sck@elsie.UUCP (Steve Kaufman) (02/28/85)
On February 26th, I discovered a nest perched,
believe it or not, on the handlebars of my bicycle.
It belongs to a mourning dove and currently contains 2 eggs.
The bike is on a balcony to my apartment in suburban Maryland.
Has anybody seen a nest in a more ridiculous place?
Also, does anyone have advice concerning how best
to move this nest off my bicycle? Ideally, I'd like to end up
having the nest stay on my porch & not be abandoned by the
parents. Is there any way to do this and still use my
bike this spring?ma4cc@sdcc3.UUCP (Tim McLarnan) (03/03/85)
> > > On February 26th, I discovered a nest perched, > believe it or not, on the handlebars of my bicycle. > > It belongs to a mourning dove and currently contains 2 eggs. > The bike is on a balcony to my apartment in suburban Maryland. > > Has anybody seen a nest in a more ridiculous place? > I have heard of an instance of Mourning Doves building a nest in a basket of papers on the desk of a professor at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Apparently the man left his window ajar for fresh air and didn't make much use of his office. The birds are said to have successfully fledged their brood, so I guess they tolerated his presence during the brief times he was around. So life could be worse. __________________________________________________ Tim McLarnan, Dept of Mathematics, UCSD, ..sdcc3!ma4cc