Have no fear. Judi, after reading Dean's original observation, and after
doing her own research, obviously agreed with you. She rather
unceremoniously deleted the two
questionable eggs.
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just be aware that the larger cowbirds may well demand almost all of the
> food that the parents bring and also push the baby wrens out of the
> nest. That's why I suggested a cowbird omelet.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 7/1/2012 8:08 AM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
> > Dean could well be right, Chuck.
> >
> > But... no omelets of any kind - momma wren hasn't left the box
> >
> > since the day I startled her by trying to recycle her house.
> >
> > Guess we'll wait and see what hatches (to coin a phrase [?]).
> >
> >
> > I'm used to seeing the wrens in our garage, they've nested here for
> >
> > years, although usually on one of the high shelves - like behind, or
> >
> > on paint cans and such. First time ever for a bench top bassinet.
> >
> >
> > .Judi (my bride of 49 years) commented on the egg color variation, too,
> >
> > but I never considered an "alien" species. Wow... we have a movie here!
> >
> > Rick... trying to picture a large bird in a small box.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
> > chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Well spotted, Dean. Maybe Rick will have a cowbird omelet in the
> >> morning. :-)
> >>
> >> Chuck Norcutt
> >>
> >>
> >> Chuck Norcutt
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6/30/2012 4:55 PM, Dean Hansen wrote:
> >>> Rick recently posted a shot of a Carolina wren's nest he found while
> >>> cleaning out his garage:
> >>> <
> >>
> http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=184214&ppuser=20714
> >>>
> >>> Nice shot, I thought; then I took a second look at the eggs. There
> are
> >>> five eggs--check the egg to the lower right, and the one on the far
> >>> left. Aren't they slightly larger and with a different color pattern
> >>> than the other three eggs? Put "cowbird eggs" in Google Images and see
> >>> what you think of some of the posted images. I think that pair of
> >>> Carolina wrens are going to have a job raising a pair of cowbird
> >>> fledglings.
> >>> Dean
> >>>
> >>
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