Talk:Laughing dove

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Gregariousness?[edit]

Is it really true that "They are not particularly gregarious, and are usually alone, or in pairs." There are always at least half a dozen in our garden. Jzlcdh (talk) 19:09, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Feigning injury[edit]

The article says "Nesting adults may feign injury to distract and draw predators away from the nest", so I followed the citation and it says that may be the case but it's quite inconclusive. In this case "may" is a bit confusing because it sounds like "will". Perhaps changing to "It is possible that nesting adults feign.." would be better KimiNewt (talk) 15:22, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]