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| Bird nest about 4" diameter with jelly bean sized eggs, blue with brown spots |
On my post of May 9th I had a picture of a nest, about 6 inches in diameter, with blue eggs and brown spots, the eggs were about an inch long. It turned out to be a mockingbird nest. Here is a different nest with eggs that I found in our cherry tree, it's much smaller, about 4 inches in diameter, and the eggs are about the size of jelly beans, but they are also blue with brown spots. I have seen the mommy bird, she is small like a sparrow, maybe smaller, and colored like a sparrow, but has a dark red stripe on her head. I tried to find her on the internet, but have had no success. Anyone know what she is?
Carpe diem, Lil and Bill
Hi, we have the same type of nest with same momma bird. I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out what kind of bird is was as well. I do belive that it is a house finch. If you google for an image of house finch eggs there are quite a few pics that look exctly like the eggs in your nest. Hope this helps.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I do believe you're right. I'm told they are purple house finches. We tried to be so very careful about not disturbing the nest, but the babies died for some reason. I hope you have better luck than us. It is just the most perfect little round nest, I've never seen such perfection in a nest before. Amazing!
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