Ring Neck Doves Photo Diary DAY 4

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DAY 4   April 14   2011
These photos were taken with flash, which accounts for 
the more yellow colouring.

 9:30 pm

Can you tell which is the older hatchling?

 Feathers are beginning to come on the older baby.

 The food pouches are well filled up.

The eyes of the larger hatchling are beginning to open.

 Which is the older baby?

I put the shell from two days ago beside the babies, to show how much they have grown.

The mother was not impressed.

She immediately picked it up to remove it.

The shells are usually found at a long distance from the nest.