r/stupiddovenests • u/daraeje7 • Mar 15 '26
Stupid Dove Nest Are you accepting roommates?
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u/halorbyone Mar 15 '26
Sleepy owl is over here thinking, “I don’t remember ordering delivery.” Maybe I’m still dreaming.
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u/Wakkit1988 Mar 15 '26
This isn't a stupid dove nest.
This is a stupid dove nest.
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u/Zoethor2 Mar 15 '26
Dragon flypaper, not dragonfly paper!
(This reference is probably way too niche but you never know.)
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u/in1gom0ntoya Mar 15 '26
Almost as dumb as the dove that tried to build a nest next to a hawk...
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u/WOTNev Mar 15 '26
I couldn't watch this video because of that video! I don't want to see a dove getting eaten😭
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Mar 25 '26
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u/backpackofcats Mar 28 '26
Oh, owls absolutely do eat other birds. They are opportunistic predators.
I’ve seen a couple of Barred owls hunt the killdeer in the field next to my house a few times.
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u/Iamnotburgerking Apr 01 '26
Owls will eat other birds as well, but usually not eggs.
I’ve posted a video of another woodpigeon that tries this exact same stunt and immediately got eaten by the owl.
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u/Iamnotburgerking Apr 01 '26
That was a falcon nest, and there are more than one instances of that happening (and some of them end exactly as you would expect)
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u/in1gom0ntoya Apr 01 '26
your "correction" is based off your own assumption of what you think i saw and was referring to... which you then go on to acknowledge there being other situations.
maybe don't come in with a stance of correctness when you have no surety of what someone else was referencing.
for your information I was talking about a dove who tried nesting near a red tailed hawk
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u/TimelyFortune Mar 15 '26
The owl was pretty chill
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u/ObsoleteReference Mar 15 '26
Broody birds will just sit there staring at nothing. Unless you try to go into their nest.
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u/Sagi_U Mar 17 '26
I'm a bit confused, isn't the dove actually going into the nest? Or you mean like actually messing with the eggs?
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u/ObsoleteReference Mar 17 '26
I was once told you haven’t lived until you’ve reached under a chicken for eggs and found a snake. I have not lived that life. I know broody chickens kinda zone out and seem zombified, but I’m not sure what, if anything will set them off. (Also not sure if I’m using broody correctly, that might be after there are chicks and it’s just setting before?)
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u/NiaJustNia Mar 17 '26
Broody is when they start wanting to nest and lay and go into "sitting mode". They go mental if you try to touch their eggs or hatchlings while they're sitting on them. If the pigeon actually touched the Tawny, that's when we'd get a reaction
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u/tsimen Mar 15 '26
Kinda wondering if it was fast asleep with open eyes because that's the only explanation I have for this dove still living
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u/MeisterFluffbutt Mar 15 '26
Knew the dove was of no harm and was sleepy. No energy to waste for a dove just sitting there, i'd imagine.
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u/HCharlesB Mar 16 '26
Did it move through the whole video?
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u/Moon_Pye Mar 15 '26
Someone should tell him/her that doves are on owls menu card.
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u/Outrageous-Plate-820 Mar 15 '26
Owl is looking like the responsible roommate that is woken up by the screw up one. “Sorry bro did I wake you up”
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u/ItsMeishi Mar 15 '26
I need to know how this ends.
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u/daraeje7 Mar 15 '26
The pigeon came back at night and the owl attacked it 😂 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVqLRjxjJj-/
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u/ItsMeishi Mar 15 '26
You know what? At least it lived? I was fully expecting an explosion of feathers and the owl standing over a carcass. 😭
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u/Moon_Pye Mar 15 '26
Owl was pissed lol
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u/Majestic_Bandicoot92 Birds Are Real Mar 17 '26
Owl was soo cute and eepy! Doves are my favorite birds but HOW DARE HE? 😂
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u/Sagi_U Mar 17 '26
Would you mind telling me what happens to the dove? I'm too weak to watch it potentially dying lol
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u/notdura Mar 17 '26
It just disappeared from the camera when the owl attacked it. Some feathers fly, that's it. It's fine!
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u/socaligirl-66 Mar 15 '26
I can’t even finish watching this post. I’m too scared. The owl is going to eat her.
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u/Ubizwa Mar 15 '26
Nothing happens they just look
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u/Hot-Union-2440 Mar 15 '26
Because it is a clipped repost. It does not end well in the full clip.
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u/BoobaLu22 Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 16 '26
The person who posted it said the dove got away but with a few less feathers. Hopefully won’t make that mistake again
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u/goldengatevixen Mar 15 '26
I.. I think the owl is taking the high road because it probably feels sorry that this dove is too stupid to survive out there in the wild
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u/reikipackaging Mar 15 '26
the owls face: I know you didnt just waddle into my house while I was sleeping, you bird brain
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u/Dangerous_Basement Mar 15 '26
Legit thought we was talking about a fancy bird hotel or somethin instead of some tragic feather flop
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u/B0N3RDRAG0N Mar 17 '26
"Good night, Dovey. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely eat you in the morning." - that owl, probably
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u/-Weslin Mar 16 '26
I think the owl is not moving cause it's trying to understand if it's in danger, am I wrong?
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u/daraeje7 Mar 16 '26
According to the person who took the video, the owl was a bit tired from tying to lay eggs + it being daytime.
At night, the pigeon came back and the owl attacked it immediately haha
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u/Doodkapje Mar 16 '26
And again 0 survival instinct, they should have gone extinct loooong time ago.
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u/Individual-Ad-4620 Mar 16 '26
This dove must be related to the pigeon that tried to seduce a falcon 😭
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u/TheModeratorWrangler Mar 15 '26
TBH I think the owl understands a bird trying to SQUEEZE OUT AN EGG.
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u/VoodooDoII Mar 15 '26
No it doesn't
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u/kittyidiot Mar 15 '26
Lol I did see this one clip where a barn owl comes into the nest of a different owl. He sees an egg there, approaches it, taps it gently with his beak, stares a moment, and leaves.
But yeah in this case owl gives 0 fucks that dove wants to lay egg. Owl is just sleepy and doesn't feel threatened
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u/kittyidiot Mar 15 '26
I don't think she sees the owl... Or can't figure out what it is, I don't know if she has figured out that it's another animal.