Thanks for your thoughts, E-Man. I thought it was a dove only because of
the way it "cooed". But you guys are the experts- I never realized there
was such an interest in pigeons and doves! Anyway, I have started to
suspect that a squirrel got the egg :( I guess that's just nature.
-Judy
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> "Scrumpet" <judymartin.TakeThisOut@email.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi-
> > I have a question about mourning doves and this seems to be a good place
to
> > ask it! A few weeks ago a mourning dove made a little nest on my
windowsill
> > and then later (as I suspected) laid an egg. Well, I started to grow
fond
> > of my new little friend so I opened the window a tiny bit and gave her a
> > little piece of bread. She grabbed it and then flew away, and came back
a
> > few minutes later. A few days go by and I start to realize that I
haven't
> > seen her in a while, so I look in her nest again, and she's gone (she
was
> > there 24/7 before) and the egg is gone too! What happened? Where did
they
> > go? She couldn't have moved the egg could she? We're on the second
floor
> > and it's a pretty good drop from the window to the grass below. Any
ideas
> > would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
> > -Judy
>
> Hi Judy,
> I'm not sure you have a pigeon or a dove on your sill, only because it
would
> be rare for a dove to take a piece of bread from you. A pigeon is much
more
> likely to do this. But either way, no. A dove nor a pigeon will 'move'
their
> eggs. It either fell out, was knocked out, or was stolen by something that
> eats eggs. Crows and grackles come to mind. She also could have been
spotted
> by a hawk, and in her effort to escape, knocked the egg out. I would look
> below for scrambled egg.
> E-Man >> Stay informed about: mourning dove on my windowsill 
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