Other threats are diseases, pollution, and habitat degradation. When their nests are in danger, the doves will pretend to be hurt or injured and lure the predator away from its nest. Most Galápagos dove nest are built on the ground, often under lava overhangs, or in old mockingbird nests in the cacti.[2] A typical clutch consists of two eggs.[4] Breeding begins three to five weeks after the beginning of the wet season, with up to three clutches a year.[4]