Urgent!! I took a mother dove's nest and now she has laid an egg where it was, what do I do?
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 at
11:30 pm
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As she has laid an egg what you need to do is replace a few twigs or nesting material similar to what you removed and place the egg on it.
If the bird is happy with this situation she will return and lay again.
It is always worth trying and she may return to nest.
that whole don’t touch a baby bird cus the mom wont go to it any more thing is just a bunch of bs people say. your best off hoping the mom will come back and will stay with the baby, if you incubate it the baby wont be able to live on its own later cus it wont have learned the things its mom needs to teach it
yeah, you should return the nest.
and next time, if there is a next time, just friggin RELAX. You don’t need to go around tidying up the universe.
if you already touch the nest or egg the mother will not come back to it and most likely abandon the area… the best thing to do would be to take the egg and incubate it !!!
Doves dont make much of a nest. In fact every time I see one I am amazed any doves survive. It’s mostly a pile of grass and small twigs. So just put some dry grass there & hope for the best. Most doves will let you observe nest from pretty close up . Interesting to watch them grow. If you don’t want them nesting there again block off the nesting area when they are done with the nest.