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Thread: Mama and Papa bird
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2012-03-27, 09:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Mama and Papa bird
A couple of mourning doves have decided to nest right outside our kitchen window, and I've started taking a picture of them when I can. They are currently on their second clutch of eggs at this location, and am going to try to snap the pictures (with may phones camera) as the young birds grow. This is all through the kitchen window so I do not disturb them.
Mama bird
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This one was taken a couple days ago, when I had seen that she had returned to the tree she previously occupied.
Papa bird
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This one is from this afternoon, when mama flew off (presumably to eat? I don't know much about birds). I'm assuming it's Papa, because it's near the eggs and a different bird than mama.
Last edited by PrometheusMFD; 2012-03-27 at 09:37 PM.
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2012-03-27, 09:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
Cool. You're very lucky.
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2012-03-27, 09:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-27, 10:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
Yay birds! I love mourning doves! They have such a beautiful song! Look how cute they are!
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2012-03-28, 07:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
Wonderful! So glad you shared this!
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2012-03-28, 10:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
Oooh, nice. That must be really cool. Please keep posting pictures!
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2012-03-28, 10:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
They're lovely.
Are you going to spread seeds for them?
Please post further pictures.
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2012-03-28, 11:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
Lucky. Ive got nasty loud chirping sparrows or something lodged inside my air conditioner right next to my computer. All day long I get rustling loud chirping, and other assorted noises that drive me nuts. Doves are way quieter.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2012-03-28, 11:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
We actually did buy seed when the first baby birds were old enough to fly, and have started leaving it as close to the tree the nest is in as we're comfortable getting. I'll try to get a picture of the eggs themselves, but only if I chance by it.
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2012-03-28, 12:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-28, 12:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
Don't put any food around the nest tree ... it might attract predators. The parents will bring the babies food, even after they emerge from the nest.
"I don't swear just for the hell of it." -Henry Drummond, Inherit the Wind
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2012-03-28, 12:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
They cant get in there. Well, maybe a ferret could, but its a really tight space. The ac rests on a window sill, and they are underneath the ac unit, inside the window frame. Last year I had to use a ruler to knock the old nest out of there, because not much else would fit. My hand certainly couldnt. I tried to block it off so we didnt have a repeat, that apparently didnt work.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2012-03-28, 01:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-28, 01:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-28, 02:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
Well, doves are adorable animals.
not when they build a nest on your window so you cant close it.
Put a small dove house when the doves leave. they will build a nest there next time so you can make things easier for them.
Dat tree... i have 2 of those in my yard.Last edited by super dark33; 2012-03-28 at 02:30 PM.
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2012-03-28, 02:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-28, 03:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
So let's not start a conversation about siccing a rat on baby birds, thanks.
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2012-03-28, 04:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
A couple years ago my uncle was lucky enough to have a hummingbird nesting outside his window. This is so rare (hummingbird nests being incredibly hard to find) that a professional bird photographer asked to come and take pictures. Eventually they were put in a book.
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2012-03-28, 05:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-28, 07:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
They need better names.
We used to have myna birds in our roof, annoying.
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2012-03-29, 04:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes. (W.Whitman)
Things that increase my self esteem:
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2012-03-29, 05:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-02, 07:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
Well. I've been gone for the last two days for work, and the nest is abandoned. If they return, I'll post on it again. Thank you for commenting and reading this thread.
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2012-04-02, 08:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
Hope nothing bad happened to the birds. Mourning doves may not have exciting plumage but they are still pretty to look at and far more pleasent to listen to than the crows living on the roof of my building.
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2012-04-04, 07:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-04-05, 02:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mama and Papa bird
We have magpies in the Scots Pine outside my window. They should soon have chicks, which means they'll chase the cat when he gets out via the catflap.
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Oooh, and that's a bad miss.
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