Can an 11 day old squab keep itself warm?

[Lovebirds]

I just found this recording of a wood pigeon. Hope it works.

http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/shared...mov&title=Song

[pdpbison]

Hi Paris,





I would like to view the Pictures, but I do not know where to find them...



Phil
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[little bird]

Thanks Renee....sounds more like our wild & ringneck doves than like our pijies.

[Lovebirds]

Originally Posted by pdpbison

Hi Paris,





I would like to view the Pictures, but I do not know where to find them...



Phil
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Click on Paris' name on one of her posts. Then look on the right hand side of the page. You'll see an album entitled "Summer of Hope".

[Paris]

Yes, that does sound like a wood pigeon although the call can be much longer and throatier. I've learned to mimic it, and have cooed back at Constant when he starts up. He then stops abruptly and looks at me with one eye, as if surprised.

[Paris]

Hi Phil,

To se the photos, you go to my page - Paris - and on the right hand side of the screen you will see a section called "Albums" and a title called "The Summer of Hope" with a photo. click on the photo or maybe the album title, and a page of photos will open up. If you click on a photo, it will open larger and you can read the caption underneath. Click on the LAST photo first, because it starts the series, and then keep clicking on "previous photo" to see them in correct order. Hope this is helpful. Please let me know if it works.

(BTW Phil, your PM space is full and can't accept any more PMs..)

Now - another event. After some very hot days here, it is pouring rain tonight. I suppose if baby pigeons shouldn't get wet, the parents would build a covered nest, but poor Hope is out there, huddled down, all alone, looking at me through the window... Actually, the rain doesn't seem to be getting this close to the building or on her (yet), but should I do anything??

Jane

[Lovebirds]

Is it night time there now? Do the parents stay around near the nest at night?

[Lovebirds]

I just checked and it's about 1:30 in the morning there? If the parents aren't around and there's no chance of them coming to where Hope is before daylight, I personally, would bring her inside, put her in something comfy for the rest of the night and put her back before daylight. You don't want the parents to show up and find their baby missing. I wouldn't leave her out in the rain. As long as you take her and put her back the parents will never know the difference. I would also throw some sort of cover over the flower pot so that it doesn't get all wet and muddy for Hope to have to sit on in the morning.

[Paris]

Hi Renee - I went to bed before I read your last posts. It's now 4am in Paris. I awoke 15 minutes ago because the sound of the rain was so loud and raining in against the windows... which meant that Hope was getting wet. I got up and saw poor baby Hope, still alone and looking miserable. I immediately read your post and have brought her in. She didn't put up a struggle at all. She's soaking wet and I have her on toweling and a very soft velveteen fabric in a big plastic box. I don't have anything to put over the flower box that will stay afixed.

I have no idea when the parents will be back. They only just started leaving her alone for so long.

Questions-
What happens if I don't put the baby back in the nest before the parents get back and they find her missing? Will they come back later? What if they see her through the window (her box is on the shelf=ledge by the window.) What happens if I wake up and a parent is there? Can I put the baby back in the nest in front of them?

I'd really like to go back to bed....perhaps i should set my alarm for just before dawn and put her back then, but what if it's still raining hard? If it doesn't let up, I would hate to put her back out in the pouring rain but do I dare risk not having her in her nest before the parents arrive?

She does seem comfortable now...
Thanks
Jane