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Old 04-21-2011, 01:01 PM
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Default Dove Hatchlings On My Front Door.

I have doves nesting in the wreath on my front door and the baby's have hatched and are adorable. We've roped off the front path to give them privacy and to prevent harm coming to the hatchlings.

I was able to take these photos when the parents switched duties this morning and the mother and hatchlings just froze as I got close with my camera. After I got my pics the famished hatchlings were fed by Mommy; both of them with their beaks in Mommy's at the same time.

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