The Mourning Dove: A Gentle and Goofy Bird with a Famous Coo

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Famous for its "coo", the Mourning Dove is a bird you've probably heard before, and didn't even know it. These common birds can often be found in your backyard, and are actually extremely fascinating. Learn all about them in this educational video. If you enjoy it, please consider giving it a like, as it really helps us out and allow us to reach more people! :)
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@malolm Год назад

Im going to be honest, I thought morning dove calls were owls for a good year as I was getting into birding, now I know the difference. Thanks for the species guide guys!

@Fire_2000 Год назад

Lol my dad was convinced they were owls as well. Fortunately I never fell for that and always knew they were doves

@cb.growmie8633 11 месяцев назад

me too! i moved to a rural area last year lol

@mattshu 8 месяцев назад

I thought it was a dog howling 😂 it was my earliest memory of being outside so I could use some slack

@torinkyifh5085 5 месяцев назад

Not to worry. Me too!

@BadgerlandBirding 2 месяца назад

You’re welcome!

@matthewvogt7204 Год назад

Mourning doves are one of my favorite birds. Its the first bird call I learned

@addisonschultz9464 Год назад

calling them goofy in the title got me crying hahahah

@whitewalls4409 Год назад

You nailed it, Doves reminds me of Saturday morning as a kid. I love 'em I also like how they sit around after they have eaten and don't run off like most birds.

@YZEtc Год назад

I have a pair of mourning doves around my two bird feeders every day. They'll usually be on the ground beneath the feeders, foraging as they do their walk and bob their heads. I like the sound of their call, and I do remember hearing them since my earliest memories as a child. When I first heard their call and before I knew it was the call of a mourning dove, I wondered what kind of animal was making this sound that was so unique.

@bloomins8088 Год назад

Love these sweet birds. They're my dad's favorite bird and bird call. My mom says their call is sad, but sad can also be beautiful. :)

@ironrex6979 9 месяцев назад

Godbless them they are wholesome adorable birds 🤗

@lasantuzza777 2 месяца назад

i agree 🙏🏼🤍 they are peaceful. i love having them around

@ironrex6979 2 месяца назад

@@lasantuzza777 me too at home I have a bird feeder and they show up everyday. It makes me really happy to see them.

@DavidThumim99099 Год назад

I like this guide for common backyard bird species. I think you should turn this into a series!

@Deb_InMiami 3 месяца назад

I wake up at 3 every morning to put out millet for them so the neighbors don't see. I don't want to move because they need me. Yeah, I love them.

@BadgerlandBirding 3 месяца назад

Not all heroes where capes

@Deb_InMiami 3 месяца назад

@@BadgerlandBirding Thank you so much. ❤️

@NyssaMysteria Год назад

Mourning doves love my yard, and I love them! They really are a bunch of gentle goobers, and easily one of my favorite visitors since they clean up all of the seeds that the other birds drop. There was a time last year where I counted 12 of them relaxing in my yard and around the feeder, they must really feel safe here!

@lisamatheson3831 4 месяца назад

Mourning doves are my favorite backyard bird! They are so cute - love how they strut when they walk!

@BadgerlandBirding 4 месяца назад

Definitely a fan favorite!

@Nat0964 Месяц назад

I love mourning doves so much. They are the cutest! So round! And I love how I always see them in pairs ❤

@LittleBird64 Год назад

I have a pair of Mourning Doves, (Donna and Dexter) that come to my patio every morning and evening for their meals. ❤ They’re always friendly to the other birds, although Dexter makes me laugh sometimes. Whenever other birds eat too close to Donna, he’ll run over there and make them move. 😂

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

Sounds like there could definitely be a sitcom made about that 😂

@atis9061 2 месяца назад

They are like pigeons in that same behavior

@CMKMarch63 21 день назад

Love them , they make me feel so calm when I hear them .

@valhalla7408 4 месяца назад

Yes, ❤ this goofy bird with its memorably soothing morning call 🥰

@barbaracole709 Год назад

I like mourning doves. I have a ton of them around my yard. They eat a lot of birdseed, but I don’t mind. Their call sounds so peaceful to me. They seem like sweet birds.

@koolkaleb19 Год назад

I was born in the year 2008 and lived in this apartment in the years 2012-2014. Every morning when I would wake up and hear the sound of this bird. Never knew what it was until today. Thank You for unlocking a core memory of my childhood.

@KimberlyLabutka-wf9bg Год назад

I absolutely love my mourning doves!! Thanks so much for the info!!

@WarblerRidge Год назад

Kept waiting for you to mention the wing whistle. One of their coolest traits. I’m in the woods so I don’t get tons of Mourning Doves but there are always five or six around. They are surprisingly acrobatic fliers. I enjoy watching them weave their way between the trees.

@Fred_NaughT Год назад

I absolutely love the mourning doves we see here ! Ive never seen them on our feeders but they are amazing at keeping all of the seed on the ground cleaned up ! Their iridescent colors on their neck are mesmerizing to say the least !

@RoseGrace100 Год назад

I love mourning doves. They are at my deck now and are so beautiful.

@lisak7247 Год назад

I just love these sweet birds. I love hearing them in the yard at the end of the day.❤

@staufferfamily9629 Год назад

Our 5 year old loves mourning doves. I'm going to show her this tomorrow as part of her school work. She's going to love it- and learn a lot too! Thank you!

@user-nn7zn1vr6g 4 месяца назад

mourning doves are my favorite

@MrTmiket0007 Год назад

Thanks for sharing another wonderful video like always 🐦👍🤗

@lindaclarke204 Год назад

I have two that have been feeding at my patio for a couple months now. I talk to them from my chair in the living room- hoping to make them less skittish. Once a couple days ago, one was out there. Suddenly he raised up and called out! I was stunned! Shortly he was joined by the other- I guess he was calling her to dinner!

@bobseldestagain 3 месяца назад

I have a pair nesting in the Morningstar Jasmine that covers the arbor that straddles my sidewalk. When I walk through the Mom looks at me very calmly without blinking an eye. A peaceful and surreal experience.

@Beryllahawk Год назад

Yay! Mourning doves are just such NICE birds. Most doves seem to be pretty nice neighbors as it were, even pigeons here in the South.* We have a veritable flock of these lovelies in the empty lots in the neighborhood, so we hear them constantly. Most of the time they stick to the woods or browse around near the ditches, where people won't notice them so much (and where the local feral cats have a harder time nabbing them). This year I might actually play host to a few, already I've had one that just perched up on the roof of the house and calmly watched the goings-on. They're so inoffensive even the blue jays don't feel the need to run them off! I have that same nostalgic soft spot for mourning doves that you mentioned; they were maybe the sixth bird I ever learned to ID in any way. I was so convinced there were owls in the neighborhood, LOL! (I was 13 and had lived in western Texas for most of my life, not many mourning doves there and certainly not in the neighborhoods I knew!) *Yes, I know: city pigeons, and esp NYC Pigeons, are a whole other deal, LOL!! But where I am there aren't such huge flocks and I suspect the relatively low-stress, low-competition environment helps them chill out. They only show up in parking lots and they only have to share those lots with the House Sparrows.

@WhistlesToAnimals Год назад

These birds actually outrank blue jays in the pecking order (every time in my area that I've seen). Blue jays can yell at them, but mourning doves have a wing slap that scares blue jays off. When they visit my neighbor's parking lot they are looking for small pebbles to help with their digestion. They will eat sunflowers whole, then use tiny rocks to work them over and grind them in their gizzard--a weird way of consuming food.

@Beryllahawk Год назад

@@WhistlesToAnimals I was quite unaware that they'd defend themselves! That's fabulous! And it really DOES seem so strange how birds use gravel to grind their food inside their crops. At least, to us humans with our specialized teeth and omnivore digestion, heh!

@user-pl8ek3jj7p Год назад

Love them and their call. Third hatching this year in our arbor. Two new ones at a time. Third set just hatched. Couple of weeks they will be gone.

@danareed1656 Год назад

i love hearing their coo in the morning!

@morp3022 Год назад

Hi, Thank you for your Great channel, and thank you for featuring this Beautiful bird. 😊 I Absolutely Love Mourning Doves. Their cooing sounds so peaceful to me, and hearing them always transports me back to my childhood and spending my Summers at my Granny's in Tennessee. 💖 I think of that time and place because that was the first time that I actually really noticed the Sweet cooing of the Mourning Dove, and now as an adult, when I hear their cooing... I become that little girl again at my Granny's home. As I mentioned before, I Absolutely Love Mourning Doves, and I Love seeing them visiting our birdfeeders daily. Thank you again. 😊 Sincerely, Paula

@tomwingstad2358 Год назад

Great informative video. Thanks

@RobertGotschall Год назад

Very nostalgic call. I learned to cup my hands to copy it. I also got Inca Dove, Eurasian Dove and occasionally White-Winged Dove at my feeder in Southern Nevada.

@floridaflash Год назад

Great video. I really enjoyed all the factual information. Doves are one of our favorite birds.

@LynnGrate Год назад

I'm a fan! We've had a pair living on or near our property for years. This year they took over a nest that a pair of Robins had built and used for 3 years! It is inside a broken sunroom attached to our house (due to tree fall) so we can watch them closely. It is lovely to see their activities.

@pamjames2161 Год назад

You have a wonderful channel. I love mourning doves. We have them all the time in Indiana. Thank you

@Rhettroizms 8 месяцев назад

THE MOURNING DOVE DOESNT NEED AUTOTUNE 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

@jenniferowens1238 Год назад

I love seeing the mourning doves at my feeder. I have a special bowl on the ground with dove approved food. ❤

@aiai-j7i 8 месяцев назад

What do you suggest for food, please?

@marknye7900 Год назад

Love the Mourning Dove , a very smart bird, strong flyer . Have approx. 3 dozen in my yard daily .

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

3 dozen?!?!? Wow, that’s a lot!

@DAVIDLHARDEN Год назад

I have quite a few pairs. I love them💕

@StevieinSF 3 месяца назад

I've heard some Mourning Doves in flight make a caw sound like a crow.

@patriciatolliver4057 Год назад

Patty-During the lockdown I was working from home. They used to sit outside my bedroom window. I miss hearing them in the morning.

@suzannesquivel1632 Год назад

Love the morning doves

@riptide4912 9 месяцев назад

just rescued a fledgeling that fell from the sky ... thought wing was broken, but after 7 days, much improved and growing... still a bit weak in (wing flapping) flying, but hopeful the next couple of weeks will be ready for release. She likes black berries, bananas and papaya. Learning curve for us ... many other misc. animals rescued.

@joycelyn5699 Год назад

I've started getting these at my bird feeder 🥰

@jolenebauser408 Год назад

I have several of these in just back yard. I’ve also had a pair of Eurasian collared doves as well

@PBunyanOx 5 месяцев назад

Love them. We have 4 or 5.

@KimberlyTurner-ci5ec 2 месяца назад

We welcome our mourning doves in our hanging flower planter on the deck. We’ve spent much time observing. 2 eggs yesterday. Waiting for hatch in a couple weeks. OHIO

@terryporche9059 2 месяца назад

Have dive nesting on my patio every year. Sometime the nest will put out two Brussels. This year (today) the baby left the nest. Only had a single this spring nesting

@BadgerlandBirding 2 месяца назад

It’s cool to get to see them grow up!

@samgamgee7384 2 месяца назад

I set rice and barley out for half a dozen mourners. Two days later there were twice as many foraging for it.

@atis9061 2 месяца назад

I love them. They are half the size of pigeons. They look small to me. Their color is pretty and subdued like their temperament.

@user-tq8jo7oh2n Год назад

I love the mourning doves that visit my backyard feeders. They perch on my fence and pine trees. It's rather comical to see a pair in my feeder taking their sweet time eating while the other birds are patiently sitting on the fence waiting for their turn. Eventually, the others will get impatient, (usually the Chickadees or Goldfinches - LOL) and will fly in and get their seeds. So I took pity on them and now have multiple feeders on my patio and deck. The mourning doves do a great job of cleaning up the ground under the feeders along with "Alvin" our resident chipmunk and a squirrel pair we affectionately named Bonnie and Clyde for obvious reasons. 🙂

@saleemahfareed4790 11 месяцев назад

Beautiful 🐦🐦🫶🏿 3:59

@BirdNirdz Год назад

You should really go to Magee marsh during the biggest week in American birding. It is awesome! I can’t wait for all the different warblers.

@ozzy942 Год назад

I have around 12 mourning doves roaming around my backyard feeders. I like them more than grackles.

@samanthab8782 Год назад

Have a nesting pair on the deck. The nest was made a long time ago by another bird so it is quite stable 🤣. I like them. They have been coming back for about 5-7 years to have their babies. We don't feed them but they seem to like how sheltered it is so they keep coming back. At least their coo isn't annoying so they can talk all they want.

@sarahb.6475 Год назад

I definitely have heard the morning dove around here for years!! But I am unsure if I have seen them - probably because I didn't know who was making the bird call or what he looked like!

@campbells0ups 9 месяцев назад

love how silly these birds are-they twice tried to nest on my roomate's car!

@BadgerlandBirding 9 месяцев назад

Their nests are so bad 😂

@rerolley Год назад

I notice you use a bird seed mix that includes millet. I am curious about your thoughts on the pros and cons of feeding millet. I am aware that some people do not recommend it in some situations.

@bethkoch11 Год назад

I live in the desert Southwest, and what I seem to see more of is Eurasian Collared Doves. Either way, they are a species I'm very fond of.

@aiai-j7i 8 месяцев назад

I have a small balcony with some planters that only have soil in them during winter. Last winter some mourning doves liked to sit on them in the sunshine. Is there anything I can do to help them during the harsh Chicago winter? Should I add straw on top of the soil or would they prefer twigs or cardboard to reflect heat back? Does anyone know? Thank you!

@KevinZ.000 Год назад

They also have wing whistles when they take flight.

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

That’s true

@reyjaysablan7138 2 месяца назад

I can hear the same sound every morning here in the Philippines, exactly the same! I thought it was an owl

@sueguidry4216 7 месяцев назад

I love them and would love to keep the ones i have around. What do i feed doves and what kind of feeder do i use?? I live in the South in Louisiania. Thank you

@BadgerlandBirding 7 месяцев назад

They love platform feeders or feeding on the ground! They’re not too picky with their diet and should eat just about anything from a mix.

@nietzschespupil6851 Год назад

I am a fan. Then the doves I've observed with white along the edge of their wings isn't a mourning dove... But another species. They have reddish ring around the eye where it is absent with the mourning dove... Fascinating.

@--SHEPHERD-OF-MOTHER-EARTH-- Год назад

Kookookachoo I Am the Walrus! 🐦🐦🎶🎵"Bird-Turd-Ternity!"🎵🎶🐦🐦 SHE 🌍 WATCHES

@crystalharris7394 Год назад

💖💖💖

@LS-uj7oq Год назад

A pair started nesting in my hanging planter. I had to shoo a neighbor cat away the other day and have only seen mama in the nest so Im worried the dad may have been eaten ☹️

@TheVera123456 Год назад

I found dove with broken wing and put him(her) in cage. After wing healed she still can’t fly. My concern is: is she good to live in cage? Because for me it looks like she doesn’t eat much. I never see her eating I can see she is pooping it means she is eating. I don’t want she being unhappy. How to make best life for her?

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

I would take her to a licensed wildlife rehabber who can check her for additional injuries

@snowyowl5556 Год назад

Congrats on 16k. The thing i hate about MODOs is their wings are so loud when they take off they scare the crap outta me 🥲

@crosetee Год назад

They love the drama

@malolm Год назад

True, when im filling up my feeder I don't see them and they jumpscare me, still funny birds whatsoever!

@Rearmostbean Год назад

I jad one perch about 20ft from my bedroom in my youth, for years. So no, not a fan per say. But i readily recognize its call

@ericclarington565 Год назад

Every year they nest on this branch in my oak tree every year. Yes they do make flimsy nest if that you want call it.

@Gostwriterindisguise Год назад

I actually never see mourning doves anymore. In the spring of 2000 they were mostly driven out by a sudden incursion of white-winged doves. They're still around but not in their former numbers and I never hear their calls anymore. In fact I see Inca doves more often, tho not in any numbers, and they were never common in the first place.

@sweetkitty3249 Год назад

Nobody is going to hunt them in my yard! I love sweet little mourning doves! I put feed in several places around my yard, so all species of birds have enough to eat.

@173jaSon371 Год назад

I think the call is the opposite of famous. I hear a BILLION people who think it's an owl haha. Far, far more often than I hear someone go "Oh, a Mourning Dove!"

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

It’s still famous, just not made by what some people think 😂

@Official_Avenger Год назад

Smart baby 79

@definethagreatline Год назад

Having a difficult time with these guys at the feeder, they sit in the feeder and poop right on the seed every single time they come to eat, multiple times a day. At this point im looking for ways to discourage them from coming.

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

You could put a cage around your feeder to let the small birds in and then let the bigger ones feed on the ground

@nathanwebb4836 Год назад

Lots of mourning doves come into my backyard to eat birdseed.

@cdong 11 месяцев назад

not sure if they were the suckers that woke me up at night, the timbre sounds the same but the tone sounds different

@BadgerlandBirding 11 месяцев назад

Depending on where you are, Northern Mockingbirds will sing through the night

@cdong 11 месяцев назад

@@BadgerlandBirding southern California. no not Northern Mockingbirds, the bird sounds like a dove or an owl. It sounds very similar to #1 here but the tone is slightly different.

@BadgerlandBirding 11 месяцев назад

@@cdong check out the Eurasian Collared Dove

@cdong 11 месяцев назад

@@BadgerlandBirding I give up, the mourning dove is the closest one by far; even the three coo-coo-coo sounds exactly the same. I'm just not sure why they have to do this at night all the time 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

@pauraque Год назад

Had a pair nest in my 100sq foot backyard for 6 years in a row until a Red-tailed Hawk ate the male yesterday :(

@snowyowl5556 Год назад

Rip buddy ✊️

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

Sorry for your loss 😞

@Oltoir Год назад

TIL it's legal to shoot them in some places???

@user-dm2uv7yq6u Год назад

Clever mechanic 00

@user-hl4ny9ks7n Год назад

Bad soldier 61

@tupoban_1008 Год назад

Delicious hunter 02

@user-ch7pj9fo8i Год назад

Lonely snow 08

@Salmiyaguy1 Год назад

Definitely goofy..USA and Canada

@mohamadhoseingangehkaviri8319 Год назад

Beaver

@mirhamidovbahromjon5959 Год назад

Cruel eagle 94

@charithaheshan1048 Год назад

r/stupidovenests

@christineborgatti3760 Год назад

Not my favorite bird, but I will try to change my attitude.

@basiacolegrove7878 Год назад

Don't understand the hunting of these?!! Horrible

@WhistlesToAnimals Год назад

I've had them in my hands a few times, whatever meat they have, is so little because they weighed next to nothing. They weigh the same as two chicken eggs. If their meat comes only to one egg, it isn't even worth all the time and trouble to mess with them. Luckily, they aren't hunted in my state--one good thing about my state.

@alexamolendyk8107 18 дней назад

Do they also come in a light gray white color? Ours aren't these colors in the video but make the same sound and also have favorite places to perch while they sing

@BadgerlandBirding 18 дней назад

Where are you located? You might have Eurasian Collared Doves. They’re a lighter shade of gray