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Matt — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:30:57 GMT

Canada Goose from earlier this year.

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Bird Brain — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:34:12 GMT

Anna's Hummingbird eggs. This was last year, when an Anna's built a nest in a tree in our front yard. Unfortunately, the day after the eggs hatched, some predator found the nest & raided it. We were really looking forward to seeing the young ones grow and leave the nest.

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Matt — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:04:03 GMT

Brewer's Blackbird nest with 2 cowbird eggs. The cowbird eggs are the smaller ones.

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nono0606 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:51:29 GMT

Chipping Sparrow egg.

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nono0606 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:49:07 GMT

Dark eyed junco (slate coloured junco) eggs.

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Matt — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:17:04 GMT

House Finch eggs. Saw some interesting behavior, another female visited with mom as she was sitting on the nest.

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Matt — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:46:22 GMT

Brewer's Blackbird nest. This nest was about 8' off the ground in a residential neighborhood.

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Matt — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:16:47 GMT

European Starling eggs.

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luv2bird — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:23:18 GMT

Thanks Matt for posting the link

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luv2bird — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:22:11 GMT

Beautiful photos of two species' nests and eggs I haven't seen, thank you.

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kurt — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:18:39 GMT

Here is a Lark Sparrow top and a Northen Cardnal bottom

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Matt — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:40:04 GMT

About 10 days ago I watched a female Great-tailed Grackle fly into a tree with a long piece of grass. Today I pulled out the ladder to have a look and found this result. Mom was not on the nest. With only two eggs found I may have been early as they normally lay between 3-5 eggs. This is also the second nest of the season which may also have an impact.

If you are interested in a detailed grackle study:

http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/11/2/132

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Matt — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:57:29 GMT

Curve-billed thrasher eggs. These are great birds and very photogenic with their bright eyes and curved bill.

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luv2bird — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:36:48 GMT

natureboy:

Did you know:

when a hen lays an egg that is mottled (or speckled) the shell itself is not colored. the speckles are somehow deposited onto the eggs just before its layed. if one was to handle a speckled eggs just after its layed, the specks will smear. does someone have a more scientific explanation for this? i have been trying to research this and can't find anything on it.

Click here to Read about egg strength theory

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natureboy — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:13:50 GMT

Did you know:

when a hen lays an egg that is mottled (or speckled) the shell itself is not colored. the speckles are somehow deposited onto the eggs just before its layed. if one was to handle a speckled eggs just after its layed, the specks will smear. does someone have a more scientific explanation for this? i have been trying to research this and can't find anything on it.