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Monday, April 24, 2017

Bird report

The nestlings are now fledglings, moving out of the nest, considering actually going to the floor where seeds are scattered among wood shavings and dry grass. https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/33rw09 Here, also, is the newly occupied bird house, though I have yet to get a shot of the residents in residence. Or on residence, as there will be no spying on the interior of this nest! The parent doves have taken up station on the roof. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 22, 2017

Birds birds birds and comedy

The nestlings are still a-nest, parents still attending to them, and the flicker, as it turns out, has made another fine hole beside the box Charlie made, and just this morning I noticed that a pair of sparrows have been stuffing that decorative old birdhouse you might have seen in my deck garden photos, full of grass. https://flic.kr/p/KtKYUn Here's a picture with it beside the bougainvillea, last summer. That birdhouse caught my eye at a market years ago, and has never yet had anyone move in,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

I did some reading about dove breeding...

From hatchling to nestling to fledgeling... The nestling phase is about to end, when these two youngsters, one way or another, exit the nest. They normally spend around 4 very vulnerable days on the ground, before taking flight. While these two won't be on the literal ground, they will be on the floor of the deck, so we've begun to prepare it for them to be safe from the winds and from predatious birds, and to also learn a thing or two about finding food on the ground. We have started setting up... Sign in to see full entry.

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Birds Report

Last night, the winds came. One thing can be counted on in Colorado Springs: heavy, porch furniture-toppling gusty wind storms that last for hours and knock the heck out of an unprotected garden. As I slept unevenly through it, I repeatedly reminded myself that the nest on the light fixture is very firmly attached, and is probably more secure than one in a tree, being whipped around everywhichway. The chicks are fine this morning, they didn't blow away, I am glad to report. Yesterday afternoon,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 17, 2017

digging through the photo archives

Here's a little treat of some more garden deck views, some NZ birds, and some abstracts: context removed, some of these are tricky to identify! https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/5U0RZh Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 16, 2017

New photos of the hatchlings

I've reprised the whole string of dove photos from first seeing her perched on the light fixture to this morning's picture of the hatchlings, so you can see how they've grown! You can see the new feathers developing, too. https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/Wmi03h Sign in to see full entry.

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Morning has broken...

I've always loved that Cat Stevens song... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=youtube+morning+has+broken+cat+stevens&ia=videos&iax=1&iai=e0TInLOJuUM Last night as I went to bed, I heard the wonderful distant roll of thunder and smelled that thunderstorm aroma on the air... Rain fell for a while, clearing dust from the air and the trees and everything, the thunder rumbled once more, and there was not much but very quiet drama to lull me to sleep. The sun this Easter morning rises over the freshly dusted... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

taking a chance

Finally, now that the big maple tree is full-flowering and its leaves are spreading open to the sun, and lilac buds are looking ready to pop any day, I waited for a moment when Mama Dove was away from the nest, and transferred the plants out to the deck for the season. I am taking a chance that we'll see no more blizzards before next fall. If she is on the nest, and I peer out at her, she peers back, and then often flies off to sit watching from the maple. Today, though, for the first time, I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Another balmy day... The maple tree is going green, well along towards full leafiness, and the lilacs in the back have survived late blizzards without freezing their leaves off, nor breaking under the weight of last week's heavy wet snow. I'm not much enjoying a gout flare-up which comes, I guess, from my allopurinol running low, coinciding with a terrific deal on sliced roast beef in the grocery deli, and eating a meal of lamb stew--both high-purine content foods, and the worst for sufferers of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

we interrupt San Diego to bring you...

The Hatchlings! Mama Dove wasn't sitting still on the nest this morning, so I took a look, holding the camera high... https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/809JqX Yay! Sign in to see full entry.

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