We’ve had strong winds today meaning the Dove nest I introduced the other day is being tested. She has not left the nest for at least 2 days now, implying that she has laid her egg(s). In the wide photo you can tell that the nest, circled in red, is in a palm frond that is partly held secure by the fork of the Cecropia Tree (did the Doves figure that out?) and behind that frond is a row of bamboo palms blocking some of the wind. So the nest might make it, especially if she doesn’t leave it or leave it much when the wind is blowing. I don’t know if the male will bring her food; I haven’t seen him around. I will be pleasantly surprised if this nest continues to survive and we see baby doves! 🙂 Remember that earlier an Inca Dove nest did not survive a palm frond location, but it was more in the open with no shelter or support like this Cecropia Tree fork of limbs. Time will tell.
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“All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. “
—Marie Curie
¡Pura Vida!
come on Dovie’s you can do it!!!
Carol Wise Schmidt, Tulsa
Thanks Carol! The cheer leader! 🙂
I’m believing her nest will survive!!!
Thanks Gordona! And I hope you are right! 🙂
I’m really hard believing!!!