Eggs and More Eggs
01 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Eggs n Nests n Such Tags: birds, egg collections, eggs
Found this sparrow egg in Ligonier last week. I put it here between a house wren’s & a robin’s egg so you could see the size difference. This is scaled to actual size but I’m not sure if that will come over on the blog. Aren’t bird eggs neat?
Springtime at Last!
27 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Eggs n Nests n Such Tags: birds, eggs, nature collections
I found my first egg for this year, cracked & already emptied, at my new job. I felt it was saying, “Welcome, can I be in your collection”? Yes, yes you can!
I love thrift stores!!!
07 Aug 2011 3 Comments
This is the last of my blogging for today as I must get to work. I didn’t forget this egg in the previous post, it just wouldn’t fit in the box! This is my ostrich egg in it’s new “home”. I purchased a broken anniversary clock at the thrift store for its dome and base. I bought a brass flowered 2″ candle stand at the thrift store as well. I removed the broken clock and replaced it with the stand and egg. Dome and base $4.45 & brass flowered stand $1.79. Not too bad to decorate an ostrich egg and this is just one of the many reasons I love thrift stores!!!
My Egg and Nest Collection
06 Aug 2011 7 Comments
I finally got a decent picture of my nest and egg collection taken! Except for the Robin eggs in the middle no other eggs are in their natural nests. I just put them in for decoration. All except one were abandoned, or found in destroyed nests probably from a feral animal of sorts. From left top corner in a clockwise direction the eggs are: quail, various sparrow eggs (I believe), little house wren next to an aruncana chicken egg (it is green but didn’t show up well), chukar eggs, duck next to two kildeer eggs, cockatiel eggs next to dove (in nest), starlings next to pheasant egg, little blue house finch next to cardinal and robin eggs in the middle. The nests aren’t all known except the robin nest, the oh so tiny hummingbird nest, starlings are in a sparrow nest next to a nest made entirely of horse hair and the yellowish nest I am almost positive is a goldfinch nest. The one above it kinda woody looking I believe is a wren nest and my newest aquisition is the tiny one at the top and I have no idea, maybe a finch. A friend found it in the middle of the road and gave it to me! Oh the quail, pheasant and chukar eggs came from a farm. Birds are so cool!
Ostrich Eggs
30 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
in Eggs n Nests n Such Tags: large eggs, ostrich eggs
At last after so many months I think I will have time to devote to this blog now. I was so fortunate to get the chance to visit my daughter & son-in-law in Illinois this weekend and they surprised me with a little addition to my nest and egg collection-an ostrich egg! How cool is that? They got one as well, so I put both here to show the differences in eggs. Their egg has a pebbly orange-skin type egg shell while mine is smooth like a chicken egg. Why? Don’t know and don’t care at this point. They’re both neat!
Spring is just a week away, Yay!!
13 Mar 2011 Leave a Comment
in Eggs n Nests n Such Tags: bird eggs, squirrel nest, various bird nests
Ah Spring just a short week away! I really dislike cold weather and sludgy snow, slippery streets, cold weather, heavy clothing, no flowers or birds and did I mention cold? I am ready to plant something and go birding! I love to watch birds and collect eggs (only ones fallen from nests or ones that have been abandoned of course). I got into collecting bird eggs a couple years ago and it is becoming my newest collection. The pic below are some of the ones I’ve found so far.
Since this, I’ve added quail, chuckar and swallow eggs-no pic yet. This year I hope to find redwing black bird eggs. I may even cheat and buy an ostrich egg and emu egg online! Why? Why not? I even have a few nests now. A squirrel nest which fell apart but I kept the pic of it. I found a goldfinch nest, robin nest and wren nest (all on the ground) and a swallow nest, deserted but glued to a wall at work. See pics below..
This is the squirrel nest, it fell out of my pine tree. I laid a glove next to it for size comparison.
This is a killdeer’s nest but needless to say, as they lay their eggs on gravel and you can see why since the eggs blend in so well, I didn’t feel the need to bring a handful of gravel home.
I think this is a Goldfinch’s nest. I put it next to a coffee cup for comparison. Too big for a hummingbird and too nicely made for a sparrow or robin. Anyone who knows better please let me know.
this is the swallow’s nest with inhabitant’s! They have long since moved out and I may pry it off the building and relocate it on a board for my collection. It is by far the most intelligent building of the birds so far, high up where predators can’t reach, deep enough so babies don’t fall out and HARD so the elements don’t crumble it!
