One morning, not long after we got back from meeting Mareza in Florida, we discovered that a Mourning Dove had made a nest on our window sill. She had hatched two little birds, but she kept them hidden from view.
The mother and father Mourning Dove both take care of the babies equally, as we learned from Wikipedia. We got to watch them take turns feeding the babies.
Eventually, the babies got so big that they couldn't hide under their parents anymore. One got strong faster and flew away while we were in Arlington over Easter. The other one took a bit more time to grow up, and then flew away, too.
The momma Dove sometimes comes back to visit the nest.
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We had a cardinal nest right outside our window one spring. I watched each day and actually saw one of the little ones step out on a branch, jump, to another branch and back to the nest. The next day I saw it flap up two branches and then it was gone!
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