I picked it up and
didn't appear to be frightened thought he(?) did flap his wings which
were pretty full feathered. He couldn't fly or at least didn't fly off
my open hand.  He didn't seem to have any broken feathers and his feet
were okay. I didn't want to hold him for too long and I put him in the
tree near by. We did look for nests and adult birds but didn't see
neither, possibly not the latter because we were around.

Irene
called the sanctuary and they told her to but the bird in a basket with
some paper towel on the bottom. After she did that I hooked it on to a
branch of a tree and we left.

As
soon as Irene put the bird in the basket it pooped. I explained to her
that's what babies of all species do--poop A LOT! I was concerned about
the bird getting  feed because baby birds are feed by the parents
regurgitating the food and putting it down the baby's beak and there was
no way we could feed the bird.

It wasn't too long after we spotted two adult birds hovering near by and we hoped they were the parents.

If you look at the top wire towards the center you will see one of the birds--the ring neck dove with the white head.

If you look on the left at the 4th and 5th branch you will see the other parent (?)-  at least we hope it is.

For
some reason the baby wasn't happy staying IN the cage and stood on the
edge and has been there the past few hours. I have not seen the
'parents' approach the bird yet and that concerns me as we have many
wild birds, not to forget cats, and I know the baby has to be fed and
unless the parents protect it there could be 'a survival of the fitest'
scenario.

I don't think I am
going to get much sleep until I see what happened to the baby bird
overnight and if it made it--will probably check it a few times during
the night and I can see the basket from my window!

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"Believe that life is worth living,

and your belief will help create the fact."

William James  1842-1910  American Psychologist and Philosopher