posted June 09, 2010 06:55 PM         

The eggs hatched on the May 28th weekend and we came back from our trip to 2 little yellow fuzzy babies. A week went by and last weekend I noticed the parent bird was not around and was worries that the babies were abandoned. I called the wildlife rescue and they said to leave a little bit of bird seed out for the baby pigeons.

After I got off the phone, The parent bird was back. I thought everything was fine but I saw less and less of the parent bird. I checked them this morning and they were fine but when I looked out on my balcony this afternoon - they were dead. Some other bird came in for the kill - I saw lifeless little birdies lying on the ground.

I have cried now for 90 minutes cause this is heart breaking for me to see. It is ironic how I wished the eggs life and the babies are now dead......emotionally i find it is a senseless baby bird killing by other birds....but my Spock mind tells me that this is how life goes at times.,...nature taking it's course.....it's ugly.

posted June 10, 2010 05:37 AM         

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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies with in us."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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posted June 16, 2010 01:59 AM         

They came and cleaned the balcony the next day and then the day after that I bought some planter soil and a whole bunch of planets and now I have my balcony back.....

I planted 4 different kinds of tomatos, 2 types of lettuce, eggplant, broccoli, celery, sweet basil and rosemary.....Now I am waiting to get flowers like sweet peas to put on my balcony....

My boyfriend wanted plants that he could enjoy the fruits of in the fall........