Go ahead....take flight!!
Yesterday, as I sat at my computer, in my sunroom, a very loud thud scared the daylights out of me! It sounded like someone slammed themselves up against the house or one of the large picture windows. My heart was pounding in my chest as I got up to look outside. Nothing. I didn't see anything. But my daughter Candace saw something from her bedroom window. There behind my wash tub of flowers, sitting on the back porch, was a scared, stunned no less, dove. He must have hit the window. And believe me, he hit it hard! We decided to let it sit for awhile and allow it to regain it's senses and then see if it was alright. Well,,,, it sat there from 10-3:00! We would check on it every once in a while and it was still moving. When my husband came home, he went out to take it some water in a dish. He was very quiet and slid the dish closer to the bird. All of a sudden it flew into the grass, then, realizing it could fly, it took off and flew perfectly for as far as we ...