DEAR JOAN: A pair of cooing mourning doves are building their nest on our patio table. I love all our birds and am torn between cleaning it up and waiting for nature’s show. There is a big problem ...

Last spring, my next-door neighbor and I were blessed with the miracle of mourning dove life. My pair nested in the fork of two limbs in a backyard pyracantha bush, just above eye level. My neighbor’s ...

DEAR JOAN: For three days in a row now, I have watched a pair of mourning doves build a nest, then destroy it by dropping on the ground and flying off. Next day, there is a repeat of their actions.

DEAR JOAN: I’ve read that doves are lousy nest builders, but we have a pair in our yard that are not just lousy, but lazy. They didn’t even bother to put down a couple of twigs or leaves — the female ...

DEAR JOAN: Your May 29 column about mourning doves has prompted me to share our own story about a mourning dove and her fruitless efforts to build a nest on our back patio. My husband had built a ...

“I had a mourning dove nesting in a pine tree in my backyard on April 1,” writes a Salisbury woman. “A few days later I noticed that the dove was gone and nothing was in the nest. What could have ...