Re: ok- this is just unbelievable

Melody - they sometimes do w/ proper cover.  I've got a brush shelter
(like a cave) for them along my shrub/tree line and they use it.   And
they are the most easily spooked of all my birds, even the ones who
grew up here on the property, so they won't be caught easily.   I love
my doves!


On 4/27/05, Melody <mhobertm@excite.com> wrote:
> Auralie: Thanks for the info. I guess it just surprises me because our
> little town has a rather large colony of feral cats and it doesn't seem
> very safe to me...but I'm not a bird so how do I know? They come back to
> the exact same spot year after year, so I guess they know something I
> don't. :-)
> 
> 
> Melody
> Hills, IA  zone 5
> 
> --- On Tue 04/26,  < Aplfgcnys@aol.com > wrote:
> From:  [mailto: Aplfgcnys@aol.com]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:03:09 EDT
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] ok- this is just unbelievable
> 
> Melody, the Donald Stokes book on Bird Behavior says that<br>doves
> sometimes (rarely) nest on the ground. Ground-nesters<br>are common
> among shore birds and in arctic areas - not too<br>many trees in those
> locations. Certain other birds, notably<br>Quail and Northern Harriers
> regularly nest on the ground in<br>open fields. Just like people, you
> can't make generalizations<br>about birds.<br>Auralie<br><br>In a
> message dated 04/25/2005 10:55:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> <br>gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes:<br>--- Melody <mhobertm@excite.com>
> wrote:<br>> >> Our garden is home to a returning set of mourning<br>> >>
> doves as well...on the<br>> >> ground in the middle of my daffodils,
> right under<br>> >> the cherry<br>> >> tree...there is a pair that
> returns to nest in the<br>> >> same spot there every<br>> >> year. Is
> this unusual for birds to nest on the<br>> >>
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Kemp TX
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