green heron eggs
Redstart eggs
Kildeer eggs
This pair of kildeer made their nest in my laneway, so I was able to watch them on a daily basis until the eggs were hatched. Unfortunately I could not get a photo of the babies as the parents moved them away very quickly!
Mallard Nest by the Garage
Discovered this nest in the garden next to my neighbor’s garage. We were worried that her doberman might disturb the eggs, but she just sniffed them once, and seemed to want to protect them! When the ducklings fledged, they took them across the road successfully to the river.
Waiting on momma robin to return
While walking around at Tagawa Gardens nursery I noticed this nest up on the frame of the shades along the sidewalk too hight to look into- I saw momma robin fly away and took an overhead shot to find these perfect little eggs
Killdeer Eggs
Nest sweet nest
This American Robin nest was on the deck railing of my brother-in-law’s parents’ house, so it was easy to take a photo of. The eggs were so blue and perfect, it was like it wasn’t even real.
Welcome Home
This photo was taken with my iPhone because my larger camera would have caused too much disturbance in the tiny access point I had to work with. There are 2 Bayberry bushes on either side of our front door. This is the first time in several years they returned to nest in this particular bush. (I had trimmed the bushes way back a few years ago. Bad idea in hind sight) Our front yard seems to be a micro climate for Cardinal breeding. We have a Red Japaneses Maple hybrid tree in the front center of our home that we have nick-named “The Love Shack” because every season, the Cardinals return, flock to that tree and perform their mating dances there. Then they nest in the smaller bushes around our home to lay & hatch their eggs. I named this picture ‘Welcome Home’ as nod to their annual return, a nod for returning to that particular bush (and as a subtle apology for having wrecked their home before) as well as nod to it being right at our front door. Momma and her eggs, and eventually the hatch-lings, welcomed us home every time we returned. (which I interpreted as her acceptance of my apology 😉 I hope you enjoy her beautiful ‘home’ as much as we did. PS. I could decide the category, so I hope it was ok to enter it in both beautiful eggs and best nest….
Let’s count again…
Avocets lay their eggs directly on the ground and they blend perfectly with their environment.
Robin Eggs
Speckled Eggs
An evergreen shrub in my yard was home to this nest.
First Flight
This egg fell out from the nest onto a bench on our deck. It was broken but the majority of it remained intact. And so it presented a perfect opportunity to be made whole in my son’s little pottery nest.
Full House
This nest was located under my bathroom window on the side of my house.
The Mallard family
Mr & Mrs Mallard enjoy our spring ponds at Sunshine Loop. We discovered there nest in the field on 7/10/2014. We had to mark the area off because they were coming to hay the field any day. We now have an area in the Hayed field where the Mrs Mallard continua to sit on her nest.
Finch eggs
finch eggs in nest in a fern
A feather bed!
This nest was created by birds this year who built onto the leftover nest of other birds from last year. The nest is under the roof of our swim pier. The original nest was mostly straw/grass. This “addition” was mostly mud with a feather lining.
I Found this nest in a wild rose bush
Hanging Geranium Dove
Family of Four
Robin nest on our downspout
Red-headed woodpecker
Newly Hatched Baby Tree Swallows
On 5-18-14 I observed the nest preparation. The wait was over on 6-15-14 when the babies hatched.
House Wren Eggs
House wren eggs in a nest box in my back yard, taken July, 6, 2014. The eggs have hatched and the babies are growing
6 House Finch eggs.
6 House Finch Eggs and a pretty nest in a wreath behind a lantern! Whats more like home than this?
Killdeer nest
Gull Eggs
Least Tern Nest and Eggs
Least Tern nest and eggs (2)
American OysterCatcher NEst and Eggs
3 American Oyster Catcher Eggs
Rolling of the eggs.
Just a few days prior to hatching, this attentive Canada Goose mom-to-be rolls her eggs.
Waiting
I observed the momma and daddy building the nest and waited to see what would take place next. I waited patiently (or maybe un-patiently) as the incubation took place and the chicks neared hatching.
8 wren eggs!
This carolina wren nest is located in an aircraft maintenance hangar at Tampa airport. The nest is located in a cardboard part box. I was surprised to see 8 eggs in 1 nest. I’m not sure if that’s common.
Turkey Eggs
turkey eggs on the ground in our woods
Junco Eggs
junco eggs in the grass at our home
Goose Eggs
Canada Goose eggs nest on a small island on our pond
ruffed grouse eggs
ruffed grouse eggs in our back woods in smithville
Ground nest
Tiny nest found on the ground, unknown bird.
Gray Catbird Eggs
Robin’s Eggs
Robin’s eggs laid in a bush near my front porch.
Mockingbird eggs
Mockingbird eggs found in roses surrounding arbor.
Eggcellent!
4 Cardinal eggs found in the fork of a Japanese Maple!
Some Eggs Don’t Take
different eggs in same nest
found different eggs in this nest. I am a new birder and found this strange.thank you
Spotted Sandpiper eggs
Savannah Sparrow nest with cowbird eggs
A Savannah Sparrow nest containing multiple Brown-headed Cowbird eggs.
wall basket makeover
Protective mama killdeer with eggs
A pair of killdeer made their nest right by the walking path in the Peace Garden. Because of their clever feigning trick of a broken wing, we weren’t sure where the actual nest was until I was almost on top of it and the mama switched from faking injury to straight up dive bombing my head. Sorry, birdies! We were just trying to figure out where it was so we could avoid it and let you relax!
3 eggs
Bluebird eggs
6 lovely Eastern Bluebird eggs
First to Hatch
This nest box is one of 7 on my Blue Bird trail on our farm. After a chickadee was done with this nest box, a Blue Bird family moved in.
Delightful Decor
The color of the 5 azure blue eggs complimented the colors in the weath as well as the color of the background house siding.
Bluebird Eggs
Our first nest after setting up a nestbox after moving.
The First Nest of The Season
This nest was found in my rhododendron and the blues of the eggs were vibrant compared to the pink flowers and green leaves!!! Georgous!!!
Pretty eggs
House finch nest in my hanging basket.
Nestled Eggs on Louisiana Swampland
Brown Thrasher [Toxostoma rufum] nest & eggs inside my Grapevine.
Brown Thrasher [Toxostoma rufum] nest & eggs inside my Grapevine.
Killdeer eggs
Green Heron Eggs
Ruffed Grouse nest
Redstart nest
First Bluebird eggs ever…for us!
We put up our first nest boxes on Memorial Day. The next visit was on Father’s Day and these were in one of the boxes!!
Trinta-réis-das-rocas (Onychoprion fuscatus)
The One & Only
The Northern Mockingbird couple spent well over a month perfecting this nest in my topiary next to my front porch steps. This spot is prime real estate for the Mockers who fight for this location every season. Every time we were outside anywhere in the vicinity, he or she would come with a stick in mouth, and fine tune the nest right in front of us. She finally laid an egg in it on Mother’s Day, but, decided to lay the remaining in my neighbors yard. The egg was abandoned.
Turning the Eggs.
While observing the heron rookery, saw this heron turning the eggs. great rookery that you can see down into from the road.
Carolina wrens
Nest in clothespin container, for the second consecutive year.
Spring time at Sapsucker Woods
I found this beautiful nest while hiking in May 2014 at Sapsucker woods. It looks like a cowbird decided to lay her egg in the bluebird egg nest. (I’m pretty sure these are bluebird eggs.)
Pretty Gray Jay Eggs
Gambel’s Quail eggs
Gambel’s Quail usually lay about 12 eggs, this mom laid 6. It may have been a second brood. They were in a flower pot on our patio. Each time I could see the eggs they were positioned differently. I liked this arrangement. I was lucky to see the eggs hatch. Within minutes all hatched and in less than an hour the chicks jumped out of the pot onto the patio floor and scuttled down the steps and into the desert following mom and dad.
Wild Turkey Nest
While collecting flowers we stumbled upon mama turkey and her nest. We photographed it quickly and left.
Killdeer eggs
Mockingbird Eggs
Northern Mockingbirds nested in my rose bush. They added an egg each day from May 26 to May 29, 2014.
Northern Cardinal eggs
Northern Cardinal eggs in nest
Woven in the Grass
Swainson’s Thrush nest in Oregon
The nest was located in a 40-acre stand of large second-growth Douglas Fir trees. There were a few Oregon White Oak and Bigleaf Maple trees along the edges of the stand, and scattered Hazel bushes throughout. The ground cover was mostly mosses, Sword Fern, and some Poison Oak. I found this nest exactly 62 years to the day after my father found a Swainson’s Thrush nest in an oak grove about three miles from this location.
Piping Plover Nest
A full clutch of Piping Plover eggs on the shore of the Missouri River.
Mourning Dove nest and eggs
This was the first nest I observed for 2014 after a brutal NE Ohio winter. This picture was taken on 03/28/14, one of the earliest dove nests I have ever encountered.
Singing The Half-Dozen Blues
Adrift
This marsh hen nest was found along the edge of a salt water creek during an extreme high tide.
“don’t even think about it!”
Hide & Seek
Eggs in the Sagebrush-Steppe
While doing field work with pygmy rabbits in southern Idaho, we ran across this nest, nestled in the sagebrush. It was beautiful and I spent the rest of the day looking for more nests!
A Robin Nursery
The robins built this nest in our cherry tree between the drive way and the street. We were thrilled to see the nest and my son used a stepladder to catch this quick glimpse while the mother robin flew off to catch a worm.