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?



Hummingbird/robin/chickadee egg?



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  1. AnonymousAugust 5, 2013 at 8:09 AM

    From here:
    http://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
    Fla.

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    1. ChickenmomAugust 5, 2013 at 8:49 AM

      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)!

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    2. AnonymousAugust 5, 2013 at 9:04 AM

      Maybe Nina stole it since you kidnapped her babies.
      Terry
      Fla.

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    3. ChickenmomAugust 5, 2013 at 9:46 AM

      She always did bite me after that..... :0(

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  2. J3August 5, 2013 at 4:26 PM

    I 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.

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    1. ChickenmomAugust 5, 2013 at 5:11 PM

      Oh, 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)

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  3. J3August 5, 2013 at 4:31 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN6gS0KAqCE

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    1. ChickenmomAugust 5, 2013 at 5:19 PM

      That 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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