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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 186070" data-attributes="member: 9521">Mourning Dove update - just minutes ago we were in the backyard and one of the babies came out of the nest and jumped over to the edge of fence. The mother then flew over near the baby and seemed to be urging him to fly again. So then the little baby bird took off on its first wobbly little flight. He had made it up to about 7 ft in the air and was nearing the carport roof when out of nowhere a hawk swooped down at top speed and snagged that little bird right out of the air and was gone in less than a second. And all this happened right there in front us. The poor momma bird just sat there on the fence looking around like &quot;what just happened?&quot;. I don't think we had finished saying out loud &quot;Oh wow, his first flight&quot; when that hawk whacked him right out of the air. I think we actually said &quot;Oh wow, his fir...Oh NO!!!&quot; I still can't believe that just happened. You know, I understand the whole &quot;circle of life&quot; and all but come on, that poor little guy hadn't even landed from his very first flight when he was rocketed off by the hawk. Unbelievable. :disturbed:Well, hopefully the second little bird is still in the nest and hopefully he'll have been luck than his sibling did... assuming he's still in the nest and not the hawks first meal, that is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 186070, member: 9521"] Mourning Dove update - just minutes ago we were in the backyard and one of the babies came out of the nest and jumped over to the edge of fence. The mother then flew over near the baby and seemed to be urging him to fly again. So then the little baby bird took off on its first wobbly little flight. He had made it up to about 7 ft in the air and was nearing the carport roof when out of nowhere a hawk swooped down at top speed and snagged that little bird right out of the air and was gone in less than a second. And all this happened right there in front us. The poor momma bird just sat there on the fence looking around like "what just happened?". I don't think we had finished saying out loud "Oh wow, his first flight" when that hawk whacked him right out of the air. I think we actually said "Oh wow, his fir...Oh NO!!!" I still can't believe that just happened. You know, I understand the whole "circle of life" and all but come on, that poor little guy hadn't even landed from his very first flight when he was rocketed off by the hawk. Unbelievable. :disturbed: Well, hopefully the second little bird is still in the nest and hopefully he'll have been luck than his sibling did... assuming he's still in the nest and not the hawks first meal, that is. [/QUOTE]

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