{"id":5689,"date":"2015-07-15T16:43:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T16:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/?p=5689"},"modified":"2015-07-15T16:45:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T16:45:30","slug":"another-empty-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/?p=5689","title":{"rendered":"Another empty nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I returned from the Bay Area we had two babies whose parents fled the scene, which if you&#8217;ve been following up on my blog would know that this is normal behavior in the dove world. There they are up above nestled (hmm, I wonder where that word came from &#8230;) together in one of our hanging pots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another picture Bruce captured. I think they were wondering if he was their mommy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_32241.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_32241.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\nSunday night it appeared one of them (standing on the rim) got hungry enough to contemplate jumping.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3241.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3241.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAfter the jump, I captured the mommy and baby on the next door neighbor&#8217;s roof. The quality isn&#8217;t the greatest because the picture was taken through the screen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"7\/13\/15 Mom &amp; baby dove after baby leaves the nest.\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Eg6XRRACMh4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The other baby stayed in the nest overnight wondering where its sibling went.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3242.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3242.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\nBy Monday evening this baby was also gone. So we&#8217;re now left with another empty nest, watching for doves and wondering if those we see might have been raised in one of our hanging plants.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no wonder why the doves would choose our yard, with beautiful plants blooming randomly like the ones below I photographed this morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3247.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3247.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3248.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3248.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3249.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3249.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3250.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3250.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<i>Blogged on Amma&#8217;s iPhone from the new and beautiful Carmel Valley Kaiser Medical Office with LOVE!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I returned from the Bay Area we had two babies whose parents fled the scene, which if you&#8217;ve been following up on my blog would know that this is normal behavior in the dove world. 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