Mourning Dove Family - Part 1 (Nesting, laying and egg care)

Part 1 of a two-part educational series about the nesting behavior of mourning doves. Follow our mourning dove pair, Ward and June, through nest construction, egg-laying and egg care. Filmed with an inexpensive USB web cam connected to my computer. The events depicted are as nature directed, not me. I simply recorded it in the form of hundreds of hours of video footage, with a remote camera so that human interference is kept to a minimum. Many of my viewers ask me about the doves nesting in their yards, because mourning doves will nest just about anywhere.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS FILM IS TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR DOVE NEST, SO YOU WON"T DISTURB YOUR BIRDS. Please watch my films instead of approaching, looking into or trying to photograph your nest! Thank you. Teachers, please feel free to use this video content in the classroom.

To see the 2nd half of the story, stay tuned for Mourning Dove Family - Part 2    • Mourning Dove Family - Part 2 (Hatchi...