Our Mourning Dove Wyze Webcam - Nest, Eggs, & Baby Chicks?

[Nifty-Chicken]

My girlfriend LOVES mourning doves... even though she calls them "dumb dumbs" because of her experiences with watching their feeble attempts at putting nests together (a handful of twigs lightly connected) and where they put those nests (on the end of flimsy branches where they fell down, or poor locations that are easily accessible to predators.

Still, she really enjoys watching them and listening to them.

Well, you can imagine her delight when she discovered that a pair of doves had made a nest on the outside beam of my house... conveniently right next to a light and outlet!

She climbed up on a latter and was so happy to discover 3 eggs in the nest! We quickly and gently setup a Wyze (I'm a huge fan) webcam to keep an eye on the situation.

Here are pics of the eggs and mom sitting on the nest:

 

[sourland]

This will prove to be interesting. Generally doves only lay 2 eggs per clutch. Hopefully you don't have two confused females paired together. A couple of weeks will tell the tale.

 

[sourland]

Just did a search, and wikipedia says that upon occasion a hen will add her egg/eggs to the nest of a mated pair.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Very cool! Thank you for sharing. Please keep us updated!


It is unusual that they laid three eggs. But it isn't unheard of. Hopefully they will successfully raise all three, assuming they are fertile.

is the Wyze cam close enough to Wi-FI? The one I have had to have Wi-Fi to work.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Thanks for the great help and info. We really know nothing about doves, LOL!

is the Wyze cam close enough to Wi-FI? The one I have had to have Wi-Fi to work.

Yup, the beam and the nest are actually really close to one of the Google mesh network routers, so there's a really good signal

I also added a 128GB micro SD card to have lots of backup footage!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Oh, and one of the really big concerns / potential issues: I've had doves make a nest in this exact location in the past (in fact, I think these ones "reused" an old nest), and it's a spot where I believe squirrels have gained access and eaten the eggs.

We're REALLY hoping that doesn't happen here... it would be incredibly sad

 

[casportpony]

How exciting! should I add you to the Easter Hatch a Long?

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

How exciting! should I add you to the Easter Hatch a Long?

LOL!!! Hadn't even thought of that. No idea when the eggs were "set" or when they will hatch, but wouldn't it be amazing timing if it happened on Easter day!?!?!?

 

[casportpony]

Consider yourself added!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

We had quite a scare!!!

We were scrolling through the "playback" recorded yesterday and saw this:

She has an egg teetering on the edge of the nest!?!?!


We went through the earlier footage and found out what happened:

What?!?!? Can't believe she did that!

Maybe she doesn't want more than two eggs? Maybe she knows that one isn't viable?!?!

Then we saw this video... our hearts were racing! Every time she moved, it looked like she was going to bump the egg out of the nest!!

She almost gave us a heart attack watching!!!