If for no other reason than to curry favor with the adorable animal obsessed crowd on Twitter, here’s an update on the wildlife of the ZRC Compound:

Today I discovered that the mourning doves, my accursed foes (whose ‘plaintive’/incredibly loud and annoying calls are driving me slowly insane) have constructed a nest over the light by our front door.

I found an old nest there when we moved in last year, so this isn’t unprecedented, and now we know what birds are to blame: mourning doves.

Grr.

To make things worse they’re skittish about their nest and very loudly take off if you approach.. which one has to do to use said door. We mostly enter through the garage, so I guess I can take solace in knowing that there’s a bird bomb armed and ready to go off on the next idiot solicitor whose company wants to spray chemicals all over our yard to maintain a perfect carpet of artificial green.

I think we’ll stick with our weeds, native plants and animals thanks (along with probably lower cancer risk).

Even if that means putting up with mourning doves.

Tags: ZRC Wildlife

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