I have been watching a pair of Dove right outside my house. Warm Spring has been gentle to them. The female had the standard two eggs clutch late last month. After two weeks they hatched and then grew at an astounding rate. Either yesterday or today they left the nest. Off to be on their own. I expect the nest to have another pair of eggs shortly. I have been told if the first clutch hatches early it too can have a single nest of their own before Summer's end. I did supplement their feeding program liberally. It is nice to see a successful first nesting and this year it was very early. Hopefully that means our local Dove population will be at high numbers this Fall.
