Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcc3.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcc3!ma4cc From: ma4cc@sdcc3.UUCP (Tim McLarnan) Newsgroups: net.rec.birds Subject: Re: dumbest place to nest I've ever seen Message-ID: <2733@sdcc3.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Mar-85 21:11:09 EST Article-I.D.: sdcc3.2733 Posted: Sat Mar 2 21:11:09 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:51:18 EST References: <5070@elsie.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: UC San Diego, Dept. of Mathematics Lines: 21 > > > On February 26th, I discovered a nest perched, > believe it or not, on the handlebars of my bicycle. > > It belongs to a mourning dove and currently contains 2 eggs. > The bike is on a balcony to my apartment in suburban Maryland. > > Has anybody seen a nest in a more ridiculous place? > I have heard of an instance of Mourning Doves building a nest in a basket of papers on the desk of a professor at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Apparently the man left his window ajar for fresh air and didn't make much use of his office. The birds are said to have successfully fledged their brood, so I guess they tolerated his presence during the brief times he was around. So life could be worse. __________________________________________________ Tim McLarnan, Dept of Mathematics, UCSD, ..sdcc3!ma4cc