shareno

Really? Where do you live? I think our doves only breed in the spring....but I could be wrong.

I was wondering what the doves ate! Nature can look sooo cruel...but I'm sure that there is a perfection to all of it

wouldn't take the picture...here it is. Well, you can see I'm new at this <br><br>Post edited by: shareno, at: 2007/05/25 20:07

Me too!!!! Last year, when the doves made a nest is this tree, a magpie came and destroyed the eggs before I could downstairs to prevent. I felt sooo bad when I saw the eggs broken on the driveway. This year, when they started to build a nest in just about the same area of the tree, I had almost decided to chase them away. I kept a close eye on this nest. For three weeks, I talked to the mother telling her how wonderful she was as a mother. She never left the nest. I don't know if it was the same doves from last year but this mom knew not to leave the nest. One day I look and she's feeding these two babies that were huge! I was shocked because before this I didn't even know they had hatched! She must have been really covering them with her body. I got these two photos and yesterday the last baby went out on the branch and flew away. It was like watching one of my own go....Geez, who'da thunk it? <br><br>Post edited by: shareno, at: 2007/05/25 20:11

Yes...I do have the book...it was nice to hear her talk about it in english

http://scienceblogs.com/retrospectacle/2007/05/iamascientist_interviews_irene.php

Naw, not really! I'm probably just catching up on everything that everyone else already knows. I guess the book just affected me so strongly because it made me see all the mistakes we had made with Rico. We were trying to solve the biting as if the biting was the problem. Biting is just a symptom. It's the cause of the biting that one has to learn to fix. You fix the cause... the symptom of biting goes away. At least the whole book resonates with me as being right on. Also, I get excited easily

Let me know what you think! I do not believe that you will be sorry that you got it. I think that it is the most wonderful, humane way to approach our feathered friends under all circumstances.

Actually, none really. I use to have a severe macaw that turned "mean" to my husband. She would actually chase him to go and bite him. We had this saying "shark in the water" which meant that the bird was out and about and to run for cover. It really wasn't funny and my husband finally had enough so I gave her away to a great person who had other birds but I miss her dearly. That was years ago. I wish I had this book back then. I saw the mistakes we made and I do believe that I would still have her if we had read this book. I have put money down on a CAG. I should be getting him or her the end of July. I've bought all kinds of books and this book came by mistake and you what?...as I'm reading the book, I'm realizing that it is the best mistake that could ever have happened. It is like the Universe is saying to me "here, this is what you do next time." After reading this book I am fully confident that this little CAG will be with us for the rest of our lives. It really is THAT GOOD of a book!

I'm reading a book right now called "The Beak Book" by Sally Banchard and it is just great! It is all about birds that bite and why and how to figure out why your birds and the best way to remedy the situation. I wish I had this book years ago!