For those following the Dove Family News...
This latest brood is doing new things I've never seen them do before: Coming back to the nest while a parent is there keeping the eggs warm... With much kerfuffling, one at least can get settled on the edge. There is some degree of rivalry over that, it must be said. The deck is having more little visitors, too. I've been hearing and seeing the house finches and some other similar sized 'dickie birds.' When my brother-in-law was a grad student studying birds, he worked for Audubon, and they sent... Sign in to see full entry.