Like most of you, I’m enjoying this incredible weather we’ve had the last couple of days.
I spent a little time cleaning up some things in the backyard park today. Mostly leaves and branches that had fallen over the winter. All cleaned up now. There are probably a ton of leaves embedded into the rocks in our waterfall, though. So, next week I’m going to get out the blower and foof it all into a big ole pile.
But the reason I’m writing has everything to do with a morning dove that has taken up residence on the top of one of the lattice work fences in the back. It’s a tall green fence, so nobody would likely see the nest from the ground, but from our back porch it is literally less than four feet away. The first few times I went out the back door and she (mommy bird) flittered off, she was quite scolding. When I noticed that she stayed put when I went out more recently, I figured she was probably sitting on eggs.
So, I’m going to keep an eye on things. Assuming that a neighboring stray cat doesn’t cause too much havoc, we’ll be seeing dove babies soon! I’ll post a pic of her on the nest soon, too.