i mourn with you Brad. that was a beautiful dove. too bad she didn't choose a less accessible haworthia....

Bri.

Awwww...poor thing! :( Nice of you to let her borrow your Haw. She is a beauty! Thanks for sharing your pix & story, Brad.

Which is the flowering Aloe on the bottom shelf with the nice, big, red teeth? :D

Thanks Bri. Yes, her choice was sadly, a poor natural selection. ;)

Roma, that's a repatriated KG-14 that Jen (oojen) in Minnesota sent me a couple of years ago. She got it's parent from someone (maybe you?) who bought it for her at a C&S show in California some time ago. Mine is now a proud parent too!

I use this rack under the eaves on the front porch for small succulents that can take the cold, but not the rain during the winter. I need to start moving plants back to sunnier locations.

Thanks for commiserating!

Brad

Nature can be really cruel sometimes. RIP mom and birdies. Sad story....

Sad indeed. A friend had a dove nesting in one of his hanging baskets. That story had a happier ending.

If you didnt see feathers-she escaped for sure.

I hope she's ok.

Xuan

if the next was destroyed, i'm wondering if it was a raccoon looking for eggs.

perhaps the eggs were taken or just the nest was destroyed and the dove moved on to safer housing.

It has been my experience that mourning doves are not exactly the "Einsteins" of the avian world, especially when it comes to building secure nests. Too often, the nests they build are quite easily reached by creatures meaning to do harm.
On a more festive note, there are flocks of small birds getting bombed on my pyracantha berries.

I hope your Dove is ok, Brad. I know that these things happen in the great "circle of life", but I always hate it when I have to see the down side of it. Unlike most people, I love bunnies and don't mind them in my yard at all. However, I also have a 100 lb German Shepherd, so you'd think they'd steer clear (neighbors on either side and back all are dogless...), but for some reason, they end up in my yard. Which is fine, because Lucy isn't that fast and has never caught one. However, some dumb-bunny put her nest right in my yard (a foot west and it would have been safely in the neighbor's yard.) Lucy found it, could smell the baby bunnies and pawed at it. I covered it (with access for mama) to keep her away from it, but she must have pawed enough to injure the babies and they died. I feel so terrible about it... I was just heartbroken to see those itty-bitty bodies. **sigh** Now I think mama has a new nest under our deck (not accessible by Lucy.) I hope to see these bunnies grow up!

Denise in Omaha