Mrs. Stevenson's third grade class studies mourning doves
Mrs. Libby Stevenson's third grade class has been learning about nature for the past several weeks via Zoom thanks to a mourning dove who has built her nest in Mrs. Stevenson's yard. The class has been monitoring the dove and her nest since March 30th.
"We check in on her about twice a week to see how she is doing," said Mrs. Stevenson. "Her nest is at eye level in a high traffic area of my yard, so she is very used to people getting within a foot of her."
Mrs. Stevenson said that about a week ago the mother mourning dove started getting agitated and even attacking her when she came near the nest.
"Now we know why! She had two chicks hatch!" Once they had made the discovery, Mrs. Stevenson and her class started monitoring the nest using a camera with a telephoto lens, so she doesn't feel threatened.
"We are loving researching mourning doves and studying them!"