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Posted by willshak on July 24, 2008, 12:12 pm
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> on 7/24/2008 10:10 AM Nil said the following:
>> They're ba-aaak.
>>
>> Late yesterday afternoon it started raining hard. Instead of moving
>> over under the tree, the birds stupidly moved to a more exposed
>> section of the railing and huddled together getting soaked. I felt
>> bad for them, so I went out and tried to give them some shelter by
>> laying a board atop a flowerbox. However this startled them, and I
>> was surprised when they both flew away. I thought maybe the one
>> couldn't fly, but it can.
>>
>> Then, a couple of hours later, they returned! After dark, it seemed
>> they may have left, though it was hard to see for sure. But this
>> morning they are back, and have been just sitting there for hours,
>> not moving much, but huddling together and preening themselves and
>> each other. It's dry and windy, but not cold, but they're puffed up
>> and climbing under each other as if for warmth.
>>
>> Seems strange that they would be stationary for so long - I thought
>> birds needed to keep foraging to find enough to eat. I have a new
>> theory that they are young robins, and they either fell or were
>> thrown out of their nest (somewhere up the tree where I can't see)
>> and they don't know where else to go and don't know how to forage.
>> Maybe another species hijacked the nest?
>>
>> Here they are - can anyone identify the bird?
>>
>> http://home.comcast.net/~esionder/temp/birds/birds1.jpg
>>
>> http://home.comcast.net/~esionder/temp/birds/birds2.jpg
>>
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>
> They are Mourning Doves. Mourning because they some like someone
> mourning a loss.
... they 'sound' like someone mourning a loss.
> They mate for life and always travel together.
>
>
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>>
>> alt.home.lawn.garden:
>>
>>> Not exactly on-topic, I guess, but it IS happening above my lawn
>>> and garden...
>>>
>>> I was working this morning in my office, which faces out to my
>>> back yard, over my wooden deck, which has overhanging maple trees.
>>> I heard a commotion in the tree, then a thump. When I went
>>> downstairs to look in the deck, there was maybe three birds there,
>>> two of which flew away, leaving a dazed-looking one just sitting
>>> there. After a while, I went out, and the thing kinda staggered to
>>> the edge, then just sat there, unable or unwilling to fly. Later,
>>> I found it had managed to get to the railing, about 4 feet higher
>>> by jumping or flying. Now, about 4 hours later, it has moved
>>> around on the railing a few times and was preening itself a
>>> little, but it continues just sitting there... and now there is
>>> another bird (similar in size and appearance) sitting right next
>>> to it, both alive but quite still.
>>>
>>> I don't know what kind of birds these are, maybe doves? They look
>>> a bit like small pigeons, but with rounder, smooth heads and
>>> smaller pointy beaks. Grayish-brown, not colorful. Maybe they're
>>> young-uns? I think I saw a pair of these a couple of days ago
>>> chasing each other around above my neighbor's house in what seemed
>>> to be a territorial dispute.
>>> Can anyone guess what transpired? Did it maybe get attacked and
>>> knocked out of the tree or sky onto my deck? Maybe it's young and
>>> can't fly yet (it looks big enough to, though.) Could it be sick?
>>> Injured? Isn't it unusual for another bird to cuddle up like this
>>> second one has? And with all the alarmist stories in the news,
>>> should I be concerned about West Nile Virus?
>
>
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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
in the original Orange County
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