Photo above taken yesterday.

We haven’t see the mom and dad doves since Saturday and were worried they abandoned their babies.  After doing a little research, I found the following:

“The babies grow rapidly and leave the nest at 11 or 12 days old. No empty nest syndrome here; if the babies won’t leave by day 13, the parents will refuse to come to the nest to feed them. They wait patiently on a nearby branch until the kids get hungry enough to flutter down to the ground.”

This makes sense since there have been two doves hanging out on the wire in front of our house.  We think it’s mom & dad dove.

This morning it looks like maybe there’s only one baby in the nest. I’ll get out there after my class this morning with my selfie stick & capture another photo to see what’s in there.

We hope a baby doesn’t land on the patio for Bear to find …

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