking for ways to discourage them from coming.
I only feed birds to get the doves to visit… l don’t think they eat more than any larger bird (like grackles or blue jays) And definitely don’t compare to those greedy squirrels, lol.
@@BadgerlandBirding southern California. no not Northern Mockingbirds, the bird sounds like a dove or an owl. It sounds very similar to #1 here but the tone is slightly different.
@@BadgerlandBirding I give up, the mourning dove is the closest one by far; even the three coo-coo-coo sounds exactly the same. I'm just not sure why they have to do this at night all the time 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
I think the call is the opposite of famous. I hear a BILLION people who think it's an owl haha. Far, far more often than I hear someone go "Oh, a Mourning Dove!"
I've had them in my hands a few times, whatever meat they have, is so little because they weighed next to nothing. They weigh the same as two chicken eggs. If their meat comes only to one egg, it isn't even worth all the time and trouble to mess with them. Luckily, they aren't hunted in my state--one good thing about my state.
Do they also come in a light gray white color? Ours aren't these colors in the video but make the same sound and also have favorite places to perch while they sing
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Mourning doves are one of my favorite birds. Its the first bird call I learned
Im going to be honest, I thought morning dove calls were owls for a good year as I was getting into birding, now I know the difference. Thanks for the species guide guys!
Lol my dad was convinced they were owls as well. Fortunately I never fell for that and always knew they were doves
me too! i moved to a rural area last year lol
I thought it was a dog howling 😂 it was my earliest memory of being outside so I could use some slack
Not to worry. Me too!
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You nailed it, Doves reminds me of Saturday morning as a kid. I love 'em I also like how they sit around after they have eaten and don't run off like most birds.
I have a pair of mourning doves around my two bird feeders every day.
They'll usually be on the ground beneath the feeders, foraging as they do their walk and bob their heads.
I like the sound of their call, and I do remember hearing them since my earliest memories as a child.
When I first heard their call and before I knew it was the call of a mourning dove, I wondered what kind of animal was making this sound that was so unique.
Love these sweet birds. They're my dad's favorite bird and bird call. My mom says their call is sad, but sad can also be beautiful. :)
calling them goofy in the title got me crying hahahah
I like this guide for common backyard bird species. I think you should turn this into a series!
Mourning doves love my yard, and I love them! They really are a bunch of gentle goobers, and easily one of my favorite visitors since they clean up all of the seeds that the other birds drop.
There was a time last year where I counted 12 of them relaxing in my yard and around the feeder, they must really feel safe here!
Mourning doves are my favorite backyard bird! They are so cute - love how they strut when they walk!
Definitely a fan favorite!
Godbless them they are wholesome adorable birds 🤗
i agree 🙏🏼🤍 they are peaceful. i love having them around
@@lasantuzza777 me too at home I have a bird feeder and they show up everyday. It makes me really happy to see them.
I have a pair of Mourning Doves, (Donna and Dexter) that come to my patio every morning and evening for their meals. ❤ They’re always friendly to the other birds, although Dexter makes me laugh sometimes. Whenever other birds eat too close to Donna, he’ll run over there and make them move. 😂
Sounds like there could definitely be a sitcom made about that 😂
They are like pigeons in that same behavior
I wake up at 3 every morning to put out millet for them so the neighbors don't see. I don't want to move because they need me. Yeah, I love them.
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@@BadgerlandBirding Thank you so much. ❤️
Yes, ❤ this goofy bird with its memorably soothing morning call 🥰
I was born in the year 2008 and lived in this apartment in the years 2012-2014. Every morning when I would wake up and hear the sound of this bird. Never knew what it was until today. Thank You for unlocking a core memory of my childhood.
Love them , they make me feel so calm when I hear them .
I absolutely love the mourning doves we see here ! Ive never seen them on our feeders but they are amazing at keeping all of the seed on the ground cleaned up ! Their iridescent colors on their neck are mesmerizing to say the least !
I love mourning doves. They are at my deck now and are so beautiful.
Kept waiting for you to mention the wing whistle. One of their coolest traits. I’m in the woods so I don’t get tons of Mourning Doves but there are always five or six around. They are surprisingly acrobatic fliers. I enjoy watching them weave their way between the trees.
I just love these sweet birds. I love hearing them in the yard at the end of the day.❤
I like mourning doves. I have a ton of them around my yard. They eat a lot of birdseed, but I don’t mind. Their call sounds so peaceful to me. They seem like sweet birds.
I love mourning doves so much. They are the cutest! So round! And I love how I always see them in pairs ❤
I have around 12 mourning doves roaming around my backyard feeders. I like them more than grackles.
I absolutely love my mourning doves!! Thanks so much for the info!!
Hi, Thank you for your Great channel, and thank you for featuring this Beautiful bird. 😊 I Absolutely Love Mourning Doves. Their cooing sounds so peaceful to me, and hearing them always transports me back to my childhood and spending my Summers at my Granny's in Tennessee. 💖 I think of that time and place because that was the first time that I actually really noticed the Sweet cooing of the Mourning Dove, and now as an adult, when I hear their cooing... I become that little girl again at my Granny's home. As I mentioned before, I Absolutely Love Mourning Doves, and I Love seeing them visiting our birdfeeders daily. Thank you again. 😊 Sincerely, Paula
Yay! Mourning doves are just such NICE birds. Most doves seem to be pretty nice neighbors as it were, even pigeons here in the South.* We have a veritable flock of these lovelies in the empty lots in the neighborhood, so we hear them constantly. Most of the time they stick to the woods or browse around near the ditches, where people won't notice them so much (and where the local feral cats have a harder time nabbing them). This year I might actually play host to a few, already I've had one that just perched up on the roof of the house and calmly watched the goings-on. They're so inoffensive even the blue jays don't feel the need to run them off! I have that same nostalgic soft spot for mourning doves that you mentioned; they were maybe the sixth bird I ever learned to ID in any way. I was so convinced there were owls in the neighborhood, LOL! (I was 13 and had lived in western Texas for most of my life, not many mourning doves there and certainly not in the neighborhoods I knew!)
*Yes, I know: city pigeons, and esp NYC Pigeons, are a whole other deal, LOL!! But where I am there aren't such huge flocks and I suspect the relatively low-stress, low-competition environment helps them chill out. They only show up in parking lots and they only have to share those lots with the House Sparrows.
These birds actually outrank blue jays in the pecking order (every time in my area that I've seen). Blue jays can yell at them, but mourning doves have a wing slap that scares blue jays off. When they visit my neighbor's parking lot they are looking for small pebbles to help with their digestion. They will eat sunflowers whole, then use tiny rocks to work them over and grind them in their gizzard--a weird way of consuming food.
@@WhistlesToAnimals I was quite unaware that they'd defend themselves! That's fabulous! And it really DOES seem so strange how birds use gravel to grind their food inside their crops. At least, to us humans with our specialized teeth and omnivore digestion, heh!
Thanks for sharing another wonderful video like always 🐦👍🤗
I have two that have been feeding at my patio for a couple months now. I talk to them from my chair in the living room- hoping to make them less skittish. Once a couple days ago, one was out there. Suddenly he raised up and called out! I was stunned! Shortly he was joined by the other- I guess he was calling her to dinner!
Our 5 year old loves mourning doves. I'm going to show her this tomorrow as part of her school work. She's going to love it- and learn a lot too! Thank you!
i love hearing their coo in the morning!
Love them and their call. Third hatching this year in our arbor. Two new ones at a time. Third set just hatched. Couple of weeks they will be gone.
I have a pair nesting in the Morningstar Jasmine that covers the arbor that straddles my sidewalk. When I walk through the Mom looks at me very calmly without blinking an eye. A peaceful and surreal experience.
Very nostalgic call. I learned to cup my hands to copy it. I also got Inca Dove, Eurasian Dove and occasionally White-Winged Dove at my feeder in Southern Nevada.
mourning doves are my favorite
Yes, I love the mourning doves !! I enjoy watching all the birds Cardinals, the Blue Jays. The hummingbirds are birds are beautiful and God’s creations.
Love the Mourning Dove , a very smart bird, strong flyer .
Have approx. 3 dozen in my yard daily .
3 dozen?!?!? Wow, that’s a lot!
Patty-During the lockdown I was working from home. They used to sit outside my bedroom window. I miss hearing them in the morning.
You have a wonderful channel. I love mourning doves. We have them all the time in Indiana. Thank you
I'm a fan! We've had a pair living on or near our property for years. This year they took over a nest that a pair of Robins had built and used for 3 years! It is inside a broken sunroom attached to our house (due to tree fall) so we can watch them closely. It is lovely to see their activities.
Great video. I really enjoyed all the factual information. Doves are one of our favorite birds.
I love seeing the mourning doves at my feeder. I have a special bowl on the ground with dove approved food. ❤
What do you suggest for food, please?
just rescued a fledgeling that fell from the sky ... thought wing was broken, but after 7 days, much improved and growing... still a bit weak in (wing flapping) flying, but hopeful the next couple of weeks will be ready for release. She likes black berries, bananas and papaya. Learning curve for us ... many other misc. animals rescued.
I have quite a few pairs. I love them💕
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I love the mourning doves that visit my backyard feeders. They perch on my fence and pine trees. It's rather comical to see a pair in my feeder taking their sweet time eating while the other birds are patiently sitting on the fence waiting for their turn. Eventually, the others will get impatient, (usually the Chickadees or Goldfinches - LOL) and will fly in and get their seeds. So I took pity on them and now have multiple feeders on my patio and deck. The mourning doves do a great job of cleaning up the ground under the feeders along with "Alvin" our resident chipmunk and a squirrel pair we affectionately named Bonnie and Clyde for obvious reasons. 🙂
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Doves are fun and cute ^^
Love the morning doves
A morning dive used to follow me when I walked outside because I fed it once. It would fly into the top of a telephone pill and stare down at me.
Interesting!
love how silly these birds are-they twice tried to nest on my roomate's car!
Their nests are so bad 😂
Great informative video.
Thanks
They also have wing whistles when they take flight.
That’s true
I have several of these in just back yard. I’ve also had a pair of Eurasian collared doves as well
My favorite bird.
I set rice and barley out for half a dozen mourners. Two days later there were twice as many foraging for it.
We welcome our mourning doves in our hanging flower planter on the deck. We’ve spent much time observing. 2 eggs yesterday. Waiting for hatch in a couple weeks. OHIO
Have dive nesting on my patio every year. Sometime the nest will put out two Brussels. This year (today) the baby left the nest. Only had a single this spring nesting
It’s cool to get to see them grow up!
I've started getting these at my bird feeder 🥰
I've heard some Mourning Doves in flight make a caw sound like a crow.
Have a nesting pair on the deck. The nest was made a long time ago by another bird so it is quite stable 🤣. I like them. They have been coming back for about 5-7 years to have their babies. We don't feed them but they seem to like how sheltered it is so they keep coming back. At least their coo isn't annoying so they can talk all they want.
I love them and would love to keep the ones i have around.
What do i feed doves and what kind of feeder do i use??
I live in the South in Louisiania. Thank you
They love platform feeders or feeding on the ground! They’re not too picky with their diet and should eat just about anything from a mix.
I am a fan. Then the doves I've observed with white along the edge of their wings isn't a mourning dove... But another species. They have reddish ring around the eye where it is absent with the mourning dove... Fascinating.
I love them. They are half the size of pigeons. They look small to me. Their color is pretty and subdued like their temperament.
I definitely have heard the morning dove around here for years!! But I am unsure if I have seen them - probably because I didn't know who was making the bird call or what he looked like!
I notice you use a bird seed mix that includes millet. I am curious about your thoughts on the pros and cons of feeding millet. I am aware that some people do not recommend it in some situations.
You should really go to Magee marsh during the biggest week in American birding. It is awesome! I can’t wait for all the different warblers.
I have a small balcony with some planters that only have soil in them during winter. Last winter some mourning doves liked to sit on them in the sunshine. Is there anything I can do to help them during the harsh Chicago winter? Should I add straw on top of the soil or would they prefer twigs or cardboard to reflect heat back? Does anyone know? Thank you!
You forgot to memtion the "wing whistle" sound that mourning doves make when they fly.
I live in the desert Southwest, and what I seem to see more of is Eurasian Collared Doves. Either way, they are a species I'm very fond of.
Love them. We have 4 or 5.
A pair started nesting in my hanging planter. I had to shoo a neighbor cat away the other day and have only seen mama in the nest so Im worried the dad may have been eaten ☹️
I found dove with broken wing and put him(her) in cage. After wing healed she still can’t fly. My concern is: is she good to live in cage? Because for me it looks like she doesn’t eat much. I never see her eating I can see she is pooping it means she is eating. I don’t want she being unhappy. How to make best life for her?
I would take her to a licensed wildlife rehabber who can check her for additional injuries
Nobody is going to hunt them in my yard! I love sweet little mourning doves! I put feed in several places around my yard, so all species of birds have enough to eat.
I can hear the same sound every morning here in the Philippines, exactly the same! I thought it was an owl
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I actually never see mourning doves anymore. In the spring of 2000 they were mostly driven out by a sudden incursion of white-winged doves. They're still around but not in their former numbers and I never hear their calls anymore. In fact I see Inca doves more often, tho not in any numbers, and they were never common in the first place.
Congrats on 16k. The thing i hate about MODOs is their wings are so loud when they take off they scare the crap outta me 🥲
They love the drama
True, when im filling up my feeder I don't see them and they jumpscare me, still funny birds whatsoever!
Every year they nest on this branch in my oak tree every year. Yes they do make flimsy nest if that you want call it.
I jad one perch about 20ft from my bedroom in my youth, for years.
So no, not a fan per say. But i readily recognize its call
Having a difficult time with these guys at the feeder, they sit in the feeder and poop right on the seed every single time they come to eat, multiple times a day. At this point im looking for ways to discourage them from coming.
You could put a cage around your feeder to let the small birds in and then let the bigger ones feed on the ground
I only feed birds to get the doves to visit… l don’t think they eat more than any larger bird (like grackles or blue jays)
And definitely don’t compare to those greedy squirrels, lol.
Doves are great! Big fans
not sure if they were the suckers that woke me up at night, the timbre sounds the same but the tone sounds different
Depending on where you are, Northern Mockingbirds will sing through the night
@@BadgerlandBirding southern California.
no not Northern Mockingbirds, the bird sounds like a dove or an owl. It sounds very similar to #1 here but the tone is slightly different.
@@cdong check out the Eurasian Collared Dove
@@BadgerlandBirding I give up, the mourning dove is the closest one by far; even the three coo-coo-coo sounds exactly the same. I'm just not sure why they have to do this at night all the time 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
I think the call is the opposite of famous. I hear a BILLION people who think it's an owl haha. Far, far more often than I hear someone go "Oh, a Mourning Dove!"
It’s still famous, just not made by what some people think 😂
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TIL it's legal to shoot them in some places???
Lots of mourning doves come into my backyard to eat birdseed.
Had a pair nest in my 100sq foot backyard for 6 years in a row until a Red-tailed Hawk ate the male yesterday :(
Rip buddy ✊️
Sorry for your loss 😞
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Definitely goofy..USA and Canada
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Don't understand the hunting of these?!! Horrible
I've had them in my hands a few times, whatever meat they have, is so little because they weighed next to nothing. They weigh the same as two chicken eggs. If their meat comes only to one egg, it isn't even worth all the time and trouble to mess with them. Luckily, they aren't hunted in my state--one good thing about my state.
Do they also come in a light gray white color? Ours aren't these colors in the video but make the same sound and also have favorite places to perch while they sing
Where are you located? You might have Eurasian Collared Doves. They’re a lighter shade of gray