Empty Nest

Was a sunny Monday morning, the baby
mourning dove was sitting in the nest in the arbor
all alone...

By mid-day, the baby was sitting above the nest
on the top railing of the arbor...

and then by the afternoon, the nest was empty...

We found the baby and the Mama Dove sitting
in the grass near the vegetable garden.

We were worried about their safety on the ground...


Next time we looked they were way up on the top
of another unfinished arbor in the yard...

Later they disappeared and we hope they found
a safe warm place to spend the night.
The temperature was going to be in the lower 40's
overnight.