Mourning Dove Babies Were Born And Have Flown The Coop
On March 21st, I wrote about Mourning Doves Nesting At Our Front Door.
They were both born last week and as of yesterday, have flown the coop but not without issues. Geeze, even birds have issues, lol.
Earlier this week I noticed the 2 babies by themselves in the nest. Mama was nowhere to be found. Wednesday the babies were on the ground. I guess they didn't get the hang of flying yet. I was concerned of course since we have a few stray cats that lurk around.
Yesterday morning I saw mama with her babies on the ground just below the tree where the nest is. So I watched from my window and before you know it, mama and her 2 babies flew away. I guess mama came back to teach them what to do. I'm glad the babies didn't become a cat's dinner.
I was hoping to do a video of them being born but that never happened. You have to watch something like that constantly and with my schedule, it made it impossible. There is always next year!
Here are photos that I've been taking since last week:
This is Mama.
This is Mama with one of her babies. We thought only 1 was born but the other one is somewhere in the nest.
2 babies here.
2 babies here too.
Both babies on the ground. This was taken yesterday.
This baby started to fly but was still unsteady. Banged into the walls of our house and landed on the railing.
It's amazing how fast they grow!
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Jackie...I love the photos. You're right, mama bird certainly teaches her little ones what they need to know, and very quickly.
Hi Carra, thank you. Yes and I'm happy they didn't get eaten. I was worried about that.
This is some Natural Geographic photos :) How did you get so close, it looks as if you climbed a tree...and that you can see the baby Doves...so great!
Hi Carole, thank you. To get the best pictures, I took out a 6 foot ladder then used the zoom feature. I didn't want to get too close to the nest. Now the nest is empty. Weird :)