The Greatest Love Story - The Mourning Dove 

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I inherited a domestically bred Mourning dove when he was quite young, and that has been with me for over twenty years.

Birds don't reap nor sow , but the Lord provides, all happiness, and their needs. And they are satisfied. God Bless!😇🙏

I have two in my yard, too. they are so sweet. they just stare at me. So peaceful birds.

Usually, you hear mourning doves and not see them. The sound they make brings back many warm and fond memories for me personally. Not only was it superbly filmed, it teaches and draws the viewer in to learn more about these beautiful birds. VERY well done Larry! Thank you for taking the time and effort in making this golden egg.

It was three years in the making but worth the wait. What a blessing!!

I have two mourning doves coming to my backyard everyday and they will feed and stay a couple of hours and sometimes sleep.. it so nice and soothing to watch them.

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So sweet, awe.

Beautiful!! Great job!!

Thank you for that. MoRNING Doves live in my Aur Condition Upper West Side New Yotk

That was awesome, brother. Very cool. I was entranced.

This is such a well done documentary!!! I learned so much. I have several mourning doves that come to my bird feeder. The 1st pair were courting on my balcony, so I put a bird feeder out. Now I have lots of mourning doves, squirrels, sparrows, blue jays and crows that stop by. ❤️

lots of doves on your background i love it🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🤗

Beautiful story

So glad there's no predators in this video. Love it 😊

Awesome. Oh the stories I could tell you aout the pair that nests on my front porch. I call them Mr & Mrs They leave the babies when they fledge on my back deck for me to babysit as they start a new brood. They look for me in my window when they want protecting. It’s been a few years and they get braver here all the time. It’s winter here and there are 16 doves huddled on my deck sleeping. They will head to the trees when it’s dark. I call them my extended family 💕💕

Thank you for this amazing documentary 👍🏼

Really so nice

Question, please, these Asian doves that appeared in the video in which country did you film them, did you film them in America, and in which state, I asked you because these Asian doves are not available in Massachusetts #6:16 🙂

One of the greatest Love Story I have seen. Bro this is a fantastic video and in my eyes a award winning video. You got wonderful footage and I can see why it took a while to finish this amazing video. People need to see this and show their kids too. You had a lot of great information about the Mourning Dove, Love Birds. I totally enjoyed this and watching mama and daddy raising Buddy and Holly. What a remarkable video!!! Number one in my book. Thank you for sharing this beautiful video. And the music in the background was fantastic. Great job Bro!!! Your #1Fan always!!!

Beautiful video, thanks for sharing

Great video, thank you! There are two kinds of dove in this video. The Mourning Dove with pointed tail and spots on the back, and a pair of Ringneck Doves (at 5:25 and 5:56) with tails that are rounded at the ends and with dark half-rings on the backs of their necks. The Mourning Dove is the most common wild dove in North America. The Ringneck Dove is not an American species but is sometimes found, probably escaped or released and adapted.

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Some of the clips consist of Eurasian collared doves, not mourning doves...

Great video and camera work. I love mourning doves.

I really love mourning doves. My favorite birds. ❤️❤️

Just went through the same experience the past 4.5 weeks. I was so invested in their journey too and I checked on them everyday. Thank you for this video! 😊

I had such a dove experience. As you know the dove represents the Holy Spirit. On Easter Saturday April 11 2020. A hawk attacked a dove and hurled him into my window breaking* his neck. Even the outline of the dove was imprinted on my window. Never forget it. It was so spiritual and searching for the meaning. Maybe my time her on Earth is drawing to a close.

Love your dove video, hope you keep on with bird vids, my favorite! Wish I had your skill and equipment and knowledge but watching is a joy.

despite the fact they look crazy as hell feeding that crop milk to their chicks, the mourning dove is one of my favorite birds. i know they are common and have a dull coloration, i love their sounds, and i love the looks of their little faces. so precious!!!! i cannot believe people SHOOT THEM!!!!!! it's disgusting i think... i think they should be protected. they are an extremely unique bird species!!!

So I rescued a fledgling at my work that was only a couple days old I nursed it back to health and now it's been two weeks and the little guy is doing awesome when should I start feeding him seeds I don't think I should release him back into the wild because I do not know if he will survive so I bought them an awesome cage and he's been hanging out with me ever since he likes to go for rides in my truck and love to sit on my Dash and just chill and listen to music on low setting of course his name is Nicodemus and this bird has totally brighten my day ever since I'm never own Birds I always thought they were stupid but rescuing him from death and hand feeding him to the point where he is now has given me a new appreciation for the animals like your documentary I want to learn more about those so I can take good care of this guy identified him as a dove by looking on the internet and him being a mourning dove makes it more awesome to watch these videos and learn more about him

Larry, this was lovely. Thank you for sharing it. I started researching mourning doves just this morning after we found a nest with two eggs in one of our hanging baskets of bougainvillea last week. I pulled the basket down to water the flowers and the father flew right off, startling me. He blended in so well into the bougainvillea, I had no idea he was even there. Once we saw the eggs, we hung the baset back up immediately and the father came right back. I imagine the eggs will hatch any day now. Just as your birds did, mom or dad is always there incubating the eggs, night and day, through rain and shine. It's really quite amazing.

Loved this video. We’re currently watching our little dove family daily. They are such attentive mothers! 🩷

Thanks for this video. I just saw one & it let me carry her for one second before flying away. I thought the bird was injured ‘cause she didn’t fly when I came close. That was a rare occurrence, but like you said that bird might be a juvenile mourning dove.

I think that you had some good camera work, but you showed ring necked doves, or collard doves in some clips, and not mourning doves.

Wow! Three yrs. in the making. GREAT PATIENCE😍 Bird lover here. I am very much into our fine, feathered friends. Alot of ppl. have never seen the beautifully feathers underneath their perfect camouflaged body. LOVE watching these guys, as they sit together on a high limb OR waddle around enjoying their Birdseed mix. Are the nests used again @ again..by the same doves? Thanks again for all ur time. And yes, the music was JUST right, too. Love from W.Pa.

I have 14 doves I’m a dove hunter my whole life now I have 14 doves I don’t know how to say it makes you think when they fly by hunting they’re always in pairs of two now I live with that knowing that I took one away I broke one’s heart I’m sorry but I love hunting with my brother and my son

I thought they were morning doves? Who are they mourning? Lol

Our little family of doves took over a Robin nest under our raised deck, it was a first watching a family grow, I was shocked at how fast the baby's grew up and out of nest

Awesome video, I’m pretty late but do you have the name of the music? 0:57-2:20

Thank you for nice video. How to indentify gender of the baby dove ?

Thank you so much for this wonderful video! What a beautiful family! I love birds. unfortunately I don't see doves here, in Montreal downtown, but I see a lot of pigeons! I feed them everyday, and help them when they need , if I can! Once a couple had babies, inside my appartment! I also have a female pigeon, for ten years , in my appartment. She is not in a cage. She is my beloved friend. Watching your doves in nature was enchanting! The light in the tree, the babies growing happily, the wonderful parents.... This superb video says how much you love these lovely birds!! I

Thank you for sharing this video I literally cried the whole time you see we just experienced a love story in our backyard here in San Diego California and Just like your video from beginning til the babies left the nest ..I feel like a grandparent 🤣 Thanks again for sharing

I adore this video! We’ve had mourning doves for 6 years now in the same evergreen tree. We also have a robin’s nest right above our front door. We got the chance to watch them mate, mama build the nest to laying 4 beautiful blue eggs. Now only 2 robins are left. Dad keeps coming to feed the smallest one and looks as though he’s having a talk with the other. It has been so much fun to watch this from beginning to end. Our doves are never afraid of us and will sit next to me on our deck after the fledglings are big enough to be alone. They seem to know my voice -I call them Lovey and Dovey not very original. My husband and I have become avid bird watchers and lovers! Our kids tease us all of the time. My Father In Law just passed away and we’ve been seeing so many cardinals now too! I just love and am so grateful to God that we get to watch doves and now robins every summer. I love the mourning dove song! I know people find it sad but I find it peaceful and comforting! I can hear 2 right now! Your video made me so emotional, Mourning doves really have a beautiful love story! Thanks so much for putting all that hard work to make this! Amazing! Great job! Trish from Minnesota. 🐦

I don't know if I'm tripping but buddy and holly didnt look to happy that you were filming them... 😅... But beautiful footage and documentary.

Awesome video!! There are some many of them in my neighborhood.. love watching them in the morning

There's a nest under the roof of my deck. They keep having chick's and then they are at it again. Saw them getting into action today. Guess there will be more chicks in two weeks! I've only see the little ones when they are pretty big ...and then they are gone!

Thank you, I really enjoyed this love story. Do you know if doves ever fly in flocks? Or possibly pigeons? On my drive to work I see a group of birds flying around in big circles together like a dance, same time and location every morning. They fly above a house that’s tucked in the vineyards, so I presume they all reside around there. It is a country setting. They resemble pigeons or doves in size and color are not the smaller black birds that fly in flocks. I can’t seem to find any information about this kind of flock or what they are doing. If you have any information, that would be great.

Great Names! 'Buddy & Holly' 👓 'The Mamas & The Papas' 🎤🎶

Beautiful documentary

Thank you so much for sharing your video it was beautiful to watch. I love Morning Doves.

So simple and nice documentary. loved it.

I am lucky enough to have a couple choose my front porch or having her babies. She has had 4 babies there and I just saw her mate leave her courters.

Thank you for this video, best told life of the mourning dove 👏 since 6/3/2021 we have had 5 mamas dove gave birth to 10 babies, the cycle was 22 days for each from first arrival to maturity and flown away, this video is exactly what we saw in the last 115 days. It was so beautiful and we would not be surprised to see more doves coming through October, Yeah 🕊🕊🕊🕊

This is a wonderful film!! I learned so much about my favorite bird! Thank You for all your hard work on this. Worthy of an award.

I love your video! I also love the your tree that the doves were in. What kind of tree is it?

We have the same story at our home

I ran across your video as I was looking for info on the birds because I have two that have come to my home recently and they sit on the windowsill looking into the house. If I’m in the master they’re at that window-if I move to the guest room-then they move to that window! It’s odd, but sweet. Do you have any idea why they’re doing this? Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed the video (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)-thanks so much for your time, effort and sharing! I’m going to refer my nieces to it as they’re being homeschooled during the quarantine.

Elohim created beauty and perfection.

Even birds know a baby needs a two family home .

I was trying to slowly make my way towards some doves recently for a better look. Outta no where I got attacked by a dang bluejay

Really outstanding documentation. I noticed the collared doves produced two white ones !!

I live in new york and every summer they nest in a pine in my back yard

Well done! Enjoyed the learnings.

I see a morning dove family or maybe two in my yard constantly. It's the bird I probably see with my eyes the most. Blue Jays and Cardinals are pretty common cat birds. I hear a lot. Crows like to make an appearance but they don't seem to live on my yard The morning dove couple and I think some of their kids there always hanging out and don't seem to be in any hurry to go anywhere

Great information!! We’re learning more about them because we have several nests and feel so sad when they don’t make it….😢… looking for education videos to be good pigeon grandparents

Aww!! I have a couple frequenting my balcony. I love seeing them. This doc really nice, I learned more about them. Thank you!

Excellent production! Very much enjoyed it!

This was enjoyable to watch. I love the doves and the narration.

Our doves had 2 eggs but only one baby was born & flew away. Parents came back, had two more eggs & now, they are taking care of 3 eggs. The parents still locally with the 1st baby.

Thanks for sharing, shared.

I usually get from 10-30 of these little guys every day. They come early in the morning and just before dark. They sit outside my door and make that same sound. I give them bird seed, but they also like dry cat food. They have to compete with the pigeons, so I throw handfuls in the opposite direction of where the pigeons are. Of course they come over there next and muscle in but the doves get a window of opportunity, and they can get their share if they hustle. (which they always do, they're not lazy or stupid) It helps to level the playing field a little, and that way everybody gets something to eat.

We have an issue with bluejays and mocking birds attacking the babies

My heart is always go's for mourning doves love them caught a wild one one time fell from the tree bring home and wasn't eating anything so I had to bottle feed it when it grew little bigger I let it fly and never came back . Mourning doves , turtle doves , collard doves , zebra doves I just ❤ them .

I go mourning dove hunting every year. With that being said learning there mourning doves and their lives they live together of such loyalty, I'm happy some years we don't see some and just drink instead!

They say the simple things in life are the best ........who am I to argue 😊

Doves living on my property vent are often attacked by Pigeons

During harvest season in the field. My dad brought three babies home. My mom and us kids take care of them for a few weeks. There is such lovely birds. They perfect pets. They are affectionate and are lovely. When it came time to release them we were all heartbroken. They didnt want to leave the area. It took 2 hours for them to feel comfortable to fly away.

question, for the longest time, there were these two that i would see every day. about 5 or 6 weeks ago, i only seen one by him/herself, wasnt sure. does anyone may know the answer? i was guessing that they may take turns hatching eggs?

Collared doves are Eurasian doves

Thanks for sharing, really enjoyed it!

Beautiful Family Thankyou

I love your video

Loved this

When I was in Kindergarten 1970 in Sunnyvale Ca, I heard that cooing sound of a male. I looked up and saw that dove. A mourning dove! I grew up in the SF Bay Area hearing it my whole life, but after coming to Washington state, I hardly ever if ever heard them. But when we moved to Yakima - central East Washington I saw and heard Eurasian collared dove. Then finally this year a mating pair of mourning doves have been coming for my seeds!!! And there are now at least 2 mating pairs! It’s sweet how memories of my childhood are linked to mourning doves.

Thank you for this great presentation! Sonny (CT)

Stunningly beautiful video & so touching. The Camera work & story are outstanding. We’re feeding a bunch of brown Mourning Doves out my 2nd floor back door. I adore watching their cute antics. Thanks so much for this wonderful & very professional entertainment.

AWWWW i loved this video

The goddess of Love, herself 💕🥰💖

So sweet.thank you.

Wonderful love story thanks

Thankyou!!

Beautiful ❤

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Beautiful documentation of this adorable dove bird! Thank you for sharing 🙏I love all varieties of dove birds 🕊 💟

Just love it

What a beautiful video

Love it... thanks!