Rose Breasted Grosbeak

[sunshine]

They are here for 2-3 weeks. This is the male.

[sunshine]

Female

[emilyB]

Pretty birds, especially the male.

[takncarabizniz]

Lovely birds.  The male of the species always seem to be the pretty ones, LOL.

[dondc]

I am have a battle with doves, or was I gave up.
They wanted to build a nest on the ceiling fan outside my front door.  Keep trying to scare them away but they kept coming back.  I think they are sitting on a couch of eggs now.
I partly gave up because had an Uncle, that used to smoke in his back yard and fed the dove, till they would land on him and eat out of his hands.  All the time cooing back and forth.  I started feeling guilty about chasing them away.

[sunshine]

I chase them away...too much poop.

[dondc]

I'm not home enough.
At least the poop from them and pigeons here is hard dry pellets.  Desert adapted birds don't waste any moisture in pooping. 
I sweep them up often.  No scraping or water needed.panelsPigions like to roost and nest under my solar panals I contacted a guy about fixing a barrier around them, but he hasn't shown up.

[pacifica]

We've got a mama dove nesting under one of the porch pillars now.

For years & years from way back they nested here and babies fledged---then a few years back the crows then hawks disturbed them, so the doves disappeared for many seasons. Then started seeing the love doves back in the area over these past couple years and it's sweet they feel
safe here again.

Heard it's considered 'good luck' to have a dove want to nest near you. Sounds good to me haha. Actually don't know where I heard it but assume it's for any of our feathered friends.  (& love our furry squirrel friends too)