Fourth of July 2014 In Pacific Palisades....

The annual parade was especially good this year.

It all began, as usual, with a team of skydivers parachuting onto Sunset Blvd!... and here's our video of them as they arrive from up above...

 Fourth of July Skydivers 2014: The Video

     http://youtu.be/2btRqu5JFGw

And here are some photos of the participants and the crowd.....

Next up, the concert at Pali High and later Fireworks!...

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Fourth of July 2014 Fireworks: The Video

     http://youtu.be/RRsz4pbtYB4

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Respectfully submitted,


Will Maguire
Pali High, Class of 1973
www.paliesq.com

(All photos & video by & Copyright Will Maguire 2014.)

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And Then There Was One...

An eventful morning today.  A photo shoot and then one of the twins flew the nest and is gone on to lead a life of its own...  One baby dove remains for mama dove to tend to.  Here is the story in photos, in sequence...

 

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Sunday Morning Breakfast With The Doves: The Video

     http://youtu.be/q93qb0IkD0Q

Stay tuned...

(All photos by & © Will Maguire 2014.)

William E. Maguire
www.PaliEsq.com

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DoveWatch-04.12.2014

These two baby doves, born on April 6, 2014, were just waking up earlier this morning and before their mom flew off to gather some food for them for breakfast...

And then mama dove returns and breakfast begins...

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When Doves Feed: The Video

     http://youtu.be/Pel43Ccqa5M

The meal completed, mama dove tucks her two babies under her and lets them rest after that big meal...

 

Stay tuned...  these two young doves are going to be ready to fly within the week and then they will be gone doing what kids do after high school and college... making a life of their own.  

This mama dove or another one will return in a month or so and lay more eggs if the annual routine continues.

Until next time.....

Will Maguire

www.PaliEsq.com

http://PaliEsq.blogspot.com

(All photos and video by & © Will Maguire 2014.)

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DoveWatch-03.23.2014...

Sunday, March 23rd, 2014...  a new status report including photos and videos...

 

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Video #1:  DoveWatch-03.23.2014

     http://youtu.be/VB6A2NxmtoI

 

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Video #2:  DoveWatch-03.23.2014

     http://youtu.be/KvMmNbylUCE

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Stay tuned.....

(All photos & videos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2014.)

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Make That Two Eggs!

Friday, March 21st, 2014, we noticed a second egg!  This Dove has been busy.

Mama Dove

Stay tuned...

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The Egg Has Arrived!...

Re: DoveWatch-03.19.2014 @8:30 pm...  I arrived home to find an egg in the nest on the patio!  No wonder those two love birds were busy setting up camp early this morning (see blog post below)...

DoveWatch-03.19.2014 @8:30 pm

Stay tuned for shots of incubation and perhaps even a second egg... it's happened before!

Kind regards,


Will Maguire
www.PaliEsq.com
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DoveWatch-03.19.2014

contemplating...

Things are heating up on the patio at home...  two doves are getting serious about the nest in the empty planter again... it's an annual ritual going on some four plus years now approximately.  They start doing reconnaissance around January... doing solo missions.  This morning, however, two doves showed up and got busy on primping up their nest...  We are now guesstimating that we will see the first egg in 2 - 3 weeks time...

primping the crib...

showing off...

posing for the camera...

Two doves!...

Dove #2 (him) looking up and wondering if it's time...

(she's) settling in...

making his entrance/play...

not quite yet...

 Stay tuned...

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(All photos by & © Will Maguire 2014.)

Kind regards,


Will Maguire, Esq.
www.PaliEsq.com

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