{"id":1683,"date":"2008-08-25T00:16:49","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T05:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.175.102.14\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2013-06-08T18:14:29","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T23:14:29","slug":"when-doves-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=1683","title":{"rendered":"When doves cry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/doves_35960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>Yeah, I know. Perhaps the worst, corniest music reference title I&#8217;ve come up with yet. Hopefully these little dove chicks don&#8217;t have to cry, though&#8230;despite a rocky start to their weekend. Saturday morning I discovered these two huddling in the grass, shivering and scared. I&#8217;m pretty sure they got knocked out of a tree on Friday, with all the wind that came through.<\/p>\n<p>I grabbed a space heater and extension cord and got them warmed up pretty well. They seemed to really like the warmth, and quit shivering as well. I&#8217;m sure the sprinklers didn&#8217;t help that morning, either! Once we got them warmed up, we tried to figure out what to do with them. That&#8217;s when we looked up.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/doves_35963.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>Their mom had arrived and was watching us nervously from above, sitting absolutely motionless. With the little birds&#8217; temperature stabilized, we quickly packed up the heater and retreated.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/doves_35967.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>A short while later, I ventured out into the yard and found mama bird cuddling her babies, still in the little divot in our yard. I picked up some wild bird food and placed a paper plate of it nearby, so she can grab some chow, and hoped for the best.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/doves_35974.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>We&#8217;ve checked on them off and on throughout the weekend, and the mother bird seems intent on sticking by her little babies. They&#8217;re not that little, actually, which gives me hope that they&#8217;ll actually pull through. With the help of their attentive mama, they at least stand a chance. The countenance of these little birds has sure changed from when we found them huddling and scared in the grass.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/doves_35971.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>They&#8217;re content to stay in that little divot, but now they&#8217;ve got their mom and the warmth and food she provides. She does venture away on occasion, but so far has returned every time. I looked after dark tonight to find her settled in atop her babies, wings spread to provide good cover. Hopefully this story will have a happy end, with the baby birds able to take off with their mommy soon. Maybe Prince would like to adopt them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, I know. Perhaps the worst, corniest music reference title I&#8217;ve come up with yet. Hopefully these little dove chicks don&#8217;t have to cry, though&#8230;despite a rocky start to their weekend. 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