For the past couple of weeks a pair of doves has been hanging around our
deck, courting and copulating. Yesterday I discovered a large scattering of
what appear to be dove feathers behind one of the feeders. Today, a single
dove has spent hours huddling on the ground near those feathers, also
sitting quietly on a feeder without eating anything. Apparently it's a
Mourning Dove that's genuinely mourning.
Janet Millenson
Potomac, MD (Montgomery County)
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