I have long believed we have a single pair of mourning doves that live in our backyard. Every once in a while, another pair will briefly join them, but our two birds were here each and every day, almost always visible in the trees or on the ground. We’ve watched this couple raise and see off many fledglings over the past summers, and I have come to think of this pair as our own.
This morning, though, I was forced to recognize that perhaps it wasn’t the same two birds we see each day. When I opened the blinds a bit early, I found no less than 26 mourning doves on the ground under the feeder.
Perhaps our birds are hosting a family reunion?
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