Jamie @davisjames, I just got lucky with those being the same intervals.  And my ear isn't good enough to detect what you did.  Thanks for letting me know!  We're glad you like the tune.  I've been playing it a lot lately just by myself.  

Got that backwards(always edit!)...A-D(what you play),,not D-A.

Hi guys.I heard the doves today.They seem to be singing a "B" note( around there) then going up for a shorter period of time to an "E"...some micro tones and sliding,etc.but that seems to be the basic pattern.Your melody has the "D,A" pattern a few times(first part),also some "sliding".Same interval,different notes.I think the noter and Mark's guitar chords contribute to the effect of resembling sounds from nature.Gorgeous.

Thank you and thanks for listening, @dan.  

Bravo!

@dusty Thanks, friend.  One thing I can do for comfort is strum a dulcimer.   

This region lives with the scars and spoilage from mining of both coal and clay and from oil drilling-- much of which occurred decades ago.  The acreage being cleared now was mined years ago and had become woods.  Our "walk out the hollow" can't be taken these days due to heavy equipment being out there working.  I'm heartsick and demoralized.    

I mourn with you, Robin, for the environmental loss so close by.  The song does indeed catch a melancholy feel with your soft noter work.

@davisjames That's a neat thing to do-- I look forward to what you learn!  

We have Mourning Doves around, too.  The "Mourning" part of the title refers to the hundreds of acres of woods being clear-cut and excavated not far from our house.  We hear the saws and other heavy equipment working through the day.  Untold creatures are being killed and soil erosion with flooding downstream from the property will worsen.  We never imagined what's happening could actually happen.  

Thank you for listening and, please, keep me posted!   

There really is something in the tonality of this that suggests the cooing of the doves.There's usually a pair in my neighborhood.Next time I hear them I'm going to try and remember the notes by humming them(I don't have perfect pitch)and check what they are on an instrument when I get home.I'll keep you posted.