Raising a Baby Mourning Dove I Saved

by Barbara
(Prosperity, SC)

Several weeks ago I came across a baby mourning dove in my backyard.

The neighbor's dog was after it but I grabbed it just in time.

I brought the dove in the house, and began nurturing it.

I fed it baby bird food with an eye dropper and then I was feeding it from my hand and the bird thrived to the point of eating out of my hands and also between my fingers.

All the time, I would talk to my lil dovee and it would shake it's tail and coo as though it knew what I was saying.

I kept it in a bird cage with water and seed, but continued hand feeding it 2 to 3 times a day.

Then came the day that I dreaded, I knew it wanted to leave. I brought it outside and at first, it didn't want to leave, but eventually, the baby dove took a flight to a tree that was close by.

That was about 3 days ago. Every day since, the dove has returned to eat bird seed that I have in the backyard for all the birds.

This morning was the best, the dove flew up on the railing of my deck while I was having my morning coffee.


When I approached it and spoke, it flapped its wings and cooed as if it still knew what I was saying.

My husband, in disbelief, ran and got the camera and took a few pictures that I've posted to share with everyone out there.