Sunday 23 June 2019

Awwww!

When walking around this morning with husband, I spied this teeny tiny egg on the front walkway. It is intact but I have no idea from what kind of bird it came. It is definitely not a robin egg because is it much smaller than a robin egg and is not a solid blue colour. There are little darker speckles, but just at one end. The picture below shows the egg beside a regular teaspoon to give you an idea of its size.


The colour of the egg isn't quite so bright whitish blue as the picture makes it out to be.


Here it is, enlarged. You can see the speckles. Any southern Ontario bird oficionado out there who knows what kind of bird laid this?

I am taking a water and rest break from clearing out a completely overgrown, grass infested part of a perennial bed. It is up against the garage wall and currently contains "ground phlox", daylilies, hollyhocks, obedient plant (disobedient plant!!) and that very tall yellow flower that I never really know the name of. I want to dig every single living thing out of there. It also houses a huge ant hill. Then I will plant some nice flowering shrubs (maybe weigela or hydrangea, a bit of hosta??) and lay down landscape fabric and mulch, and then create a nice path in front of that to cut through the garden to our gravel driveway in front of the garage doors. I just happened to pick the hottest day we've had so far to do it. NOT complaining!! Bring on summer!

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  1. Have fun with your gardening project! And alas, I have no idea what kind of birds' egg that is. Some kind of little wren, perhaps?

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    1. I have seen wrens around here. I should check online.

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    2. In the UK, wren's eggs are white I think.

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    3. Just checked it out - the house wren is the kind we have here. Their eggs are brownish in colour. Another no, unfortunately. I don't know what it is, that makes me want to solve this little mystery.

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  2. I don't envy you the revamping of the flower bed, especially if it has ants in it! Sounds like a lot of work :-) I have no idea about the bird egg. My Aunt would have known probably, she was a real birder. Her attic had all kinds of nests, feathers and a few eggs too.

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    1. This project will take some time (I have to rest my back between sessions, ha ha). Sounds like your aunt was quite a collector.

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  3. I'm gonna guess your egg is a hummingbird egg. What else could be that tiny?

    Oh, you are so energetic to tackle that bed on such a hot day. But won't you have a huge sense of satisfaction when you have turned it (and the path) into just what you want!

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    1. I wondered. We also have hummingbirds. Again, I should look up hummingbird eggs online. Yes, deep satisfaction (and an aching back), but it's been bugging me for years. (that part of the garden I mean, not my back, although that's true too)

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  4. I have never seen such a wee egg. WOW. May you survive the heat out there!

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    1. I'm actually quite happy about the heat. I was wondering if it would ever feel like summer. It is a very tiny egg.

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  5. It's a hummingbird egg-I've never seen one except in pictures before. Lucky find :)

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    1. I just checked out hummingbird eggs. We only have ruby throated hummingbirds and their eggs are a whitish colour. This one is definitely blue with speckles, so not our kind of hummingbird.

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  6. Good luck with the garden. A lot of hard work but satisfying! Glad to hear you have some sunshine

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    1. I've been researching. I think it may be some sort of finch egg, maybe a house finch.

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  8. Oh yes, bring on summer!!! It is the hottest day so far isn't it? I'm having a great time today, though it's loud in the village. Could that egg be a hummingbird? We love hostas...they are so easy to keep, we have a bunch growing under our cedars, they don't mind the shade at all! I'd love to have a hosta yard instead of grass one of these days! :)

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    1. Yes, hostas are one of the 'friendliest' plants around. Easy to care for, keep on giving... I checked out hummingbird eggs, as I explained in a comment above, and the ruby throated ones are just basically white, so that doesn't really match.

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  9. Want to come up and clean out the messy perennial bed behind my garage when you are done??

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    1. I have enough gardening projects to keep me going for the next few years! It's a never ending hobby, isn't it?

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  10. Jenn I think you & I are on the same wavelenght of gardening ... good luck with your re-make of the garden. I think the egg you have shown might be a starling's egg or what I call a starling. ... Mary-Lou =^..^=

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    1. So, I went looking at pictures of starling eggs. Close, but no cigar. They are blue, yes, but no speckles. Also, considerably bigger. However, now I'm wondering if I've been mixing starling and robin eggs up over the years. I just saw your garden over at your blog. That looks do-able. Enjoy the process!

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  11. I thought it might be a hummingbird egg but I looked it up and they are white and about the size of a navy bean so...I guess not. No clue, sorry.

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  12. It looks just like my quail eggs! It's adorable!

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  13. Aw, that egg is adorable. But I have no clue what it might be. Looks like you have lots of gardening to do. Hopefully the weather cooperates!

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  14. What a sweet egg! It reminds me of those mini-malted milk ball eggs you get in a little carton at Easter! I wonder... I have no idea.

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  15. Just read all the previous comments, Jenn, and while I have no idea about the egg’s origins, it is another mystery to be solved. Glad summer has finally arrived in your area and also glad I no longer have garden chores, but they were enjoyable, at times.

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  17. Look under "Chipping sparrow eggs" in google. Looks aimilar to your photo egg. Best of luck, I enjoy your blog.

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