Thought you all would enjoy this too !

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> From: Carl & Cathi <tomscar at lasercom.net>
> To: BIRDCHAT <BIRDCHAT at listserv.arizona.edu>
> Subject: MODO Commandeers School Bus
> Date: Thursday, May 15, 1997 2:32 PM
>
> Hi All,
> On the front page of our local newspaper, the Riverside Press-Enterprise,
> was a picture of a Mourning Dove on a nest located on the top of the bus
> security camera . The driver didn't notice the nest or the dove as she
> made her rounds until a student asked why there was hay dropping from the
> camera. After discovering the bird, the driver finished her route,
> complete with the usual 72 students and the new passenger. Back at the
bus
> yard, the driver, appropriately named VanBuskirk, attempted to remove the
> nest and place it elsewhere. But the dove, who had temporarily flown
off,
> returned to the bus so VanBuskirk replaced the nest, the dove settled
onto
> it again, and the bus has been taken out of service until the babies
> fledge. According to the paper, the dove had built the nest and laid 3
> eggs over the Mother's Day weekend. If there are any updates, I'll let
you
> all know !
>
> Cathi Tomsen
> tomscar at lasercom.net
> Hemet, CA, where life is never dull !