My husband keeps saying the mourning doves who live on our air conditioner have a "sweet" and "lovely" song and I whisper "don't say that you'll hurt their feelings, you need to say that it's a very intimidating song only a HUGE powerful dove could make ... AND say you are scared to go over there because of the probably terrifying dove and their fearsome song."
But he won't take this seriously for some reason & I think they know.
(I think you are scary little doves. Don't worry. )
@futurebird Had mourning doves nest on my fire escape in the LES a couple of years. They made a nest on top of coils of cable wire. Watching them nest and rear the chicks was kinda cool and kinda creepy.