Mourning Dove Mating Behavior

Its tail is long and tapered macroura comes from the greek words for large and tail mourning doves have perching feet with three toes forward and one reversed.

Mourning dove mating behavior. Mourning doves perch on telephone wires and forage for seeds on the ground. The elliptical wings are broad and the head is rounded. Soon after landing males bob its head with loud calls. The mourning doves coo may sound sad but bird watchers know that it signals the beginning of this birds habits of nesting claiming territory and raising young.

It always amazes me where a bird may decide to build a nest and these birds are no exception. During the breeding season adult males become noisy as they circle around the female in courtship behavior. Their soft drawn out calls sound like laments. The construction of the nest takes about 10 hours total with the doves working together over the course of 2 4 days.

Male doves guide the female to a nesting site. The mourning doves coo begins season of nesting and feeding. Weird old uncle kenny 687 596 views. Their flight is fast and bullet straight.

The pair is often seen preening each other s feathers. When taking off their wings make a sharp whistling or whinnying. Mourning dove eating seed. Mourning dove nesting habits lead to nests on horizontal branches of evergreen and orchard trees on man made structures such as porch eaves and on the ground.

The mourning dove is a medium sized slender dove approximately 31 cm 12 in in length. Mourning doves are the most frequently hunted species in north america.