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Shasta542:

--- Quote from: southendmd on April 02, 2009, 07:17:29 pm ---How 'bout "Fern"?  :)

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I love "Fern"! That's great.  :)

southendmd:

--- Quote from: Shasta542 on April 02, 2009, 07:45:01 pm ---I love "Fern"! That's great.  :)

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Haha!  And her little "fernlets"-to-be.

Shasta542:

--- Quote from: southendmd on April 02, 2009, 07:58:58 pm ---Haha!  And her little "fernlets"-to-be.

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LOL. Yeah. The babies need names too.  :D  And I think the dad was around last year, too. Is he there this year, dellaluvia?

delalluvia:

--- Quote from: Shasta542 on April 02, 2009, 08:09:56 pm ---LOL. Yeah. The babies need names too.  :D  And I think the dad was around last year, too. Is he there this year, dellaluvia?

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Fern is perfect!!! 

If you think I'm going to go out there and peek under the feathers to tell a her from a him...  :laugh:

Heck, how would I know?  It might have been the father.  Not sure. 

Hmmm, according to this, it's the father who flies in to switch out places:

Reproduction: Breeds mostly from late January to late September (peak in May and June); in California can breed
almost all year, depending on weather (Nice 1923). Raises 2-6 broods a year.

Oh hell no!!  :o

Almost invariably lays 2 eggs per clutch (range 1-3). Usually breeds solitarily, but sometimes more than 1 nest in same tree. Male incubates much of day and female at night, for 14-15 days. Young fed seeds and crop milk by both adults during nestling period of 13-15 days (VanVelzen 1974).

http://digital-desert.com/wildlife/mourning-dove.html

southendmd:

--- Quote from: delalluvia on April 02, 2009, 08:17:58 pm ---Fern is perfect!!! 

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Cheers, Del!

Whaddya know, there's actually a thing called a "fern bird".

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