Mouring Doves At My Window.

by Kathy Winkler
(Poughkeepsie, NY)

Dove On Birch Branch

I have a sad story to tell.

We put siding on our house. The workers took down our window boxes because they were old and falling down.

I knew the doves liked to go in them. After the boxes were gone a dove came to our bedroom window and tapped on it for days.

This went on all spring and summer, they just kept cooing and tapping. I hope they didn't have a nest in the box.

The doves still come back to our yard but they don't come to our window any more.