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In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts) Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:15 AM Dec 2015

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There was an unusual stillness as I approached the doves cage this morning.

One of my flock was near death. She was sitting alone in the shelter of a wicker bridge.

Late yesterday afternoon she was puffed out as if she was cold. I turned up the oil heater that sits on the floor near them.

She was one of the ones that always came close to me as I sat sipping coffee from before dawn into late evenings. A beautiful dusky brown with small orange rings around her sweet brown eyes.

I gently lifted her from her resting spot and cuddled her to the warmth of my chest. We sat like that for a brief time until she passed quietly away, as beautiful in death as she was in life.

I was blessed by her love, her beauty and her song. I watched her enter my world a few years ago. I'm glad I was able to hold her so that she did not die alone.

The flock has returned to life as usual.

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There was an unusual stillness as I approached the doves cage this morning. (Original Post) In_The_Wind Dec 2015 OP

rest easy, little girl fizzgig Dec 2015 #1

I haven't stopped crying. In_The_Wind Dec 2015 #2

... Aristus Dec 2015 #3

I'm so sorry for your loss... magical thyme Dec 2015 #4

So sad but Worried senior Dec 2015 #5

I took comfort in that thought today. In_The_Wind Dec 2015 #7

I hope at some time Worried senior Dec 2015 #10

Alas malthaussen Dec 2015 #6

Ahh TuxedoKat Dec 2015 #8

.. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #9

CAVU, little one sarge43 Dec 2015 #11

Awww... I'm so sorry. femmocrat Dec 2015 #12

How sweet of you to help her go. elias49 Dec 2015 #13

I am so very sorry. KMOD Dec 2015 #14

so very sorry for your loss. may the Lady take this little one gently home. niyad Dec 2015 #15

"The Parrots of Telegraph Hill" Laffy Kat Dec 2015 #16

a tender and sweet passing hopemountain Dec 2015 #17

I am so sorry. redwitch Dec 2015 #18

. MerryBlooms Dec 2015 #19

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

1. rest easy, little girl

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:18 AM

Dec 2015

i am glad you were with her in the end

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. I haven't stopped crying.

Reply to fizzgig (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:19 AM

Dec 2015

Aristus

(66,386 posts)

3. ...

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:23 AM

Dec 2015

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

4. I'm so sorry for your loss...

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:49 AM

Dec 2015

Worried senior

(1,328 posts)

5. So sad but

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 12:13 PM

Dec 2015

she had your love as she passed over to the bridge.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

7. I took comfort in that thought today.

Reply to Worried senior (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 04:51 PM

Dec 2015

Only a very few of the flock members enjoy interacting with me. She was very special.
All featherheads are special, some more than others.

Worried senior

(1,328 posts)

10. I hope at some time

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 05:19 PM

Dec 2015

you have another you can have that experience with.

malthaussen

(17,202 posts)

6. Alas

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 04:27 PM

Dec 2015

-- Mal

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)

8. Ahh

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 04:59 PM

Dec 2015

I'm so sorry for your loss. I am a fellow wild bird lover as well, and especially of Mourning Doves. I'm glad you were with her to comfort her in the end. (((HUGS)))

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

9. ..

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 05:08 PM

Dec 2015

sarge43

(28,941 posts)

11. CAVU, little one

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 06:24 PM

Dec 2015

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

12. Awww... I'm so sorry.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 07:38 PM

Dec 2015

We love them all, no matter how small.

elias49

(4,259 posts)

13. How sweet of you to help her go.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 07:50 PM

Dec 2015

Heal soon.

KMOD

(7,906 posts)

14. I am so very sorry.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 09:35 PM

Dec 2015

niyad

(113,336 posts)

15. so very sorry for your loss. may the Lady take this little one gently home.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 11:26 PM

Dec 2015

Laffy Kat

(16,383 posts)

16. "The Parrots of Telegraph Hill"

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2015, 12:06 AM

Dec 2015

Your story reminded me of that movie. It was so touching. What a peaceful passing you provided the little dove.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)

17. a tender and sweet passing

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2015, 03:26 AM

Dec 2015

for her next to your heart. how beautiful of you and she to share those moments.

your sharing brings tears to my eyes. this early evening a small sparrow was clinging to the storm door. the temperature was dropping fast. i was going to let her in but she was very skittish and would fly away whenever i approached the door. now i'm afraid the poor creature is froze to death somewhere.

redwitch

(14,944 posts)

18. I am so sorry.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2015, 05:38 AM

Dec 2015

I am glad you were with her.

MerryBlooms

(11,770 posts)

19. .

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Wed Dec 16, 2015, 08:29 AM

Dec 2015

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