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delalluvia:
I had been wondering why my Kabuki, my normally strictly indoor cat, had been quite adventurous in the last week, wanting to go out onto my balcony the minute I got home. I figured she had just gotten chilled in the a/c air inside and enjoyed laying in the sun for hours.
Well, today, I dragged the cats in off the balcony and went to water my plants. Up high, out of reach, in my flowering hanging basket sat a dove.
The dove wouldn't move. Just stared at me.
I'm too short to see in the basket, but I'm thinking that the bird is not sick, but that she's sitting on a nest.
In my plant.
A plant that desperately needs to be watered.
After my discovery, I left, and just now at sunset have come home to look again, hoping she'd left to feed.
Nope, still sitting there, staring at me.
How am I going to water my plant without frightening the bird off her nest?!?!?
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on June 14, 2008, 09:05:01 pm ---I had been wondering why my Kabuki, my normally strictly indoor cat, had been quite adventurous in the last week, wanting to go out onto my balcony the minute I got home. I figured she had just gotten chilled in the a/c air inside and enjoyed laying in the sun for hours.
Well, today, I dragged the cats in off the balcony and went to water my plants. Up high, out of reach, in my flowering hanging basket sat a dove.
The dove wouldn't move. Just stared at me.
I'm too short to see in the basket, but I'm thinking that the bird is not sick, but that she's sitting on a nest.
In my plant.
A plant that desperately needs to be watered.
After my discovery, I left, and just now at sunset have come home to look again, hoping she'd left to feed.
Nope, still sitting there, staring at me.
How am I going to water my plant without frightening the bird off her nest?!?!?
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Can you try to catch her and relocate her somewhere else? If you put some gloves on, you won't feel it if she pecks you. Or maybe you could call the animal rescue to come do it for you? You have to keep your plant alive, and it sounds like the dove picked a poor place to roost. She would probably be much happier if her nest was up in a tree or someplace safe.
David In Indy:
Ooops! I got that red message indicating someone else posted while I was posting. It was YOU Susie! :laugh: :laugh:
I suggest you call your local animal rescue, or even a vet and ask them what they think you should do. That poor bird! She can't possibly be happy laying her eggs on top of a plant.
Ellemeno:
I'm with Susie - birds, especially incipient baby birds, trump plant. :)
Shasta542:
--- Quote from: SunShadow on June 14, 2008, 10:06:25 pm ---Here she is ...
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What a pretty bird. I like the expression on her face.
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