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Why do mourning doves vibrate? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 days ago by confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/pigeon@mander.xyz

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Lately I've noticed the mourning dove nesting in our planter has been vibrating a lot lately. It's throat visibly and silently vibrates. I've even noticed it's tail has been vibrating as well and it's causing the plants in the planter to shake too.

Currently there's two babies in the nest with it so I assume it's some form of contentment like a cat purring?

When I first go outside, it's usually like an unblinking statue. Once I'm sitting down and eating or playing music at a reasonable volume, it's quite animated, curious, blinking and vibrating constantly.

I also thought maybe it has something to do with producing crop milk since this all started sometime around when the babies hatched but I can't find anything when I search for more information.

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[–] bonjour@mander.xyz 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Are you sure it is silent? That seems a bit odd, but i don't know mourning doves. Are they still sitting on the chicks?

I just know from feral pigeons, that they coo a lot at their chicks, but maybe they do some silent vibrating / cooing while they are still sitting on their chicks non stop, at least they are all silent then, the cooing only comes later when the parents leave the nest for a while. I have never seen them react to music really either.

[–] confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I tried listening and I wasn't sure if I heard a low hum or not. If there was any noise it was too quiet for me to hear.

They are still sitting on the chicks but I have a feeling that won't be for much longer now.

I'll usually hear the other dove throughout the day calling from the neighbours rooftop but the nesting dove never makes a noise.

I usually play some chill music when I'm out there but my shuffle played some punk music and the nesting dove was extremely curious. Tried playing a bunch of different genres after that but punk seems to get the the genre that gets it curious and moving around a bit. Definitely wasn't feeling it for anything metal though.