Dove Rescue

[RJSquirrel]

I adopted 2 baby doves. I dont know how it happened but I think mom pushed them out the nest and they still cant fly. But I came home the other day and noticed these little fellas running up and down the sidewalk. All day long back and forth. Everytime someone walked by there they go down the other side oh no back up the other way. I thought they were getting tired. So I made them a foster nest so they can rest and not have to run up and down the sidewalk all day long ..

Now I think they got the idea Im going to chew up some worms for em too...made me feel good they moved right in. I think mom is trying to push them out again..heh..I shouldnt interfere I know but I was really worried the guy with the weed wacker would catch em and they need a chance to make more baby birds right?

I got home this morning and they were both there...

[WhiteRabbit]

Aww. Hope they will be ok!

[FairyInTheFlowers]

Awwww, they are so adorable!!!!

[RJSquirrel]

thanks you !
I hope they are okey too. The were a few dead ones around bec I think its been too hot for them and they dont get much water. Heat killed quite a few. It looks like one mom birdie has been checking on them I can see but at least she aint like the mockingbird who attacks when you get close by. Im gonna wack that mockingbird with a tennis racket if I catch that thing.
I wish people were as easy to please as the animals around me.

[GardenTheater]

Such cuties. They look content in their new home. The doves in our neighborhood eat unsalted sunflower and safflower seeds from the bird feeder when they are old enough.

[scy]

Aww they are so cute!!! Any updates on how they are doing?

[Lagoon]

Congrats on the adoption. Doves are so sweet looking
Aren't they also a sign of good luck?

[RJSquirrel]

they have finally flown away they hung out testing their wings on the fence for a few days hopping around and they are gone now.I failed to realize that the sidewalk was their runway..they get enough speed up and boom off like a bird...I hope they come back and see me heh.

My neighbors now call me Uncle Remus
zippity do da zippity de day oh my my what a wonderful day

[Carpe Diem]

I love stories with a happy ending!

[Baz in Oz]

We had a pair of bar shouldered doves set up house in a wisteria growing over our pergola.
All went well until the chicks vanished one night. A couple of days later I found the culprit - an eight foot carpet python. It was lucky it was a protected species!

Baz in Oz