No Naked Chicks Yet, But...

[rake60]

Springtime is a time we do the complete shop cleaning and
maybe a delivery trip to the scrap yard, if a few things follow you
back home, that's normal.

Another right of spring here is an annual visit of a pair of
mourning doves. Every year they take over an antique shelf
my wife has on the back porch. This year is no exception.

So the shelf gets a little muddied up.
That's post spring cleaning. I'll get to that AFTER the shop
is cleaned up. When those naked chicks hatch I'll be taking
my annual pictures!

OK, so I'm a has A$$ with a soft spot...

Rick

 

[zeusrekning]

I'm so disappointed. I got my hopes up way too high.

 

[Lew Hartswick]

Here is a set from egg to feathered. Outside the window in my office back in PA a long time ago.
...lew...

 

[bretk]

Man you had me going on that title :big: :big: :big:

-Bret

 

[rake60]

OK I have some confessions.

At 4:30AM I'm not too happy about the doves announcing the sunrise is coming.

Then I forget about it being there, and walk out the back door to be met with the most
menicing glare that a dove is capable of giving you, and the tough buy melts away with
a big grin.

New Rules!
You can stomp on me, I don't care!
Make a step toward my wife, my kids, the dog OR the doves nest and you have a
awakened a formidable adversary. LOL

Rick

 

[lathe nut]

I am glad to see that other have the thing going on, I just had two full nest of Wren's finally leave the shop, one by my large air compressor and the other in the parts washer, had left the lid almost closed had a can in there with a chain in the fluid, just enough room to get in, what a supprise for both of us when I open that lid the first time, now I can play in that area and use my tools, now we have a few more birds to sing, Cando

 

[Bernd]

Every spring I start putting up bricks on the house. Hope to be finished this year.

Was surveying the work that needed to be done. Was up on a scaffold about 3 feet off the ground. When I came around the corner a bird took off and scarred the b-jeepers out of me. Almost fell off the scaffolding.

Missus Robin decided to build a nest in a most convenient spot for her but not for me. So I started at another spot. I'll come back to that spot when everybody has moved out. ;D

Bernd

 

[alan2525]

One spring I went into the shed and picked up a hacksaw, one of those eclipse ones with the grey painted diecast pistol grip handle. When I started sawing the biggest damn crysalis thing fell out of the hollow handle onto my bit of sheet...

It freaked me out! Some butt ugly alien looking creature! Not half as cute as the little baby hatchlings you have the company of!

Other nice places for insects to overwinter...in the fingers of welding gauntlets and inside the rubber earpieces on a pair of ear defenders. I always thump the ear parts together before I use them now!

 

[Bogstandard]

We have had such a mild winter, all the birds around here have already fledged, except for the magpies, but they are usually a bit later here anyway.

We have a cat that stalks birds, but can't catch them , ever since he had a run in with a car and lost, totally lost his hip joint.

This was him at about 5am last year, I heard such a noise outside, the magpie was really going for it, so I grabbed my camera quick and got these shots of the cat being chased off by the bird.

John

 

[Speedy]

the little robbin eggs out on the tree next to my window are gone :'(
I think a cat found them, one was hatched the other 2 eggs