The mother of this laughing dove seems to be very small, young and inexperienced. In typical dove style, the nest is very primitive and messy. Made from thin sticks, positioned precariously at a conveniently placed fork in a branch, this nest doesn't look like much but is adequate for their needs. Each egg is approximately 25 millimetres long, and 15 millimetres wide.

This bird laid two eggs, one of which either fell out of the nest, or was kicked out because mother knew it was not fertile. Given the way the wind was blowing during the incubation period, I'm more inclined to think that the egg was blown out by the wind. After carefully replacing it, I began watching the nest. Within a day or two, the first egg hatched. Within a few more days, the second egg was once more on the ground. This time, it didn't fare so well and cracked, at which time it was obvious that it was not fertile, and had gone bad.

Baby dove hatched sometime on 10th October 1998, and here are some of the photos taken to date. All images are between 65 Kb and 85 Kb in size.