SpeedRacer 1 #1 April 14, 2003 As I said in an earlier thread, there is a mourning dove living in the transom over my back door. I was going to remove the nest, but as I reached up to get it, I noticed a little egg rolling around in there and so I put it back. The mourning dove is named Skymama, and she has since hatched her eggs & now has two babies. The weird thing is that after I replaced the nest, about a month went by before I realized anything was going on. I could see skymama up there, but I started to think the eggs hadn't hatched. It turns out that the eggs DID hatch, but she was keeping the babies warm and hiding them from view by basically sitting on them, so I didn't see them until they had grown too big for her to cover them. Anyway, some of these pictures were taken before I knew she had had the babies successfully. Then later I will post the pics of the babies themselves. Here are pictures of Skymama: The last is a shot of Skymama's butt! Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #2 April 14, 2003 I think the other Skymama is much cuter, but if that one is local to you, I guess you work with what you've got. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #3 April 14, 2003 LOL see what did I tell ya? I have a dog and now Andrea has a bird. Geez wonder what folks are trying to tell us eh Mama? LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #4 April 14, 2003 What the heck is in the window next to the bird?? Chuckie???? I just opened the pic called "skymamas ass" and was very disappointed Once the plane takes off, you're gonna have to land - Might as well jump out!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakous 0 #5 April 14, 2003 Is that you in the picture with Skymama? I know when you are around birds you should be still and quiet. It doesn't even look like a real person... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #6 April 14, 2003 BWAHAHAHA! That is a "Hugo, Man of a Thousand Disguises" that I've had since I was 11. It came with all these fake noses, beards, eyebrows, etc. (which I of course, lost over the years) But I love the way it looks. Anyway, last year the mourning dove (possible the same one) BEGAN to build a nest up there, and I took it down when she had only just begun putting sticks up there. Then I put Hugo up there to 'scare" birds away from putting another nest up there, because I didn't want them shitting all over my back porch. This year, it didn't work. Skymama is not so easily frightened. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakous 0 #7 April 14, 2003 ha, I guess the Dove's have learned the "Hugo" is only scary when drinking adult beverages. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #8 April 14, 2003 My cat, Bongo, is very interested in Skymama and her babies.... Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #9 April 14, 2003 Aw, I'm so happy that she had her babies! She likes to fly, I like to fly, she has two babies,I have two kids....Skymama has an ass,I have an ass...the comparisions just get freakier and freakier! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #10 April 14, 2003 Quote the comparisions just get freakier and freakier I hope you didn't spend as much time as she did sitting on your children. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #11 April 14, 2003 And now, here are the pictures of her babies! I've even see her feed them: She opens her mouth and the baby just sticks its beak in and drinks in the semi-digested food from right out of the mama's throat. gross. These little fluffy guys are growing FAST! I took these pictures on Friday, here is is Monday and I swear they're bigger now. I will post more pics when I get the next roll developed. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #12 April 14, 2003 Quote (the dove) pictures Wow! Scared me for a minute! I was thinkin' I didn't remember sending you those pics of me....I'm not so sure if Bongo is curious so much as hungry. Very cool pics though. Thanks for sharing! Fall in dove. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #13 April 14, 2003 Skymama, a view from the kitchen...this is the best shot I could get. She gets mad if I raise the curtain. Makes me feel like a peeping Tom. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #14 April 15, 2003 bumped this up 'cause Jessica, the bird expert, is online. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #15 April 15, 2003 Quote bumped this up 'cause Jessica, the bird expert, is online. An unhealthy fetish does not an expert make! I am quite pleased with Skymama's progress, and I am delighted with you for letting her stay there and shit on your porch. You shall be duly rewarded if we ever meet in person.Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #16 April 15, 2003 WOOHOO!Actually Skymama hasn't shit on my porch even once. She's a real lady! Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherB 0 #17 April 16, 2003 I'm going to have nightmares about that doll tonight! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #18 April 16, 2003 I wish there was some way to put the date on all the photos I'm taking now. These little guys are growing fast! Yesterday I noticed their tail feathers had grown out. They're starting to look like mourning doves right now, and less like fluffy, scruffy baby birds. Today they were standing right on the edge of the ledge, as if they were just itching to do their first jump. O andby the way, turns out they HAVE been shitting on the back porch. I just expected to see those big white splotches you get from pigeons. Mourning doves are less than half the size of pigeons so they leave these little tiny dark "stealth turds" which until now I had mistaken for just dirt, bits of bark & leaves, etc. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crapflinger2000 1 #19 April 16, 2003 I would be VERY interested in a shot of Bongo's ass. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KawiZX900 0 #20 April 16, 2003 what is that freak in your window w/ no hair? Accelerate hard to get them looking, then slam on the fronts and rollright beside the car, hanging the back wheel at eye level for a few seconds. Guaranteed reaction- Dave Sonsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KawiZX900 0 #21 April 16, 2003 ever see a cat sitting on a picnic bench wathcin a bird fly around and wham, all of a sudden the cat is airborne, bird in mouth and gliding gently to the ground?probably the coolest thing i've ever seen..let the cat outside and have your camera at the ready, it you made a poster out of those pics i'd buy it... Accelerate hard to get them looking, then slam on the fronts and rollright beside the car, hanging the back wheel at eye level for a few seconds. Guaranteed reaction- Dave Sonsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #22 April 16, 2003 As if my shit list weren't long enough....Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #23 April 16, 2003 Quote I would be VERY interested in a shot of Bongo's ass. Now that you Mention it...My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #24 April 16, 2003 yer a buncha sick f&*ks. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #25 April 16, 2003 Mourning Dove facts Click on the two sounds at the bottom. I've heard the sounds they make when they're flying (high-pitched rapid warbling) But the mourning sound: I've heard that in the woods a lot, and always thought it was an owl! It also says that both mom & dad help out with the kids. Hmm, I thought the Dads were all deadbeats, but I guess I was wrong. It's interesting: I've seen another mourning dove hanging around on the telephone wire. They're both there right now, perched about 3 feet away from each other! So some of these Skymama shots may have actually been Skypapa. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
