The dove that didn't make it home...
Death is never a pleasant thing to witness and I today was no exception. We have a LOT of birds in our garden as I have mentioned often in my posts, as I feed them all daily. As we had some rainy weather rolling in earlier, the the birds tend to get really active “prepping” themselves for whatever mother nature is bringing their way.
We have a few sliding glass doors on the perimeter of our house and do tend to have problems with the birds flying into them - especially in the sunny weather, when they don’t actually see the doors.
We have tried so many different methods to try and counter this, because it is never pleasant to see one of them injured from flying into them, but preventative methods, though relatively effective - do not eradicate the problem entirely.
Today, was unfortunately one of those days and I am sad to say, likely the most brutal I have seen (or heard for that matter). The BANG against the glass was so loud as a poor dove hit the glass :(
Definitely dead on impact, but what made this particular instance hit a little harder was that there was a really large pool of blood which began to seep out from the underside of his head as he lay there. Then I noticed that there was a whole lot of bird seed lying everywhere around him, so I can only assume he/she had food stored in it’s “crop pouch” - something which I just Googled now, because I did not think that doves stored grain food in their “mouths”.
Seeing this whole scene, just really broke my heart. The bad weather was setting in, this birdie had obviously collected all sorts of “whatever” from “wherever” and was heading “home” - possibly even back to a nest to babies… it just really, really made me sad. Just like that - their life was over and the lives of those around them, impacted forever. A pretty REAL dose of perspective, right there.
I am embarrassed to admit that despite how much I love the birds, I have come to discover that I think I am actually a little (or a lot) scared of them. I have no idea why and it makes no sense to me whatsoever…but if they come near me (like if they come into the house) - I absolutely freeze with fear. Its stupid I know… because I literally do everything I can to “invite” them into our garden space… because I love having them!
Anyhoo, so I went to call Jude to come help me get rid of the dove because we have a dog… as most of you already know. He is much braver than his mom and had no trouble picking up the dove to go lie it somewhere that the dog cannot get to. But poor child - in this process, he ended up getting injured himself.
We have two sliding doors which lead on to the garden area. One is an enclosed space (where the dove died) and the other with stairs down to the garden. He picked up the dove and moved from the one set of sliding glass doors to the other - but mom had not opened the exit doors because she was busy holding the dog back… needless to say, Jude had a full frontal collision with the door - bird and all… and now has a thumb which is rather swollen.
Eish - as we like to say here in South Africa! What a week! I mentioned in my last post that things happen in “three’s” I hope this was No. 3, because I am over it already! Super sad about the little dove that never made it home. It really makes you think about life when you are faced with death… and how fleeting it is. We never know when our time will come, so we should really try and keep things in perspective. Appreciate who we have in our lives and make sure they know it too.
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Until next time...
Much Love from Country Bumpkinland, South Africa xxx
Jaynielea
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