Winter Mourning Dove

[LeeKen]

I have a small flock of doves that occasionally use my feeders. Today, to find shelter from the wind and snow they chose a small garden next to my chimney, right below a window. Food has been easy picking until this snow, I expect they may become regulars.

[NoWiser]

Cool picture! I looked out my window the other day and thought I was seeing things, but there were 4 of them in the neighbor's yard. They looked big all puffed up. I had no idea some stayed up here for the winter, I thought they all hightailed it south once it got cold.

[Tom7227]

I have a large overhang on my front porch in White Bear Lake that gets a lot of sun. I regularly flush 10-20 mourning doves when I go out the door. They love the feeder and the from the dark roof.

Tom

[KrabbyPatties]

Yup....Mourning Doves regularly hang around in southern Minnesota and occasionally in northern Minnesota in winter. I've had a few fly by my yard this month but none of them have visited the feeders.

[DARK30]

I get a few to stop in..

I need a serious camera

[eyeguy 54]

yup they hang around.

[LeeKen]

Looks like they will be regular diners.

[KrabbyPatties]

Buy some millet or even cheapo mixed seed and throw a few handfuls on the ground each day where they're feeding....that'll keep 'em around.

[WDH]

I have 7 that are comeing to the feeder. I use a ground mix that works for all ground feeders.

2,lb White proso millet.

2,lb Red proso millet.

1,lb Safflower.

1,lb Peanut hearts & chips.

1,lb Canary seed.

If the house sparrow starts to take over, drop the white and red millet and add Milo ( sorghum ) house sparrow don't like it very much also you can add Rape seed. At my place the House Sparrow and Starling life span is a short one.