[gardeners] OT - but happy news!
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 26 Apr 2001 08:37:42 -0600
Our pair of mourning doves returned a couple of weeks ago, to spend time
together at the bird bath, off to the apple tree, thence to the electric
wires. I don't know where they nest. Then I saw a feathered carcass in the
street. Apparently a car had hit a bird, and I wasn't sure what kind of
bird until I saw one mourning dove spending a lot of time at the bird bath
alone, then flying into the apple tree and sitting still for long periods
of time. I thought she or he would spend the summer alone since pairing
should be completed by now. Last evening, there were two mourning doves at
the birdbath! I was delighted, even though I think they're of the same
gender. Oh, well. At least they have each other. Margaret L