Quoted: I have a mourning dove that waits outside of my back porch everyday to get free handouts of dry cat food that the cat doesn't want. This dove is HUGE. |
Yep. We've got a tame one too, comes to our bird feeder.
We call him The Behemoth.
I don't know how doves got such a reputation for being so lovey-dovey. They aren't.
The Behemoth doesn't peck or lunge at the other birds. He just majestically waddles right into them and they move away.
One year The Behemoth (or one built like him) mated.
He and his female started bringing the kids to our feeder as soon as they could first fly. the 'kids' just sat right their in the middle of the feeder and ate constantly. They grew too fat to fly - or wouldn't even try.
For about a week we had these two young doves just living -- trapped by their own gluttonly -- sitting in our feeder. Finally they flew off.
Doves do grow huge.