On Sun, 07 Feb 2016 09:24:44 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I love mourning doves. They make such a soothing, cooing sound.
>
>LOL! This a classic case of "too much of a good thing"
>Occasional outside wild doves = good.
>Inside pet doves = fail!
>
>I learned the hard way many years ago about the truth there.
>Young daughter growing up here had many small pets. I was fine with
>that until one day she came home with 2 doves from the pet store.
>
>"Oh dad, they're so cool. Listen to the nice cooing sounds they make"
>And I agreed...it was low volume and somewhat soothing.
>Trouble was they did that cooing sound 24/7 even all during the
>night. I put up with constant "cooing" for about 2 weeks.
>By then I was ready to kill them both.
>"SHUT UP, birds....SHUT THE HELL UP OR DIE!" LOL
>
>The constant really did get that annoying.
>I made her take them back to the pet store.

Agreed, they used to hang round my place before I moved here. I felt
they calling them mourning doves because they sounded so mournful.
Can't imagine having them in the house They would have made
excellent pigeon pie though