petunia
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject: Mother & baby |
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A little while back I kept seeing pieces of a nest in this tree. Then some of it even dropped down on the ground. This morning I looked up and seen this little baby tail. Here's what I got:
Mom dove sitting over her baby. Can only see the hiney of the baby for now.
They don't seem to have much of a nest. Anyone know the reason why they build such a small nest?
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Capt Kirk
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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Lazyness ?
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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Barely hanging in there.Good photos, I have no answer why they built a shack instead of a mansion.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Our doves build nests just like that too but I really don't know why. I always worry that the eggs or the babies will fall out but it never seems to happen. Great photographs btw!! 
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Their nests are so fragile that if the sitting parent is startled it can destroy the nest when it flies away.
Surprisingly the same next can be used 4-5 times in one season without falling apart.
Be careful getting too close to the nest, if the sitting parent feels threatened it will leave the nest, eggs and/or nestlings and not return.
The male parent incubates the nest during the day and the female takes the night shift.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Congratulations on your extended family.  I hope they're doing fine in their flimsy-looking dwelling.
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Mourning doves are so beautiful and make the most soothing sounds. There were flocks of them by a creek in back of my mother's house and would coo you to sleep.
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