 Re: Hello from Sunny St Andrews
Thanks for all the messages of welcome, things are not so sunny here now, dismal weather and rain, great for April, NOT . Great sadness here too , Last week I eventually got four garden fantail dove babies for my dove cote, an anniversary present from my old man after a happy 34 years.
They were in a cote under a homing net as advised bythe breeder. Yesterda my neighbours lab got in, destroyed the net by chewing large holes in it and then managed to kill all four young doves on the ground, why they did not flutter up the cote I do not know. Maybe too panicked by a very large leaping dog. Anyway he killed all four. I am devastated that they suffered that way. I had great visions of them flying free in six weeks, it would have been great. The collared doves in the garden appear to be eyeing up the cote with suspicon so I may just leave it empty and see what happens next. |