The dove baby returned.

I forgot to show you that the baby returned later in the afternoon.

You will also see how the mom trains the baby to eat by itself.

I showed you the baby in this POST

And after the baby disappeared, in the first post, we assumed that it was gone, as I walked and searched all around the road and the area, but I couldn't find it. Now, I hope that you can imagine how I felt when the baby suddenly appeared out of nowhere later on in the afternoon. Then I was even more happy, when I saw that a parent seemed to have guided the baby back here.
I called my wife, and she was just as happy to see that the baby was back, and that the crumbs that she had put out for the baby weren't wasted.

This was how it all began. The baby flew into our garden, and she started squealing as she knew that a parent was close.

Yep! The parent arrived and allowed the baby to feed from its crop. The amazing thing here is that doves don't feed their babies by sticking their beaks into the baby's beak. They rather allow the baby to stick its beak into their throats in order to allow the baby to feed from the parent's crop. So, they do things the other way around, as all of the smaller birds are fed by the parents sticking their beaks into the baby's throat.

So, here below I will show you how a parent trains a baby to eat by itself.

The mom said, Come Lily, let mommy show you how to eat.

Come on darling, show mommy how you can eat.

See? All that you need to do, is to pick a crumb up with your beak, and then swallow it.

The mom knew that they were leaving, and she allowed the baby to eat more food from her crop.

Look how cute this is. As they started leaving, I felt such a warm feeling, as this is what life is all about in nature.

Oh yes, we have a passion for nature, simply because we know that without nature nothing can survive. It is a free gift to mankind to manage, and I am afraid that we are not managing it very well, as many animal and plant species are starting to become extinct. Habitat destruction, to make way for development and farms, simply ruins the habitats of certain species. I read a story about further north, up in Africa, where gorillas now only have a small space to live, and that is so sad.
We just simply have to stop this madness.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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