Welcome to the Diamond Dove Home Page. MAIN MENU Diamond Doves Home Site Map Diamond doves Acquiring Diamond Doves Caring for Diamonds Living With Diamonds Raising Diamonds Growth of a Diamond Baby One Year's Reproduction Data Tribute to China Other Dove Species Other Geopelia Species Ringneck Doves Eurasian Collared Doves Cape Doves Mourning Doves Mourning Dove Baby Growth Rock doves North American Doves Dove Genera of the World All Doves   Caring for Injured or Sick Doves Taming Doves Other Books of Interest Some Bird stories About Me Links Informational Sites American Dove Association Wilmer J. Miller PhD. - Ringneck Doves. Commercial Sites Jeff Dowining - Diamond Doves Garrie Landry - Diamond Doves Wade Oliver - The Dove Page Doveland Press - Diamond Doves

Site Map Kashmir Female hatched 2002 Photo taken 2005 This page includes a non-automated site map for the Diamond Dove Home Page.  Listings of each page and the main paragraph headings are provided.  Hyper-links are  included for each page in the site  Click on the desired page then after being transferred select the bookmarks listed under Page Contents or scroll down through the page. One of the problems with this site is the difficulty in finding the information you need without scrolling through pages of information that you are not interested in - at the present.  While an index or a search engine would be nice, these refinements are beyond my capabilities at the present.  Perhaps in the future. As a compromise solution we are offering this site map to direct you to the page you are interested in and then on most pages we are including a page content section that will include bookmarks that will take you to any paragraph listed below.  While this is not the best solution, we hope it will help readers find the information they are looking for easier than they could before.* Main Subject   Page (Hyperlink)   Paragraph  (Bookmark at the top of each page)   Sub Paragraph  (Bookmark at the top of each page) DIAMOND DOVES HOME Site Status About this Site Site Navigation Content of Main Diamond Dove Pages Changes Since 1998 Conclusion SITE MAP (This page) DIAMOND DOVES Genus Description Feeding Range and Habitat Mating Communications Raising Young Raising Birds in Captivity Variations in Appearance References ACQUIRING DIAMOND DOVES Where to Obtain Birds Deciding on How Many Birds to Acquire Mixing Diamonds With Other Species Sexing Diamond Doves Selecting a New Dove Bringing Diamonds Home Initial Quarantine and Stress References CARING FOR DIAMOND DOVES Cages and Contents Food Containers, Grit Containers, Perches, and Cuttlebone Location Water Containers and Contamination Shields Nest Boxes and Nesting Material Free Flight Time Larger Cages and Bird Rooms Placing Diamonds With Other Species Environmental Concerns Food LIVING WITH DIAMOND DOVES Living With a Flock of Diamond Doves Taming Diamond Doves What You Can Expect From Tame Diamond Doves Human-Dove Bonding Bonding With A Single Male Bonding With A Single Male Diamond Dove Calls Exchanging Coos With Your Doves Mating Mating for Life Introducing New Birds When You Do Not Want Any More Baby Birds When Two Females Become Bonded on Each Other Replacing One of the Doves of a Pair Providing a Mate for a Dove Bonded on a Human Agitated Doves Fighting How to Catch a Dove and Return It to Its Cage Lost Tail Feathers Doves Lost in a Home Doves Escaped Outside a Home References RAISING DIAMOND DOVES BABIES Raising Diamonds Why Birds Do Not Have Eggs Why Fertilized Eggs Do Not Hatch Why Eggs Are Not Incubated Properly Why Eggs Are Not Fertilized Why Babies Are Thrown Out of the Nest Emergency Incubation of Eggs Emergency Baby Care Emergency Baby Feeding Fledgling Activity References GROWTH OF A DIAMOND BABY Background of Parents Egg Incubation Development of Babies Data Source ONE YEAR'S REPRODUCTION DATA Background Summary Tables Incubation and Hatch Date Tables Data Source TRIBUTE TO CHINA OTHER DOVE SPECIES DOVES OF THE GEOPILEA GENUS Diamond Dove Zebra Dove Barred Dove Peaceful Dove Bar Shouldered Dove Reference RINGNECK DOVES ORIGINS OF THE RINGNECK DOVE Common Names Scientific Names Size Description Distribution and Habitat Nesting ABOUT WHITE DOVES CARE OF RINGNECK DOVES Introduction Cages Perches Seed, Water, and Grit Containers Feed Nest Boxes and Nesting Material Emergency Care and Feeding of Babies Personality Taming Ringneck Doves Longevity EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES Introduction Description Distribution Habitat Feeding Nesting References CAPE DOVES Introduction Description Distribution Habitat Feeding Nesting References MOURNING DOVES Introduction Names Appearance Range Migration Habitat Food Nesting Nesting Problems in Residential Areas Assistance in Nest Building                  When You Find a Fallen Baby Dove Care of Babies Sub Species MOURNING DOVE BABY GROWTH ROCK PIGEONS Introduction Distribution Habitat Description Feeding Reproduction Color Variations References DOVES NATIVE TO NORTH AMERICA Table and Photographs of North American Doves References DOVE CLASSIFICATION Table and Photographs of Representative Species of Dove Genera References   ALL DOVES CARE OF SICK OR INJURED DOVES Care of Injured or Sick Birds How to Tell if a Bird is Sick Weight Records Hospital Cage Decreased Appetite - Weight Loss Diarrhea Constipation Skin Injuries Splay Legged Doves Bone Injuries Breathing Problems Beak Problems Nail, Toe, and Leg Problems Feather Problems Egg Binding Parasites Care of Very Old Birds References TAMING DOVES   OTHER BOOKS OF INTEREST SOME BIRD STORIES ABOUT ME ©2009 - Helen White Helen White P. O. Box 367, Tallahassee, FL 32302-0367 Last revised on: October 15, 2008