Can a Vallejo bird lover do anything to protect a mourning dove nest from predators?

DEAR JOAN: This spring, we had a mourning dove make a nest in one of our hanging planters.

The planter was mostly dead plants and potting soil, but she must have thought it was safe, so she laid two white eggs in the planter. This is the third time this has happened over the years at the same location, just a different planter.

We thought she would sit on her eggs and eventually, we would have two chicks, just like past years. But this year, another bird — we suspect a crow or scrub-jay ...