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Today little guy or girl is perched on our fence he she came back today. And is currently perched out on our patio fence. 

 This one isn’t that good but I thought I would include it anyways.

they are from what I found out also protected by The MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT.  

I have not been able to determine the sex of the little bird due to it still having it’s baby feathers.  But I can from what I just saw fly off.lol 

If he she should happen to return after the loss of baby feathers I shall try in catch another photo of em.  There also was something else interesting that I learned they do return to the same place year after year. So I may see them again. 

Mourning Dove child

• The past few days we have a female mourning dove perch on our fence check us out. We could not figure out why until this morning when two gifts were left on our patio.

One being her little baby. From what we think she may have designated us as sitters to watch over little one until he/she is stable enough to fly off on its own. She is never far from little one. I think she remains perched up on the roof here keeping an eye on the surroundings. 

And as payment we think for watching over little one she gave us a feather. 

• Size & Shape

  Plump-bodied and long-tailed, with short legs, small bill, and a head that looks particularly small in comparison to the body. The long, pointed tail is unique among North American doves.

• Color Pattern

  Mourning Doves often match their open-country surroundings. They’re delicate brown to buffy-tan overall, with black spots on the wings and black-bordered white tips to the tail feathers.

• Behavior

  Mourning Doves fly fast on powerful wingbeats, sometimes making sudden ascents, descents, and dodges, their pointed tails stretching behind them.

• Habitat

  You can see Mourning Doves nearly anywhere except the deep woods. Look for them in fields or patches of bare ground, or on overhead perches like telephone wires.
• http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/mourning_dove/lifehistory

Very Sad and Disturbing update on little one.

I witnessed something that I can only say is purest of all evils.  This beautiful creature was murdered last night right in front my eyes. To quick for me to stop it!  By a cold monster who obviously has no regard for life of any kind.

I must ask that my younger underaged readers not read any further please. As the details are gruesome. But I feel I must say how this occurred.  I will start off by pointing out that the Cardinal is A PROTECTED SPECIES  UNDER  THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT! 

Murdering, Caging, or causing any bird any harm is a CRIME!

This Act is still in effect to this day.

You can find abit more details on this act through here and by google

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/703

Here is also a complete listing of birds that are protected under this act

http://web.archive.org/web/20071010020817/http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/intrnltr/mbta/mbtandx.html

And to anyone considering harming any bird here is the penalties for doing so.

Penalties under FEDERAL  MBTA include a (maximum of two years imprisonment and $250,000 fine for a felony conviction) and six months imprisonment or $5,000 fine for a misdemeanor conviction. (Fines double if the violator is an organization rather than an individual.)

Little one  was bashed, crushed to death in the grass where he  sat last night before the sun set.  Right before my face.  I can only think this was deliberate. As I watched helplessly as this heinous act happened quickly.

The father Cardinal tried to look for his little one.

After the act done I have not felt the same. I am actually  unsure if I will continue to take pictures of the beautiful wildlife that roams around here. This act bothers me down to my very core.

How can we hurt something so little so defenseless just the beginning stages of their life.

A Family of Cardinals

I took this photo today I became rather lucky by the pair of gorgeous Cardinal parents and  by chance their little one. By which they are watching most worryingly over as it has flown the coop so to speak. 

Cool Facts

• Only a few female North American songbirds sing, but the female Northern Cardinal does, and often while sitting on the nest. This may give the male information about when to bring food to the nest. A mated pair shares song phrases, but the female may sing a longer and slightly more complex song than the male.
• Many people are perplexed each spring by the sight of a cardinal attacking its reflection in a window, car mirror, or shiny bumper. Both males and females do this, and most often in spring and early summer when they are obsessed with defending their territory against any intruders. Birds may spend hours fighting these intruders without giving up. A few weeks later, as levels of aggressive hormones subside, these attacks should end (though one female kept up this behavior every day or so for six months without stopping).

Incubation Period11–13 daysNestling Period7–13 daysEgg DescriptionGrayish white, buffy white, or greenish white speckled with pale gray to brown.Condition at HatchingNaked except for sparse tufts of grayish down, eyes closed, clumsy.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Cardinal/lifehistory

Pretty Wild Violets

Some pretty wild Weed Violets growing.  For a weed they are so pretty!

Is it really that hard?

Does anyone else who takes pictures of wildlife to take them quick enough? I have been trying to get pictures of a cardinal or pairs and I am never fast enough to get them into a shot.lol  

Especially the one really beautiful grey bodied bright red headed little elusive bird. So far only ones that really show themselves long enough are the robins or grackles.  

II would love to get pictures of maybe a squirrel or something else in the bird kingdom. 

Mourning Dove perched on a snow covered branch

 I took this photo during the winter. Snow covering the tree branches as a mourning dove perches on them.

• Size & Shape

  Plump-bodied and long-tailed, with short legs, small bill, and a head that looks particularly small in comparison to the body. The long, pointed tail is unique among North American doves.

• Color Pattern

  Mourning Doves often match their open-country surroundings. They’re delicate brown to buffy-tan overall, with black spots on the wings and black-bordered white tips to the tail feathers.

• Behavior

  Mourning Doves fly fast on powerful wingbeats, sometimes making sudden ascents, descents, and dodges, their pointed tails stretching behind them.

• Habitat

  You can see Mourning Doves nearly anywhere except the deep woods. Look for them in fields or patches of bare ground, or on overhead perches like telephone wires

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Dove/id

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