As some of you may know, I have a mourning dove nesting for the second time in my hanging planter on my balcony.. Willow & Scout 🥰. My question is.. it’s getting extremely hot now and although they’re able to regulate their temp during warm days.. is it proper and safe to provide them water on a wide shallow tray on my balcony floor, placed on the opposite side of the balcony and not directly underneath the planter? Or will that cause them more stress with my movement (even if brief and light) and potentially having other birds use it?
Can you spot them?! They’re together in their favorite tree right across from their original planters. 🥹😍🥰
Finally, after building for the past 4 days, we see one egg! And I’m assuming another one is on its way. 🥰 also!! Baby birds were sitting on the tree right across from the planter, overseeing their parents lol they’ve not tried to fly back on my balcony but they’re still trying to perfect their flying.
We’ve also decided to name mom Willow and dad Scout 🕊️
I’ve decided to put one of our security cameras facing the planter because the parent doves have been using it daily for their afternoon naps. (Excuse the dirty window!). This morning, I noticed that mom kept cooing even with dad in the planter with her. So I thought hmm, they must be trying to regroup with their babies. Dad was also flying in and out a bit. But then…. The TWIGS!! You all have called it. They’re back and ready for more. Thanks, all!
The funny part is dad leaving the twig on top of mom. 🤣
(Mom on the planter and dad on the fence) But Mom and Dad came back to our planter! Not to nest again (yet) but just to rest. I’m happy that they like what I’ve done with the place lol (aka, remove the bird spikes and put a coco nest liner in). Their family has reunited multiple times today and I’m glad to know that they still see this little balcony as their safe and family space.