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To: devane617

If it makes you feel a bit better.....

We had a dove who made her nest every spring in the hanging basket on the front porch. One spring there was a nasty, 3 day storm which included some rain, but mostly freezing rain, ice and snow, along with awful winds. She sat there through it all. I wondered if she had died, but she hadn’t. She just hunkered down for the three days and at the end of it seemed perfectly fine, and the eggs hatched a little while later.

It was brutal to watch, but I had to let nature take its course.


29 posted on 02/25/2023 7:08:16 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: JudyinCanada

Last year a bluebird pair built a nest in one of my bluebird houses pretty early in the Spring. Then we got a wicked cold snap. None of those 5 eggs hatched. I waited and waited, and eventually mama and daddy abandoned it, and started working on another brood in a different house. Those ones were fine, as were the next ones. I can see they are eyeing up their options for this year already. Looking forward to what transpires.


37 posted on 02/25/2023 7:26:43 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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