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Facts About Doves
Attracting Doves To Your Land
Jeff Jackson
Extension Wildlife Specialist
Reprinted March, 1997
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Facts About Doves
Description
Biology
Introduction
Habitat of Doves
Reproduction
Courtship and Nest Building
Egg Laying and Incubation
Hatching and Nestlings
Fledglings and Growth to Maturity
Nest Losses and Renesting
Migration and Population Dynamics
Food Preferences and Needs
Attracting Doves with Food and Water
Sown Seed.
Native Plants.
Crop Residues.
Water Sources.
Planting a Dove Field
Crops to Plant
Other Wildlife May Damage Dove Fields
Size of Field
Planting Dates
Mowing Fields
Failure to Attract Doves
Crop Analysis.
Hunting Doves
Organizing a Hunt
Guns
Other Suggestions for Hunters
Baited Fields
Warnell School of Forest Resources
