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tinman
04-13-2010, 01:47 PM
This momma dove had to scramble to build a new nest out of the late-season snow, she found a ladder on my patio tucked under the over hang and let nature take it's course....

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...today I got to watch the babies take their first flights from the ladder to the roof top a few feet away, then onto the swing set across the yard.

Nature ROCKS!
treed
04-13-2010, 01:54 PM
Nice pics, surprised a cat didn't get them.
BOBSTER
04-13-2010, 02:25 PM
Very neet, did not take them long to grow. Bob
tinman
04-13-2010, 02:53 PM
Bob, they went from egg to first-flight in just a couple of weeks.

Pretty amazing stuff!
biggen
04-13-2010, 08:39 PM
Gotta leave the ladder up for next year!!
recar
04-13-2010, 10:03 PM
looks like the makings of a good sammich....
tinman
04-13-2010, 10:34 PM
Gotta leave the ladder up for next year!!

yeah...that's sooo not happening. My wife is already mad because I haven't been letting anyone use the door (or the backyard either) until they've left the nest...which includes yard work, cleaning the patio, AND "PUTTING THAT DANG LADDER UP"!:naughty: :tearhair:

One baby DOVE came back tonight and is sleeping in the nest, the others are prob'ly nearby but nowhere in sight.