Spring has Sprung
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Spurchaser
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That’s last years right? Ours have at least another month or more.
By the way, thankfully, pictures don't have an expiration date, so if ya got 'em, post 'em. 
Another old picture, but dove & whitewing nesting is about to begin in earnest is S. TX. Last year, I opened my front door and almost stepped on 2 tiny, featherless doves huddled together on the doorstep. There are a number of feral cats which roam the neighborhood, so I knew the little fellows odds of survival were slim to none.
Looking carefully through the large oak in front yard, I could not find the nest from which the little critters fell, but did notice a couple of doves walking around at a safe distance which appeared quite interested while I got a ladder,
wired an old Easter basket on a limb and placed the wayward birds in the basket.
Wasn't sure the parents would come back, but they did. The wife and I Pulled up a couple of chairs to the bay window and enjoyed our daily morning coffee watching the 2 mates taking turns baby sitting and bringing food back to their offspring.
Another old picture, but dove & whitewing nesting is about to begin in earnest is S. TX. Last year, I opened my front door and almost stepped on 2 tiny, featherless doves huddled together on the doorstep. There are a number of feral cats which roam the neighborhood, so I knew the little fellows odds of survival were slim to none.
Looking carefully through the large oak in front yard, I could not find the nest from which the little critters fell, but did notice a couple of doves walking around at a safe distance which appeared quite interested while I got a ladder,
wired an old Easter basket on a limb and placed the wayward birds in the basket.
Wasn't sure the parents would come back, but they did. The wife and I Pulled up a couple of chairs to the bay window and enjoyed our daily morning coffee watching the 2 mates taking turns baby sitting and bringing food back to their offspring.
We looked forward each morning to checking on the little guys as they rapidly developed.
Funny, even birds have an individual personality. One of the twins, slightly larger than the other, was first to get "his" feathers, first to sit on the rim of the basket, and of course, first to fall on his butt when he got in front of his skis.
Funny, even birds have an individual personality. One of the twins, slightly larger than the other, was first to get "his" feathers, first to sit on the rim of the basket, and of course, first to fall on his butt when he got in front of his skis.
22magnum22
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Doves make one of the most flimsy nest. Some have no depth at all, just several twigs spread over a limb fork.