Songbirds

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July 13, 2017:  So loving and patient.

First hatch:  July 6, 2017
Second hatch:  July 7, 2017

Incubation period:  14 days
Fledge:  11 – 15 days

The mourning dove is monogamous and forms strong pair bonds

LaVerne, California

 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Dove/id

https://explore.org/live-cams/player/rosie-hummingbird-nest  (yes, this is the link)

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July 15, 2017:  This looks like father coming to the nest to give mom a break.  Growing so fast, the chicks are ravenous.  Note that their bills are starting to look like those of their parents.

First hatch:  July 6, 2017
Second hatch:  July 7, 2017

Incubation period:  14 days
Fledge:  11 – 15 days

The mourning dove is monogamous and forms strong pair bonds

LaVerne, California

 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Dove/id

https://explore.org/live-cams/player/rosie-hummingbird-nest  (yes, this is the link)

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July 17, 2017:  The parents can spend more time out of the nest.

First hatch:  July 6, 2017
Second hatch:  July 7, 2017

Incubation period:  14 days
Fledge:  11 – 15 days

Mourning doves are monogamous and form strong pair bonds

LaVerne, California

 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Dove/id

https://explore.org/live-cams/player/rosie-hummingbird-nest  (yes, this is the link)

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July 19, 2017:  The young doves are not quite ready to make that first flight, so their parents still feed them at the nest.  One of the youngsters has moved out of sight of the camera.

First hatch:  July 6, 2017
Second hatch:  July 7, 2017

Incubation period:  14 days
Fledge:  11 – 15 days

Mourning doves are monogamous and form strong pair bonds

LaVerne, California

 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Dove/id

https://explore.org/live-cams/player/rosie-hummingbird-nest  (yes, this is the link)

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July 19, 2017:  Both fledge!  The first one leaves by accident and later the second one follows.

First hatch:  July 6, 2017
Second hatch:  July 7, 2017

Incubation period:  14 days
Fledge:  11 – 15 days

Mourning doves are monogamous and form strong pair bonds

LaVerne, California

 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Dove/id

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July 19, 2017:  Farewell!

First hatch:  July 6, 2017
Second hatch:  July 7, 2017

Incubation period:  14 days
Fledge:  11 – 15 days

Mourning doves are monogamous and form strong pair bonds

LaVerne, California

 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Dove/id


mourning dove bird nest egg hatch nature wildlife LaVerne

Cornell Lab of Ornithology has a link to making a simple nest cone, here 

NEST CONE

These birds are in decline in the western part of the U.S.

DECLINE

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Beans, thank you for sharing this interesting real-time avian wildlife story with us.