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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 23, 2022 5:21:47 GMT
Bird Nest with Three Eggs
Saturday_20-Aug-2022  
I don't know whether this is the same bird or not; however, when I was bush-hogging the lanes for the first time, Wednesday_06-July-2022, in almost this same spot, a smallish dark and white-or-grey bird left the nest right beside the tractor fender, inches from the rear tire.
On the day of these photos, as I was walking along the bush-hogged lane, a very similar bird to the one already described, if not the same bird, panicked when I was about five feet away and flew off the nest.
If this bird had held it's nerve, I never would have seen this nest.
Although I knew a nest was there, it was still hard to find.
The nest is about eighteen inches off the ground; made of mostly long grass stems, such as Fescue.
There are three medium-sized dingy-white and medium-brown speckled eggs.
Is it me; or, is that farthest egg more of a bluish shade with bigger/darker speckles ?
I have read of Brown-headed Cowbirds depositing one of their eggs in other birds nests, letting the nest bird hatch and raise their young; but then, a Cowbird's eggs may be turquoise and orange striped for all I know.
Identification is next to impossible as there are many possibilities.
If it jumps out at you that these are _______ eggs, please enlighten me; thanks.
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Post by Lillias on Aug 23, 2022 8:22:18 GMT
I'm afraid I can't enlighten you re the eggs BuckSkin save to say that I agree the farthest egg appears more of a bluish shade than the others. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 23, 2022 22:37:02 GMT
Monday_22-Aug-2022
Same Bird Nest, now with Two Eggs and a Chick
When I discovered this nest two days before on Saturday_20-Aug-2022, there were three eggs.
Sunday, it came an absolute monsoon and rained steadily all day.
Monday, one of those eggs has hatched and there is a very lively chick in the nest.
I suspected that one of the eggs was a different color and possibly even a different species; it shows up even more noticeably in these photos.
The Brown-headed Cowbird's egg I saw on Wikipedia looks exactly like this blue-tinted egg.
I still have not identified the bird who owns this nest.
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Post by hmca on Aug 23, 2022 22:41:34 GMT
Will be interesting to watch......imagine you may have seen this article about cowbirds. I see three photos.......sometimes images take awhile to load. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 24, 2022 7:49:40 GMT
Tuesday_23-August-2022
Baby Bird in Nest
This dude was still an egg at five seconds past 3:PMCDT Saturday.
By 1:15CDT Monday, he had escaped the egg.
Two eggs to go.
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Post by Lillias on Aug 24, 2022 13:18:32 GMT
Tuesday_23-August-2022
Baby Bird in Nest I can't see the first image in this post BUT if I click on the blue square (imgbb.com service unavailable) it takes me to imgbb and I can see it there. Great photos. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 24, 2022 18:18:58 GMT
I checked on the situation about an hour ago and still just the one chick and two eggs.
I didn't take any pictures today as nothing had changed.
I still have a lot to learn about bird eggs and hatching; and, I am beginning to believe that not everything I know about chickens, geese, and ducks applies to bird eggs.
It has always been my experience that the eggs all hatch within a day and often less; else, you would have an old mother hen running around with tiny baby chicks and half-grown chicks, all from the same setting.
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 26, 2022 7:18:54 GMT
Thursday_25-August-2022Bird on the Nest
From what little I can see here and from the quick glances I have gotten when she flees the nest, I suspect this is a Northern Mockingbird.
 Baby Bird and Two Eggs in the Nest
This dude is at least three and maybe four days old.
I can see a difference with each passing day; also, to my eye, he looks quite a bit bigger.
I expected to see some action from the other two eggs by now.
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Post by whippet on Aug 26, 2022 16:52:28 GMT
Monday_22-Aug-2022
Same Bird Nest, now with Two Eggs and a Chick Any action yet, BuckSkin? Maybe the other two have decided to stay where they are for now. It would be hard, hot work, getting out in this heat. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 28, 2022 8:01:08 GMT
Saturday_27-August-2022
This dude is now five and maybe six days old.
It looks like he has his eyes open now.
He is so big now that I can't tell if he is covering the other two eggs, or if one or both have hatched and are underneath him.
I can see where she has used some of Henry's tail hairs in the construction.
I may change my mind later; but, I am still fairly certain he is going to be a Mockingbird.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Aug 28, 2022 16:10:35 GMT
Neat stuff.
Keep us posted.
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Post by jackscrap on Aug 28, 2022 21:39:16 GMT
That chick has probably kicked the other eggs out of the nest, so it will be the sole recipient of all the parent birds attention.
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 28, 2022 21:48:37 GMT
That chick has probably kicked the other eggs out of the nest, so it will be the sole recipient of all the parent birds attention.
That sounds like my creep crook baby brother ----- and he pretty much did just that = left myself and my sister penniless and destitute.
I searched around under the nest for any sign of the other eggs and didn't see anything; that doesn't mean some varmint or other couldn't have packed them off. |
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Post by jackscrap on Aug 28, 2022 23:13:11 GMT
That chick has probably kicked the other eggs out of the nest, so it will be the sole recipient of all the parent birds attention.
That sounds like my creep crook baby brother ----- and he pretty much did just that = left myself and my sister penniless and destitute.
I have no words for this... but you seem to have a gift for surviving despite the odds being against you. I am always amazed by your ability to fix whatever needs fixing and to provide a humorous anecdote to back it up. |
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