Senegal doves nesting!!

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Finch_Breeder
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Egg!!! :thumbup:
I will stop hijacking your topic now... :D
How was the expedition :?:
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I don't mind :) all dove enthusiasts :D great that you have eggs again!
It was fantastic! I got to band twenty four individuals this time, including some of the first mistletoe birds seen at the site.
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hmmmm.
Well, today was supposed to be the last day of incubation - and for some reason the parents havent been on the nest all day. They haven't hatched (as of this morning)..... is this normal? I'm betting no.... :(
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Jayburd wrote:hmmmm.
Well, today was supposed to be the last day of incubation - and for some reason the parents havent been on the nest all day. They haven't hatched (as of this morning)..... is this normal? I'm betting no.... :(
That sucks Jay :thumbdown: :thumbdown:
Went outside this morning and there in the nest was a baby D. dove :D
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I'm thinking eggs are infertile and they have sat too long. :thumbdown: Bummer.
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Congrats Mike!!!! :D
They were off the nest for two days Tint so I removed the eggs and opened the, up - two babies, dead in shell... Mostly developed, still some yolk in there as well.
They have started showing interest in the nest again and cooing, so hoping for another try :)
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There young birds.Takes Doves a while for them to learn the ropes. :thumbup:
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:thumbup: thanks henry.
she was sitting in the nest when I got home from work a few hours back, so I think she may have laid again!
Julian

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Sh has indeed laid again, and this morning we have our first Senegal chick :D :D :D :D :D :D
Unlike previous times, when I reached up to feel inside the female started swatting my hand with her wings rather than moving off the nest, and I could feel some fuzz I'm sure!! Also I found some eggshell near the feeding station.
Very excited!
Julian

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:D :D :D :D :D :D CONGRATS :clap: :thumbup: :thumbup:
My baby D. doves fledged about a week ago :thumbup:
Birds I own/have owned: Budgerigars, **Zebra Finches**, **Star Finches**, Canaries, Diamond doves... Rocky the Galah! & Cocky the Sulphur Crested 'too
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