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 ...

DEAR JOAN: For three days in a row now, I have watched a pair of mourning doves build a nest, then destroy it by dropping on the ground and flying off. Next day, there is a repeat of their actions.

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 ...

DEAR JOAN: I’ve read that doves are lousy nest builders, but we have a pair in our yard that are not just lousy, but lazy. They didn’t even bother to put down a couple of twigs or leaves — the female ...

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 ...

The longer I watch mourning doves, the more I wonder. How do these birds that appear to be so dimwitted persist in such great numbers? There are hundreds of millions of them. Let's see if we can ...

The voice of the mourning dove has been misapplied. It is associated with grief, yet it is a sound of comfort, signaling both springtime and morning, both of which are times of anticipation. Perhaps ...

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 ...