Bicycles And Doves

Part of our daily routine is to bike around the area every morning. The only negative factor is the wind. For some reason we have been blessed with strong wind every day. If you get out really early you may miss the worst of it but by 9am you can count on the wind factor.We try to map out our ride by having the wind on our back coming home.Some times we do not plot our course and pay the penalty.

Yesterday our neighbor came along with us to see the eagle families and we were fortunate to see the baby eaglets in one nest with its mother and a small eaglet in the other nest. They are quite an attraction and we have two nests very nearby so we count them as our eagles.

This morning I was awakened by the cooing of doves. This in normal but this am the cooing was very close. As I got out of bed I noticed this pair of doves making a nest right outside my window. They were busy constructing a nest. Doves are the worst nest makers of all the birds. When completed the nest is simply a pile of twigs placed between branches of a tree or even on the bare ground in full view of the world. These doves will be with us for a while and should give us some entertainment. Dove babies are ugly but in short order they become the beautiful birds that they are. Doves may not construct the best houses but they know how to fill them. They are one of the most abundant of our birds here. This in spite of the fact they are regularly killed by the hawks and owls.

Yesterday I had a pleasant visit by phone with a long time friend from Pembroke who is recovering from surgery and learning to walk again. It is these little happenings that make life interesting and worthwhile.