Pigeon and chick !

Two days ago ,Gary found this little pigeon fledgling in the back garden on the paved area ,looking very stunned ! We left him alone and provided a dish of bird food and water All evening we kept an w eye on him ! and tried to fence off the area so Alfie wouldn't show interest and perhaps go in for the kill After all he is a terrier !!
Yesterday morning the bird looked perkier and eventually moved onto the lawn and under the bushes ( no protection now from Alfie !! ) Soon I could hear the parent cooing and soon both Mr and Mrs Pigeon were there feeding him on the lawn -- (Alfie didn't seemed to have noticed !) Later chick went under the bushes and Mr and Mrs flew away ,periodically visiting the garden .At teatime Mr and Mrs returned for the repeat performance of feeding --all of which I could view from the conservatory .
My other pic shows the feeding process !
I wonder what today will bring --I hear Mr or Mrs P cooing up on the roof-top --- just went to the conservatory to find the feeding ritual happening on the lawn . I just hope Alfie will not get interested -- but I am afraid its in the lap of the Gods now !! as Alfie has to have the freedom of his domain !

[Linda]

Hope your little friend makes it!

[Elsie T]

What a lovely shot and story. Hope it has a happy ending. Take care.

[Babs]

Lovely shot and story. Hope the baby survives.

[Hazel]

I've never seen a pigeon fledgeling before and I suspect most folk are not as kind as you towards these birds, Beryl. Hope you are OK. A nice shot and story.

[Beryl Lloyd]

@quietpurplehaze Thanks Hazel , eye still runny and uncomfortable -- but early days -- must give it a rest now I think !

[Hazel]

@beryl

Yes, take it easy. It is the weekend! You did well to get some shots.

[Denise Wood]

Terrific capture! Take Alfie for many walks for a few days!! Look after yourself too :)

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful shot & a lovely story, so great for you to view it all.

[wendy frost]

Super capture do hope baby gets to grow up. Mum and Dad are looking after him well.

[gloria jones]

Sweet shot

[Pam Knowler]

So sweet!! Lovely capture!! I hope he manages to survive until he can fly!!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cute capture.

[Bep]

Lovely story and a beautiful shot. Hope you're eyes are okay now.

[Myrna O'Hara]

this is so cool, I've never seen a baby pigeon before, fav

[carol white]

A lovely capture, nice to see the parents looking after the youngster

[Pyrrhula]

a great shot and story. Hope (S)he made it.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot.

[Lynne Hart]

Lovely shot, great story, hope he makes it.

[tony gig]

Wonderful nature shot Beryl...Fav

[Gena Pegg]

Sweet story and shot.

[Annie D]

you did all the right things Beryl

[Joyce]

Great shot. Nothing you can do except hope. I have spaniels and the poor thing would have been retrieved long ago and no doubt died of fright!

[Nina Ganci]

wow! Mamma is so proud of her little chick,
awesome capture
fav

[Karin Hirsch]

What a lovely photo and story, hope Alfie stays calm and ignores them. How are you? How is the eye ?

[Beryl Lloyd]

@khirsch Thanks Karin -- the surgery eye is a little less painful , swelling going down ,but still runny !! The bloodshot eye as bright as ever -- but will get there !! Re the pigeon saga --I think he has managed to fly away with mum and dad !!

[Karin Hirsch]

@beryl Good to hear you are better and also good that the pigeon story found a good end without Alfie interfereing

[Claire]

Aww, cute but they are such pests,
I watched some sparrows and their fledglings; they just could not get up high enough when flying and Mum and Dad sparrow were very encouraging - possibly because there are so many cats,

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

It might take a while to recover if it's crashed but I would hazard a guess that it will be OK eventually, fingers crossed.