Poor Old Soul

Watching  my woodies anxiously over the last two weeks it was quite distressing to see their state! Wet, bedraggled and frantically pecking on the nut feeder. I just wanted to give her a hug!

They are obviously in the first throes of parenthood and the chicks are giving them hell. I do too wonder if the nest isn't as protected as it should be from the elements. The back of her neck is hideous probably from mating I would guess.

Angst in the Extra from the stock doves who are greedy and selfish by the looks of it with so much fighting going on over the food on the floor.