Baby Dove & Mama in their nest on the wall in my backyard ...
Caught a nice moment this AM, Mama Dove and her chickadee ... the neighbors on the other side of the wall were doing yard work including trimming the oleander behind the nest, I told 'em to make sure not to cut down too much and where the nest was. Mom was trying to keep an eye on 'em through the bush ...
Can't believe this chick was in an egg like 1.5 inches long just 2 weeks ago ... they grow like weeds!
Really hope I'm lucky enough to be home and outside when the chick flies away, that'll be pretty cool!
I actually saved this kiddo's life, at one point 2.5 weeks ago I came home from work, and one egg was cracked on the ground below 
, and the other one was just sitting on the wall, literally an inch from doom, completely outside the nest, and Mom and Dad were GONE. I was quite distraught about the whole situation.
So I carefully put the egg back in the nest, and at some point overnight, they came back and resumed sitting on it. Thankfully it wasn't a cold night, about 72 at sundown and maybe fell to 68 during the night. I'm not sure how long the egg was alone but I feared it would die from lack of warmth ... but NOPE!
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We had a late snow one year and I remember seeing the poor parent sitting on the nest, covered in snow. Unfortunately, a pair of jays built a nest in the camelia bush in our front yard the next year and they kept tearing up the dove nest. Now they don't come back any more. 
many years ago. I love their coo...such sweet creatures 
