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Julie has returned from a three week trip to Britain, to find Fred and Wilma still on the nest. This can only mean one thing – clutch 6 of the season is on its way.
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7/26/22, pt4/4 – We’ve had eleven more squabs since Popeye and Olive, and I tell them all about what happened to her as soon as they’re near fledging. Once they leave the garden, it’s all up to them, but I hope her sad tale has helped keep some of them alive longer. I’ll never know, though, will I?
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Happy hatching day to the fifth clutch of this season, and squabs number 16 and 17 in this nest. Welcome to the world, Twitty and Kitty (named by 10 year old son).

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7/5/22, pt 2/3 – Where'd I get to last time? Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm? Ah, yes. Well, Pebbles was the sweetest squab, not a bother in the least, and never greedy for food or space in the nest. Bamm-Bamm, though – ooh, he was a little horror. Always hungry, always banging about, and kept trying to get out of the nest before he was proper fledged.
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Happy inflation day to Fred and Wilma's two new squabs, Parsley and Sage. Inflation day is when the squabs suddenly become so big, their parents can't hide them anymore. It really is like they inflated over night. One day you can't see them, the next, they're huge. It usually happens around day 8 or 9. Parsley and Sage are finally able to enjoy the world around them.
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The next installment of Devoted Dove magazine's interview with Wilma will appear tomorrow in two parts, so be on the lookout.

Out of the rather grisly ashes of loss, rises the phoenix of second chances and love.

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Fred's not sure what he thinks about his family becoming a regular feature of Devoted Dove magazine, but busy as Wilma is rearing squabs, she's ecstatic to be asked to talk about their life on Twiglet Drive. This new creative and intellectual outlet is just what she needs to get her through those long, dark nights of nesting, and she looks forward to feedback and questions from fans, especially other dove mothers.
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