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This morning I went outside in the back of my house to take some garbage out and near my driveway, still in the grass, was a large amount of bird feathers scattered all around. I am pretty sure some of the feathers belong to a Morning Dove and I am not sure if the few others are also from the same bird. Does anyone know what might have caused this? Possibly a scuffle with another bird?

Probably a Cooper's hawk or some other raptor.  I had a similar incident the other day but actually saw the hawk catch the dove.  All that was left was a big mess of feathers.

It was most likely a predator - either a hawk or a house cat.  My cat got one of those Mourning Doves once - brought it into the house without my knowledge, but luckily it was still alive and appeared to be unhurt (I let it go but not sure if it lived or not).  Anyway, there were feathers EVERYWHERE in my living room - just from that brief encounter.

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If the fethers where dammaged then it probably an attach, but if they just look worn down then it could have been a dove preening its self.

 

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And Im only a teen

I figured it might be a hawk or owl even. Too bad, there were 2 doves living in a tree in front of my house. I guess there is only the 1 now.

Thanks for the responses, btw.

Most likely a hawk.....but don't worry too much, the doves in Michigan seem to magically replenish themselves....you will likely have a whole flock of them this winter!