Baby Doves Are Independent
The baby doves were hatched eleven days ago. Mama and Papa Doves were feeding them and watching them nearby. The very first thing I do in the morning before having my coffee was to take a few photos of the baby doves to observe their growth.
This morning, as usual, I went to take photos. The nest was empty. I was a little bit worried. I was afraid that the babies had flown away without the parent doves’ knowing. Then, at the corner of my eye, I saw one baby dove under the geranium in my flower bed in the front yard. They must have flown down and gone to the shaded area. I walked around the semicircle flower bed to look for another baby. When I came back to the original position, I saw both babies sitting side by side.
I put a plate of bird seeds close to the flower bed to feed the parent doves. Watching Mama and Papa ate from the late, the babies knew that the seeds were for them too. They were flying around in the close proximity to the feeding area. When they were away, other birds came for feeding also, so the baby dove had to wait for his turn.
The Showers of Blessings 
I still need to explore my photography skills….I doubt if I have any…haha 😀
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Wait, take some photos and post them anyway!
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Ok! I will give it a try
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Yes, you may like it and use it for your poem!
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A pair of doves gave birth to two baby doves outside our kitchen window, last month. Now the babies are all grown up and leant flying. I couldn’t take their pictures but you did an awesome job.
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They were so quiet and not afraid of me taking pictures. How come you couldn’t take any pictures?
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My ph camera is not that good and I don’t have any professional one
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Oh, You need one that can zoom in without going to close!
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In reading your post I realised I have never seen a dove before, only the artistic view of a dove.
Nice sweet post
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The mourning dove is in the dove family, looks different than the white dove we usually refer to!
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They look happy, safe, and free, I think once they fly, they will come back to visit the kind heart who was looking after them.
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Thank you so much! I hope so. The parent doves came back the second year. Last year’s eggs were stolen. I was happy to see them come back, having babies hatched successfully!
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It is so lovely to see and they are growing so fast! :o) xxx
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Yes, I didn’t know what to expect. They are free now!
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:o) xxx
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🙂 xoxo
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Yay! They will probably stay around your garden as adults, so you will see them next season with their own mates and babies!
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I surely hope so. Other doves came for the feeding, but the original pair chased them away. Now it would be a family territory!
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So young and getting independence already! 😊
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I heard the parent doves calls, I recognized their voices. They maybe watching the babies from a distance!
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Oh, good!
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At first I wasn’t sure how well they fly, and was worried that the cat and squirrel are around, but I saw they flying high, so they should be safe!
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We just had a hatching two baby turtle doves about 4 or 5 days ago they are still small. And mama is sitting on them. I also gave her bird seed in the flower box that the nest is in. How cute they are!. What do the babies eat? They are very quiet and do not move around much. No. Chirping like the baby sparrows they scream for their. Food turtle doves act different.
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Yes, they are very quiet, even the adult dove. They only make some sound when they take off to the air. I tried to figure out what to feed the babies. Apparently, the adult feed them using their digested food.
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So cute! I nominated you for the growing self blogger award 😊
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Thank you for your nomination!
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Ooohh so glad they’re doin great. .
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I’m glad too!
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