[The mitzvah of] sending away [from] the nest applies [both] in the Land and outside the Land, when the Temple exists and when the Temple does not exist, to unconsecrated birds but not to consecrated ones. The stringency of [the mitzvah of] covering the blood over [the mitzvah of] sending away [from] the nest is that [the mitzvah of] covering the blood applies to both beasts and fowl, whether at one’s disposal or not at one’s disposal, whereas [the mitzvah of] sending away [from] the nest applies only to fowl, and it applies only to those not at one’s disposal. Which are those not at one’s disposal? Examples are geese or chickens that nested in the orchard; but if they nested in the house, and similarly, Herodian doves, he is exempt from sending away.