I found a dove nest with two eggs and took couple pics of the mom dove there and when she got scared of the camera and left so i got a shot of the eggs. I am pretty sure they are doves and i want to hep them so does anyone know what doves naturally eat? thanks!
DO NOT! DO NOT! Feed a bird rice, it expands the stomachs and can kill them!
Pigeons as well as Doves are grain eaters. Rice, white or brown, split peas, barley, buckwheat, canary seed, etc., are all good first options to feed a lost bird with.
No. They eat seeds and small insects, they're not egg-eaters.
A dove eats seeds.
YES. The Crows eat dove eggs as well as their babies which they kill and eat.
Mourning doves do not move their eggs around. They lay their eggs in a nest, and they rarely leave the nest unattended.
Doves dont eat celery
Yes, dove eggs are edible but it is more common to eat pigeon eggs. These little eggs, when boiled and peeled, can be painted to look like eyeballs and make perfect Halloween party hors d'oeuvres.
Galápagos doves eat cactus fruits and seeds.
yes
Blue jays may try to eat the dove's eggs, but otherwise, there is little interaction between the two birds.
They are grain eaters.
Because they are hungry
Diamond doves eat seeds in most cases. However, the are also known to eat various types of greens like the lettuce and much more.
Baby Mourning Doves, like all baby doves, eat a substance created by their parents called "crop milk", which is basically somewhat pre-digested seeds. Yum.
Ever chance they get.