WE HAVE NEW BABIES

WE HAVE A MOURNING DOVE NEST IN A TREE NEXT TO THE DRIVE WAY. SHE HAS BEEN SITTING THERE FOREVER. WE THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WERE NOT GOING TO HATCH. WE NEVER SAW HER LEAVE THE NEST OR FEED THEM O LOOKED TO DAY AND THIS IS WHAT I FOUND.

ARE YOU MY PAPA?

MY HUSBAND WHO WORKS IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN WAUKESHA WIS. BECAME A NEW FATHER ON THURSDAY JUNE 11TH. BUT SAVE THE CIGARS. HE WENT OUT ON BREAK OR TO TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE AND SAW THE TWO RATHER LARGE BABY CANADA GEESE IN THE PARKING LOT. HE WAS AFRAID THAT THEY WOULD GET HURT OR HARASSED BY ONE OF THE STUDENTS. HE SAT DOWN TO WATCH THEM WHILE SOMEONE ELSE CALLED THE SHELTER. BUT I GUESS IN THE PROCESS, THEY TOOK TO HIM LIKE THEIR DADDY. HE SAID THEY WERE PREENING HIM AS HE LAID ON THE GRASS AND THE LITTLE FEMALE ONE CRAWLED RIGHT UP ON HIM. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE THE FEMALE IS LAYING NEXT TO HIM. I HAPPEN TO BE AT THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY ZOO WHEN HE CALLED ME. I WAS AT THE BIRD OF PREY SHOW. I WAS TELLING THE WOMAN WHO GAVE THE SHOW ABOUT IT. SHE SAID THAT IS THE ONLY TIME YOU WILL GET THAT CLOSE TO A GOOSE THEY ARE SO MEAN. I AGREED I HAVE SEEN THEM GO AFTER PEOPLE. SHE LOOKED OVER AT THE BALD EAGLE AND SAID I WOULD RATHER DEAL WITH HIM! SO WHAT A AMAZING EXPERIENCE. I WAS PRETTY JEALOUS. THE WAUKESHA HUMAN SOCIETY CAME AND TOOK THEM TO RELEASE BY THE RIVER. WE SHOULD FIND OUT WHERE SEE IF THEY REMEMBER THEIR NEW PAPA.LOL

THE RAVEN

I WAS THRILLED TO SEE MY FIRST RAVEN THIS YEAR. THAT IS ONE BIG BLACK BIRD. NO QUESTION IF IT WAS A RAVEN OR A CROW. THE CALL OF THE RAVEN IS SO AMAZING. WE WENT HIKING IN ONE OF THE PARKS IN BAYFIELD WIS. WHEN WE GOT TO THE END OF OUR HIKE WE LOOKED OUT OVER LAKE SUPERIOR AND THE ROCKY BLUFFS. WE HEARD THE UNMISTAKABLE CRY OF THE RAVEN. THEY HAD A NEST OUT ON LEDGE. MY DAUGHTER WAS DOING RAVEN CALLS AT THE BIRDS. THAT DID NOT MAKE THEM VERY HAPPY. THEY FLEW OFF THE LEDGE TOWARDS US WITH THERE AMAZING WING SPAN. I LIKE OH MY GOD THEY ARE GOING TO GET US. BUT NO. WE DID HOWEVER GET VIDEO OF THE RAVENS CALL. I ALSO HAVE PICTURE OF THE BIRD BY OUR CABIN THAT WE STAYED IN ON THE LAKE.