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Entries Tagged as 'Mourning Dove'

Mourning Dove Rescue

May 19th, 2009 · 12 Comments

Josh noted some time ago that mourning doves are not the sharpest tools in the shed. Yesterday, we learned that they also aren’t the brightest birds in the coop after this one found itself hopelessly trapped in ours—despite the presence of the great big chicken door it went through in the first place. When I [...]

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Scenes from Saturday

November 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

We had a reasonably hard frost this morning, and the birds were out in force. The crow trio showed up like clockwork to pick at the corncobs on the hill. I don’t think they’re even that into the corn per se; I think they just really enjoy the process of picking off the kernels. I [...]

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Tags: American Crows · American Goldfinch · Common Grackle · European Starling · Mourning Dove · Pine Siskin