Sundays are very quiet in our neighbourhood. Well, except for the occasional squabbles between our resident white winged doves and ground doves. I scatter seed out for them and the ground doves, who are much smaller, get chased away and yelled at. There are five species of ground doves in this country and I think ours are the common ground dove.
One pair of white winged doves decided we are nice people and our house is a fine place to raise a family. They have built a nest on a small ledge just outside our loggia.
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The Mrs or Mr (who knows) on their nest.
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| Hubby (I guess) on our patio - they all look the same. |
It’s a flimsy nest, not more than sticks. The male brings them to the female and she builds the nest. Both sexes take turns incubating the eggs. I guess we’ll see the hatchlings in about twelve days.
I walked around our garden and took some photos.
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| Vanda orchid in flower. |
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| Anthurium. |
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| Baby mangoes - we are going to have a bumper crop this year. |
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| A strawberry plant has popped up in one of the planters. It’s sending out lots of runners. |
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| We have several rose bushes, nicely scented. |
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| Flowering aloe vera. |
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| It’s a warm afternoon and this ice cream was calling my name. Who could resist? |
Enjoy your Sunday (or sundae if you want) everyone!
1 comment:
My Birds of Costa Rica reference says there are 11 species of doves here. Whoever planted our garden originally did a fabulous job … so many plants/bushes I’ve never seen before, plus numerous orchids.
Haha re: the Ice Cream Plant!
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