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Nest Question

  • 03-06-2010 9:36pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 2,693 ✭✭✭


    The bird in the pcture sitting on the nest I think is a robin, but the colour of the eggs are putting me off, I thought robins eggs were distinct bluey green :confused:. This is the second clutch in this nest, it is in my shed. The white hair around the nest is from my Springer Spaniel.
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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    The bird in the pcture sitting on the nest I think is a robin, but the colour of the eggs are putting me off, I thought robins eggs were distinct bluey green :confused:. This is the second clutch in this nest, it is in my shed. The white hair around the nest is from my Springer Spaniel.

    I see no pic, But I'm guessing Cuckoo


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,693 ✭✭✭deerhunter1


    I see no pic, But I'm guessing Cuckoo
    Dont know what happened to them but here goes again


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭dCorbus


    :confused:

    Confused I am:D
    What's this got to do with shooting?:confused:


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,953 ✭✭✭homerhop


    perhaps the poor robin was buggered by that muntjac wild boar hybrid.....thems satan eggs


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭bunny shooter


    dCorbus wrote: »
    :confused:

    Confused I am:D
    What's this got to do with shooting?:confused:

    Right lil' back seat mod aren't we :p


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭dCorbus


    nope, bunny, just asking the question.
    Can't see the relevance to shooting myself.
    Still:confused:

    Is this the birdwatching forum now?:D:rolleyes:

    :D

    (I see we just got moved by the frontseat mods!)


  • Registered Users Posts: 40,055 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


    Right lil' back seat mod aren't we :p
    *sigh*
    *smacks bunny for taking it up in the thread rather than reporting the post and smacks everyone else from dCorbus to jwshooter for back-seat modding*
    *finishes moving thread to nature and bird-watching*


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,693 ✭✭✭deerhunter1


    dCorbus wrote: »
    nope, bunny, just asking the question.
    Can't see the relevance to shooting myself.
    Still:confused:

    Is this the birdwatching forum now?:D:rolleyes:

    :D

    (I see we just got moved by the frontseat mods!)

    Im going hunting robins:P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    Don't see anything strange with the eggs - typical Robin eggs. A Cuckoo only lays one egg in a nest and is most unlikely to penetrate a shed in an effort to find a host.

    robin_eggs_26mar05_420.jpg

    http://thenaturalstone.blogspot.com/2005/03/robin-failure.html


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,999 ✭✭✭clivej


    Hope your not in a hurry to do any plastering soon.

    "The white hair around the nest is from my Springer Spaniel. "
    How did your springer get up there in the first place??


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,693 ✭✭✭deerhunter1


    clivej wrote: »
    Hope your not in a hurry to do any plastering soon.

    "The white hair around the nest is from my Springer Spaniel. "
    How did your springer get up there in the first place??

    Oh she is very clever, but she will not tell me how:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    Dont know what happened to them but here goes again



    Yep that is a robin and those are robin eggs.


    The blue eggs you are thinking of would belong to the American Robin, which is a different species.



    No doubt you already know this, but if not, then don't disturb her too much whilst she is sitting on the eggs otherwise she may reject the nest, especially now that she has most likely layed her lot for this batch and is probably incubating them.

    Lucky you to have such a beauty in your shed though.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,693 ✭✭✭deerhunter1


    Kess73 wrote: »
    Yep that is a robin and those are robin eggs.


    The blue eggs you are thinking of would belong to the American Robin, which is a different species.



    No doubt you already know this, but if not, then don't disturb her too much whilst she is sitting on the eggs otherwise she may reject the nest, especially now that she has most likely layed her lot for this batch and is probably incubating them.

    Lucky you to have such a beauty in your shed though.
    Yes thanks for that


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