collared doves

[brenbee]

I get quite a few collared doves at my bird table & when 2 visited 2day, It set me thinking. I've yet 2 see a really young bird been fed by Its parent. So do the young Doves leave the nest fully able 2 feed themselves? Help, someone, please.

[nakedgardener]

Most Pigeons and doves leave the nest looking fairly adult.. so you don't really see 'fledglings' like you do with some other birds.

[tameblackbirds]

I've seen juv Wood pigeon been feed by adults once fledged but never Collard Doves we get them in our garden too

[brenbee]

the day after this post I saw a poorly collared dove on the birdtable. It was all fluffed up & hardly moved, even fell asleep on the water bowl. It was very tempting 2 put it out of its misery, but I let nature take Its course, I knew It would'nt last the cold night & when it did'nt appear next day, I knew I was right. What would other WABs have done?

[natureguy]

That was probably the best thing to do brenbee. I dont think it's a good idea to interfere in these situations.

[mark1000]

Hi, these two were in my garden on and off for 6/8 months last year , and used to fluff up on the fence for hours at a time, i don't think they were ill though.




And this one is around at the moment, has been coming and going over the last few days.




Mark.

[Pippa]

Originally Posted by brenbee

the day after this post I saw a poorly collared dove on the birdtable. It was all fluffed up & hardly moved, even fell asleep on the water bowl. It was very tempting 2 put it out of its misery, but I let nature take Its course, I knew It would'nt last the cold night & when it did'nt appear next day, I knew I was right. What would other WABs have done?

Used to get around 30 C Doves in back home and in 20 years,only ever saw 2 extremely ill brenbee.It was easy to pick them up and pop them in a cardboard box where they died overnight.7 cats used to come into the garden,all adept killers, and i really didn't want the birds to suffer anymore.

[Pippa]

Originally Posted by mark1000

Hi, these two were in my garden on and off for 6/8 months last year , and used to fluff up on the fence for hours at a time, i don't think they were ill though.




And this one is around at the moment, has been coming and going over the last few days.




Mark.

Fluffing up is quite often a bad sign too Mark.Even on the coldest days here, none of the birds have looked like that.It is usually quite easy to see the difference between a resting bird and an ill one.When they are lethargic /sleepy and generally uninterested in what is going on, in an open place, there is usually something wrong.

[mark1000]

Originally Posted by Pippa

Fluffing up is quite often a bad sign too Mark.Even on the coldest days here, none of the birds have looked like that.It is usually quite easy to see the difference between a resting bird and an ill one.When they are lethargic /sleepy and generally uninterested in what is going on, in an open place, there is usually something wrong.

Thats what i like about this forum, its friendly and educational too.

Mark.

[Pippa]

Originally Posted by mark1000

Thats what i like about this forum, its friendly and educational too.

Mark.

Hope so Mark he he