I have a pair of mourning doves who started nesting in one of my outdoor hanging orchid pots. They did it so much, they killed the orchid. I almost threw it away, but decided to leave it there for them. It seems to be an ideal protected nesting place. I chased them out of my still living orchid hanging nearby, but left them the dead one.
When I came back from Scotland, one was guarding the nest full time. This morning I found a dead baby bird underneath, which made me sad. I left it there, assuming some other animal would grab a meal.
I checked to see if it was gone later in the day, and much to my surprise it was moving!
I scooped it up with an old envelope and pulled down the dead orchid pot. Mama bird few away, and there was another tiny one in it. I placed the fallen one next to it and hung it back up.
Mama came back after a few minutes and hasn't kicked the little one out yet. I had a thought after I'd replaced it, that maybe she did it on purpose because it was sickly. And here I went getting all Pro-Life on her.
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