Missy, the White-Winged Dove

     23-Jul-04: Found wet and cold baby dove on ground after rainstorm

        Missy fed crushed seed gruel via eyedropper

     <9-Aug-04: Weaned Missy from eyedropper

      9-Aug-04: Missy flew away (twice), came back (twice)

     11-Aug-04: Missy left/returned several times

     12-Aug-04: Missy spent first night in tree

     15-Aug-04: Missy eating all seed except sunflower seed

     18-Aug-04: Missy's feathers ruffled (hit something in flight?)

     19-Aug-04: Missy visited three times while watering front yard

     25-Aug-04: Didn't see Missy all day.

     26-Aug-04: Missy alive and well; "helped" with digging trench

     28-Aug-04: Missy slept on porch (thunder)

     29-Aug-04: Missy slept on porch (thunder again)

     30-Aug-04: Missy slept on porch (thunder)

      3-Sep-04: Didn't see Missy today

      6-Sep-04: Missy moulting head feathers

     17-Sep-04: Missy hung close all day (top photo)

     28-Sep-04: Missy eats sunflower seed with other white-winged doves

      8-Oct-04: Missy growing up: comes to eat but not play (less curious)

     14-Oct-04: Missy visited, real clingy after cold front arrival

      5-Jan-05: Haven't knowingly seen Missy since 14 October 04