Oddball Observations

Can anybody tell me what this is?  (Don't be fooled by the blog post's title.) The winner will receive . . . . . my admiration!

Take him out to the ballgame.  Not. (Photo courtesy of the BRD)

This morning I went out to check on baby dove.  He was sitting in his nest, all alone, apparently waiting for someone to bring him some foo...

Something different from Hurricane Irene.

There has been an opening.  Sometime in the past couple of days that egg the dove couple had been sitting on in front of my home has hatched...

All right, enough about those damned doves for awhile.  Give a listen to one of the most brilliant talents around.  Esperanza Spalding.

I snapped a picture this morning but I can't tell whether this is mother or father. Maybe some of my "dove experts" can tel...