Good Parents

I've been watching this dove (and it's mate) nesting on top of my patio cover. I watch the shift-change in the morning and see them take turns sitting for hours in the rain, wind and hail. My cats, four of them, line up-pressed against the bedroom window that looks out over the nesting spot. There's a bluejay that lurks as well...but these birds hang in there, warming their little clutch. The eggs hatched yesterday, but they still sit. I'm so impressed.