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Thursday Seeds | Mourning with the Doves
What’s your first thought? Mourning with the Doves. That’s what is sounds like…when Doves cry. But if you know much about birds, and doves are more common than most but not as much a nuisance as pigeons or crows. They make a sound that is lonely and communicates solitude to most humans. It’s like it’s hardwired, this sound being considered lonely but in fact, birders know that this sound is about mating. It’s a mating call given right before sex. It’s foreplay, this sound to the doves. If you watch them, the one doing the calling is about to hop on the female to do the “deed”. Crying. Hopefully I…