Chicks are up and out!

THURSDAY 8/30

The Concert Is Over, The Chick has left the building.

The adolescent Dove apparently took advantage of us being gone to the Utah Shakespeare Festival and his parents abdication of responsibility to have a house party. All that's left is a half empty 6-pack of Lowenbird and a nest full of droppings.

SUNDAY & MONDAY 8/26-27

The chick is finally moving around on its own. The parents are leaving it alone for short periods and for the most part we don't see much. Concealment is part of the game and the chick is quiet and hunkered down. Except while waiting for meals.

The chick is grown to about half size and how the parents sat on top of it until just last Friday or Saturday we don't know.

Feeding time is a bit frenetic and then the parent sits away from the nest for a while.

I got my first picture of Baby out of the nest.

Too bad I missed the flight lesions but here's Baby outside the nest.

SUNDAY 8/19


At least one egg (remember, I don't know if there were two) hatched this morning. The angle is bad but things should improve when there is more movement.

MONDAY

Papa has been out all night down on the Strip. He rests a moment before flying in for the hand off.


There is just enough room to maneuver before Mama is off to the Day Spa.

Papa starts right off with the hungry chick.

More as it happens
Bob