We have a couple of new residents at 22 MacKenzie Drive and in no time at all we will have even more inhabitants. We have a dove who, with her mate, has taken over the flower pots attached to the wall outside our front door. The ground outside the door is littered with the twigs and grasses that either wouldn't fit or were rejected as not being comfortable enough to nest on. The eggs, we presume, have been laid as Mommy Birdie has not moved from her spot for the past several days. Daddy brings her food and fresh twigs every once in a while but she does not venture away from her soon-to-be off-spring.
It is a great science lesson for the boys and me. We have taken to slipping into the hose as quietly as possible. She watches our every move though. It is fun to watch the two of them try to fit on the "nest." He comes in and sleeps with his head under her wing and his backside in the air. I have never seen her sleeping though.
I will keep you posted. For now we are off to play some baseball with friends.
1 comment:
Awesome. I had a nesting pair of house sparrows on my back porch for years. The eventually so tame that they didn’t even look up when I came and went. Then one night, the nest broke loose in a thunderstorm and I never saw the poor things again. I miss those birds.
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