[NatureNS] Mourning Dove nest

Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:36:39 -0300
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	The Blomidon Naturalists calendar has a note  that on this date in 
1979 Eva Urban of Hantsport found the first Mourning Dove nest to be 
reported in Nova Scotia.  It reminded me that I've been meaning to 
write in for the past week about a Mourning Dove nest at my parents' 
home in Bedford.  Last Saturday (8 June) I noticed that an 
old  Robin's nest in the tangle of vines beside the solarium had an 
occupant.  The soft greys and browns of her feathers blended in 
perfectly with the muted colours of the thick Wisteria vines and the 
bleached twigs of the old nest.  This is a good thing, because the 
nest is very exposed; a large part of the Wisteria died back last 
summer and there is no foliage screening her.  The nest is just about 
6 feet up. She sits tight on the nest, and doesn't budge even when my 
brother uses the garden tap, only a few feet away.  Very different 
behaviour from the Robins, who were always flighty and easily 
alarmed; in fact I think they abandoned that nest last year.

	Patricia L.Chalmers
	Halifax

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