Morning Doves Move Into New House With Us!
by Candi & Jackson Acuff
(Indian Land, SC )
5 days old! Proud momma & daddy dove!
We recently moved into our new home here in Indian Land, South Carolina on Feb. 25, 2009.
We noticed on our back screened in porch on the second floor that we had a small nest in the corner right as you come out the door from our kitchen.
We could not believe that a dove would make a nest so close to where we could see it and so high above the ground!
The 2 eggs were laid on March 20 & 22nd. The doves continually would trade places sitting on the nest every once and while.
They would call to one another when it was time for the nest sitter to be relieved. We felt so bad for the doves. Their nest was built right where the rain dripped down from our roof.
It has rained really hard several times and they got drenched!
We have continually gone out the door and talked to them every day. They are very use to us. We are able to get so close that they let us take these wonderful photos along the way!
On April 7th we realized the babies had hatched! We have been watching the adult birds call to one another to trade places feeding and taking care of the babies.
It is so amazing watching how they let the birds nest in front of them and then they will sit on them and you can hardly see them underneath!
We are very excited to see them fly in the next couple of weeks. We hope they will make it!
We love watching them everyday and becoming their friends. We hope they will return to let us watch them raise another family again.
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