What time of year do mourning doves nest?
In some parts of the country mourning doves start breeding as early as February and continue on thru October. It all depends on the temperatures. If you find the border between Kansas and Oklahoma,and using one of those seed planting maps, kinda draw that line waving on across the continent, you could say that line is the late Feb.-early March starting line( Tell me where you are and mebbee I can figger out the nesting season for you. I promise not to sneak up under your window at night and go “Ooooh cooo ohhhh.”) In warm climates, Mourning Doves can produce up to six broods per year, more broods than any other native North American species. As far north as the Pacific Northwest, 3 broods a year have been reported. They usually lay two eggs at a time. It takes about 15 days for the eggs to hatch, another 15 till the young leave the nest, and another 15 while the parents give some care and feeding and then the young really go off on there own. ( They really like the number 15.) When the
