Good news from The Horse!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238325)
Walnut Creek, California
March 27, 2018 7:53pm CST
For years, my neighbor's balcony planters have been home to many broods of doves. She (my neighbor) is the mother of my young friend whom I write about often. The juvenile doves have them come over to my balcony for "flight school" with their fathers.
But last year, the doves never showed up. There was one early brood, but it was attacked by blue jays and destroyed. Maybe word got around.
This year, my neighbor has her first nest with eggs. It's in a relatively safe place, and we're hoping the eggs will turn into baby doves, which will turn into "students" on my balcony.
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
28 Mar 18
You have a lot of friends and they are cute. This good news. Hope the eggs will hatch soon and safely. Hehe 
take care!
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
28 Mar 18
@TheHorse youre most welcome! Yey, I am excited to know more. 
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@TheHorse (238325)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Mar 18
@mlgen1037 I think I have some pictures of juveniles on my balcony, basically ignoring me as I water my plants. I will look for them.
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@yukimori (10192)
• United States
28 Mar 18
Aww, I wish some of the doves around here would nest where we could see them so well! We've got several regular visitors now who are stopping by regularly to eat the seed the sparrows dump out of the bird feeder, and I was able to coax one of the pudgy Eurasian collared doves down into the backyard with some loose seed last night. They're so much fun to watch!
Do you happen to know what species of dove laid those eggs?
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
28 Mar 18
I see a nice big nest in a tree I need to cut down, I guess that one will stay for a while.
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@GardenGerty (169490)
• United States
28 Mar 18
I hope your doves have a productive and safe season.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
28 Mar 18
I hope they do. I have always a couple of doves in my garden but once in a while I see just feathers. There is a cat around...
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
29 Mar 18
@TheHorse We had eggs too in a nest built under our entrance haging light only to be destroyed by some bigger bird. I was devastated.
@toniganzon (77223)
• Philippines
28 Mar 18
That's something to be joyful about. When I was a kid I would really be excited finding egg nests, but that rarely happens.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
29 Jul 19
@TheHorse I love hearing the doves. I stayed at my friends house in New Jersey last month and she had a tree where the doves were and it was outside my window. I love that sound. Down here we have 3-4 foot cranes. They chased me one day when I went out the door. I came right back in.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
28 Mar 18
I hope that they get a chance to hatch, you do need students.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
28 Mar 18
@TheHorse Yes but you need to be able to keep the school open and you do need students for that!!
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@TheHorse (238325)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Mar 18
@BelleStarr I'll be hosting an Open House (putting bird seed on my railing) soon.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Mar 18
There are doves here but no sign of a nest.
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@TheHorse (238325)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Mar 18
@JohnRoberts Ah, so you see the doves around, but don't know where their nests are. I am trying to figure out where the juveniles sleep when they're on my balcony for flight school. They are gone from my balcony by 9 PM.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Mar 18
@TheHorse That was a typo I corrected.
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@Ithink (10106)
• United States
28 Mar 18
We end up with all kinds of nests around here. My mom had a family of doves on her air conditioner last year, they made a nest in a quart basket she had on it. She got them so used to her she could go to the nest and peek in and they would just look at her. She has a way with birds.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Mar 18
That's exciting they attend flight school off your balcony. I hope the blue jays don't attack them this year and kill them.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
28 Mar 18
We found our first nest in the wood pile
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
28 Mar 18
@TheHorse I have no idea. But they are itty bittu eggs
@lynnief (1203)
• Australia
28 Mar 18
It's so lovely to have birds around, and particularly babies. I have found a couple of nests in my garden, but no eggs. My friend used to have a family of sparrows who had a nest right over her front door. They made an awful mess, but she thought it was worth it to see them and the babies. I wonder whether the new owners of the house think the same. I hope they do.
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