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Mostly about my backyard chickens. (Boring, I know), but there are a lot of us out here. Mine are only kept as pampered pets. I could eat a neighbor's chicken, but not MINE. There may be a comment on current events only if I get riled up enough. And there will always be a cartoon or a joke to cheer us. I promise to try my very best to respond to comments. Now I have to figure out how this blogger thingy works....
Monday, August 5, 2013
What's This?
Found this tiny egg in the back yard near some bushes over the weekend. I always clean the chicken poo up after the girls go back to the pen (because I don't want to step in it and we definitely don't want Hubby to). They always scratch around and in the bushes looking for bugs - maybe they knocked it out of a nest. I couldn't see any as the bushes are very thick. We have a lot of hummingbirds, chickadees and robins around - could this be one of their eggs? Thought it is kind of late to make a nest as there was wet yolk inside.The fragile shell had dark speckles on only one end.
Any hints?
Any hints?
From here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rubythroat.org/RTHUFactsMain.html
EGG SIZE: 8mm x 13mm (.25" x .5"), roughly the size of a small jellybean
EGG COLOR: White, non-glossy
Based on this web site, Eastern Bluebird
http://www.sialis.org/eggcompare.html
Terry
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Thank you so much Terry - it is a bluebird egg! Neighbor has a bird house in a tree, but that's about 200 feet away from where I found the egg. Maybe a squirrel stole it? (have bookmarked that site - lots of different boids up here)!
DeleteMaybe Nina stole it since you kidnapped her babies.
DeleteTerry
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She always did bite me after that..... :0(
DeleteI think that is a Robin Egg I have seen those and they are bluish(although it is very late in the year for one)... Blue jays are also notorious for stealing bird eggs btw.
ReplyDeleteOh, my - now I don't know what it is - looks like the bluebird's AND the robin's egg! It's so little and I was surprised to see a yolk in it - the mystery continues...... :0)
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN6gS0KAqCE
ReplyDeleteThat was a good video - thanks for sending! I'll put gloves on and go through those bushes tomorrow and see if there is a nest in there. Chickenmom is turning into Birdhunter.....
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