I have mourning doves all over my yard everyday. They congregate around my garden pool and nest in my trees. They empty my birdfeeders regularly. They make really crappy nests BTW. Not much more than a pile of sticks stuck in a fork of the tree........
I have one nesting, on my back balcony, with two eggs, makes it a pain to enjoy the balcony with the freakin bird sitting there.
I have them too here in north central Florida, but only two pairs that come everyday so far. They don’t like coming close to the house because I have a few cats. So, I put food way out in the yard for them. I didn’t know that about the nests. I guess they’re minimalists.