Nesting Mourning Doves

This Spring I noticed a nest hidden just outside our back door. We have a gardener so my husband is not using those tools and the dove had built a nest on top of our gardening rack about 6 feet off of the ground.

I tried to get a small container with water near the nest but the dove did not appreciate my gesture, so I just left her alone, I am surprised the nest still occupied after so many months, may be this is a second family of doves. I am interested now in documenting the movement around the nest, I hear that mourning doves take over a nest when they are spotted from nearby trees.

At the moment they have two large eggs, and I look forward to taking photos of their squabs.

I did a search on mourning doves and found some wonderful pictures and also some very moving stories of people trying to help the doves with their nests.