The Twins are Here!

I missed the whole "hatching of the eggs". What a sweet and cozy family. I didn't know that doves liked to snuggle with their babies. When we've had nests before, they were robins and featherless babies. They even kicked them out of the nest before they should have. This is so much better!
I finally pulled out a step ladder to get a good look at the eggs in the nest and this is what I found.

Twins!

Finally Mama flew off the nest and there they are; 2 identical eggs. We can't wait to meet the twins!

An Extra Gift

Monica, Lilly and I just returned from running a bunch of errands. While turning the key to unlock the front door, we felt the urge to look back at the hanging flower baskets on the front porch. See who was looking back at us! What delight this creature gave us, that it should makes it's nest in my Mother's Day basket barely a week old. My 6 inch taller than me son, Adrian, climbed up on the arms of the rickety wicker chair , held the camera above his head and pointed the camera towards the direction of the bird and snapped a few. If this was a robin, I would know it. I can't pick out many birds; the kids think it looks like a dove. Can you help us identify it?