Moms -- they're all around us. Remember, Mother's Day is May 11.
Since the subject of the picture is so difficult to make out I'm breaking the Wordless Wednesday code.
See the bird that might be a mourning dove? She and her significant other built a nest on the downspout outside my bathroom window. For nearly a week she's been facing the other direction so all I've been able to see is a birdy tushie, but this morning she turned around and I saw for the first time that she wasn't a robin, as I'd expected.
Here's how I think she might look in real life:
Considering that I took the photo in the morning, it might actually be Dad sitting on the nest, because according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
"A Mourning Dove pair rarely leaves its eggs unattended. The male usually incubates from midmorning until late afternoon, and the female sits the rest of the day and night."
The nest is in the best of all possible places because we can observe the little darlings when they hatch; their chirping won't be an annoyance because I'm not in that bathroom during the day when they'll be awake, and by the time I go to bed they'll be long asleep.
There should be two babies; I think I'll call them "The Coo Coo Pigeon Sisters."
Even if they're boys.
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I can't believe Mother's Day is right around the corner.. Better prep the hubby.
Posted by: Angela at mommy bytes | April 29, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Oh, so sweet! We have a mother robin outside our window.
My WW is about motherhood too!
Posted by: Kelly @ Pass the Torch | April 29, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Very nice post. I loved the pictures.
Here is my post, hope you like it:
http://lfwaterloo.blogspot.com/2008/04/ww20-gardening-with-mom-and-dad.html
Happy WW!
Posted by: Gabriel | April 29, 2008 at 11:53 PM
What a beautiful bird :) Great WW, have a good rest of the week :)
Posted by: Sue | April 30, 2008 at 07:53 AM
They just build their nests anywhere and are not very smart are they?
Posted by: marcia @ joyismygoal | April 30, 2008 at 09:14 AM
Mourning doves are pretty, but they sure make a lot of racket (at least where I live). Hoot! Hooot! Cooo! Hooot! Hooooooot! Hooohooohoooooo!
Posted by: Daisy the Curly Cat | April 30, 2008 at 11:47 AM
We have a couple that built a nest in one of the baskets hanging on our house. Going to grab a pic for you. Happy WW!
Posted by: Liz | April 30, 2008 at 01:01 PM
They picked a good spot for their nest, since you enjoy watching them. I hope they don't make too much of a nest.
Posted by: Lindsay | April 30, 2008 at 05:04 PM
Great post! I'm not sure a bird would nest anywhere near our house what with four cats!
Posted by: jams o donnell | May 01, 2008 at 08:58 AM
I love the sound that Mourning Doves make.
Posted by: Charla | May 02, 2008 at 05:14 PM