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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The Sixty-Three Dollar Palisades Traffic Ticket

The $63 Dollar Palisades Parking Ticket, Sept. 16, 2013

 Ouch!...   Almost too dark to even notice the parking meter and certainly too dark to read the posted parking restrictions which some time ago were changed to reflect that the parking meters are enforced until 8 pm on the surface streets in the Palisades business district.  So there it was that I found myself recently parking just south of La Cruz on Alma Real, just across from the car wash at around 7:15 pm.  When I returned to my car sometime later I discovered the telltale signs of a parking ticket held in place by the windshield wiper...  I then remembered the 8 pm change.

The real horror was yet to show itself, however...  which happened when I opened the envelope and found the citation.  I could not believe my eyes when I saw that it was for SIXTY-THREE DOLLARS !  Now that is an absolutely ridiculous amount of money to park after 6 pm, let alone after 7:15 pm, in my opinion.

So please beware fellow Palisadians, visitors and guests!  Carry quarters... lots of them! Place a post-it note on your dashboard if you have to. 

Do not get caught by L.A. Parking Enforcement Division cuz it will cost you an arm and a leg.

Be careful out there, Folks.

Respectfully submitted,

William E. Maguire
www.paliesq.com

Bus Detour In Front of Marquez Elementary School

Op./Ed.

As reported by the Palisadian-Post this afternoon at:

    http://www.palisadespost.com/breaking-news/big-blue-bus-detour-now-runs-past-marquez-charter-elementary/

Image Source: Palisadian-Post. "The yellow line indicates the new bus route. The orange line indicates the old route.  Image created by Santa Monica Big Blue Bus and provided by an anonymous source."


This detour through Marquez Knolls runs right in front of (my alma mater) Marquez Elementary.  This is more than merely concerning. That there will now be bus traffic in front of and immediately adjacent to said school during school hours is, in my opinion, very dangerous.  Especially in the morning and afternoon when parents are dropping off and picking up kids, it is already a traffic nightmare. Now you add in these huge buses right on top of little kids.  Marquez Ave. narrows adjacent to the school and when cars are parked and double parked adjacent thereto in the morning and afternoon it is a place to avoid if you possibly can.  Did anyone with L.A. City or BBB go to this school in the morning and afternoon to see the congestion and all the kids and parents crossing Marquez Ave? 

Perhaps a long term solution would be to create a turnaround location on Palisades Drive where the bus could make a left turn into a vacant lot past Calvary Church and where there are two lanes in both directions contiguous to Sunset Blvd.  In this regard, below is a map of this potential solution with "X" marking a possible turnaround point that would take advantage of vacant land.  This would also have the advantage of adding additional bus stops for residents, students and others needing closer access to Palisades Drive.

"X" Marks The Spot!   Image Source: Google Maps

Respectfully submitted,


Will Maguire