Another empty nest

When I returned from the Bay Area we had two babies whose parents fled the scene, which if you’ve been following up on my blog would know that this is normal behavior in the dove world. There they are up above nestled (hmm, I wonder where that word came from …) together in one of our hanging pots.

Here’s another picture Bruce captured. I think they were wondering if he was their mommy.

Sunday night it appeared one of them (standing on the rim) got hungry enough to contemplate jumping.

After the jump, I captured the mommy and baby on the next door neighbor’s roof. The quality isn’t the greatest because the picture was taken through the screen.

The other baby stayed in the nest overnight wondering where its sibling went.

By Monday evening this baby was also gone. So we’re now left with another empty nest, watching for doves and wondering if those we see might have been raised in one of our hanging plants.