Nesting house for ringneck doves

[Member 482121]

There are a few wild ringneck doves that come to my yard. I'd like to see a lot more around my house and I thought about making available to them a nesting house, hung under the eaves of a tool shed. Would they use it? I have seen them perch on the roof of that shed a few times. And would a house like those built for several pairs of nesting pigeons work?

 

[JShubin]

 

[JShubin]

Built these for doves... but gave them away to others so I didnt get to see them in action.

I raised ring neck doves (different from wild mourning doves which look the same, but bigger) in cages and used simple 5 gal black nursery pot screwed to a board... and it worked great.

dont know about wild doves nesting around... but I have a lot in my yard, because of the bird scratch and my domestic doves probably give them a sense of safety.

 

[Member 482121]

Thank you, JShubin. I'll build something like that, only with the compartments side by side instead of one on top of the other. Hopefully next spring they'll nest in them, especially with the feed and water a few yards away from the nests.

 

[JShubin]