Photos: Mourning Doves at their Nest

The male mourning dove has joined the female at the nest.  You can tell it's the male by the larger body, the slight blue cast to the head, and the pinkish hue on the throat.

Both sexes incubate.  Usually the male does so from morning to afternoon, and the female the rest of the day and at night.

I'm not sure what the male is doing here, but I think they were discussing shopping for a new butterfly net.  They talked about it for a time, got into an argument, fussed for a bit, and then abruptly flew away, both at the same time, which is unusual.  Probably went to a marriage counselor.

They evidently resolved their marital issues, for the female was soon back on the nest. The male is probably over in the nearby pasture, playing with his new butterfly net.