Yesterday afternoon, the doves were nowhere in sight and when we went outside to investigate we found half an egg shell on the ground. And then, some distance from the broken egg shell, we found a tiny chick.
Sooo sad. It was still soft. The other egg has been abandoned and we can't work out what happened. This afternoon the doves are back, but they're not going anywhere near their nest.
We buried the chick in a matchbox next to the grape vine.
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Christina, something similar happened to us earlier this year. We had a pair of doves nest right outside my office window. They had one egg and took turns fetching food and sitting on the egg, then one day they just left! A few times they came back but to the end of the branch - not near their egg/nest. Then they stopped coming.
I wonder what it is?
I don't know, Anita. There were no cats around and it had been a quiet day. It had been lovely watching them take turns on the nest. Maybe they'll try again and have better luck!
How sad. We had the same thing happen to some bunnies when i moved into my house. the mom died under mysterous circumstances and we kep them alive for a couple of days, but they all ended up dying. Their eyes were not even open when we found them.
practimom, oh that's so sad. They must have been sooo tiny.
Ooooooh. Christina, the little chick's parents would thank you too for the care if they knew/could.
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