This was the scene at my local tennis court at Pathumthani, Thailand. (Khlong 4). A dove built a nest on the umpire's chair and laid two eggs. These birds make very simple low budget nests. They use the minimum of material and build in unusual places. I seen one before built on top of a wooden post. I was worried for the safety of the nest and eggs, as some tennis balls narrowly missed crashing into the nest. The dove itself almost got him by a ball on a few occasions as it flew to and from the nest. Yesterday were excited to see that one little baby chick had hatched from one of the eggs. The mother used to peer down at the nest from high above the court. I went to the court again today expecting to see two baby chicks. Sadly the chick was missing and only one egg that didn't hatch was there.
We were all disappointed at the tennis club. There was also no sign of the parent dove today either. It was a crazy place to build a nest.