Ken, You're lucky; my doves successfully fledged a pair of chicks, but at the cost of a plant. To prevent them from abandoning the chicks, I tried not to disturb them, which meant I couldn't water nearby. Fortunately the loss was an Aristea ecklonii, which can become weedy, but this was the first I had raised from seed. This year I am taking care to not allow them to build a nest in any of my pots. David E. S.F.Peninsula