Breeding increases gradually and by April is well underway. Most nesting activity is over by late August. Production of fledglings is probably highest in July and early August in Mississippi. Five or six nesting attempts may produce three or four broods. Annually, an average of five or six young may be raised per pair of doves.
Dove eggs are white.
Usually two, but sometimes three or rarely four, complete the clutch in a nest. The nest is a shallow platform of twigs and straw and is usually on a horizontal limb. On rare occasions, nests can be found on the ground, a stump, or other flat surface. Fledglings fly from the nest in only 11 to 14 days from hatching. Doves have light-tipped greater primary wing covert feathers until they are about 5 months old.