Nest Question

deerhunter1

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 . This is the second clutch in this nest, it is in my shed. The white hair around the nest is from my Springer Spaniel.

Tackleberrywho

deerhunter1 wrote: »

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 . 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

deerhunter1

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I see no pic, But I'm guessing Cuckoo

Dont know what happened to them but here goes again

dCorbus

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

homerhop

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

bunny shooter

dCorbus wrote: »

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

Right lil' back seat mod aren't we

dCorbus

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

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



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

Sparks

bunny shooter wrote: »

Right lil' back seat mod aren't we

*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*

deerhunter1

dCorbus wrote: »

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

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



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

Im going hunting robins:P

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.



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

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??

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

Kess73

deerhunter1 wrote: »

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.

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