Mourning doves are gentle visitors that bring peaceful sounds and graceful movements to Alabama and Mississippi gardens. Creating a dove-friendly landscape isn’t complicated—it simply requires the right plants that provide food, shelter, and nesting opportunities.
By incorporating these plants into your garden, you’ll create an inviting habitat that mourning doves will return to season after season.
1. Sunflowers: Nature’s Bird Feeders
The tall stalks and massive seed heads make sunflowers irresistible to mourning doves throughout Alabama and Mississippi.
These birds prefer feeding on the ground, so as seeds naturally fall, they create a perfect dining area. Many gardeners in the Gulf states plant a succession of sunflowers from spring through late summer…