Eggs under twigs ?

[klause]

Does anyone have any idea what bird hides its eggs under twigs ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55307660@N08/5381898963/

[Martin]

How many letters?

Martin

[Fletching]

The Jack Sparrow (Hennus Ovasubtwiggus)?

[Realbark]

The Twiglet (scoffus loadus). Sighted mainly at Christmas in or around domestic dwellings and at "buffets" - a similar sight to starlings feeding.

[klause]

Thanks for the replies even though they're all daft ones....Can you see the picture cus i can't !


Ova- sub- twiggus (eggs- under- twigs!!!!) you S.O.B. i actually googled that one PMSL....i do luv a good wind up.

[Martin]

No, we can't see the pics. :(

Martin

[klause]

Ive changed it to a link Martin..
No, we can't see the pics. :(

Martin

[Fletching]

Looks to me like some predatory mammal has 'hidden' these eggs, unless anyone knows differently?

[klause]

It is a strange one isn't it Steve? There are foxes and a badgers set in the area if that helps !

[swkieran]

could be a squirrel or a badger thats stowed them away,unlikey to be a fox i would have thought because they normally eat everything in sight,i know squirrels hide things,and dry there food in branches.

[Fletching]

My money's on grey squirrels as they love bird's eggs.

[swkieran]

yep and mine m8,squirrels also can climb up high enough to reach into a birds nest,just a wild guess thou i could be wrong,sounds like there behavior pattern aswell

[fish]

better pics of the eggs would help,what time of year?

[Sproutmuncher]

How many letters?

Martin

Made me chuckle that did...

[MikeWilkinson]

Looking at the photo I don't think it is squirrels - they wouldn't usually store eggs, they would be straight back to the dray and eating them, plus they would store them off the ground away from other animals if they did nick them. the green vegetation suggests spring\summer so squirrels would not really be actively storing food but eating on site.

It looks as if a nest has been dislodged from a tree and collapsed to the ground, the eggs being scattered amongst the debris - in a nest most eggs would be clumped together for ease of incubation by the parent bird - it may well have been disturbed by an invading squirrel or other birds like cuckoo's who often lay their eggs in other birds nests after emptying the nest of its previous inhabitants. Can you see any signs of a nest in the trees above this one?

[Bushwhacker]

Looks like a flipped up wood pigeon nest to me. Dislodged from the tree by something bigger, maybe squirrel.

[Adam Savage]

Looks like a flipped up wood pigeon nest to me. Dislodged from the tree by something bigger, maybe squirrel.

If anyone knows, this guy will.

[klause]

I must admit CrazySaint, i thought this was a good explanation.....it seems to make sense!

But you never know it could have been the crazy hobo who lives on the edge of the wood !!!

[Adam Savage]

I must admit CrazySaint, i thought this was a good explanation.....it seems to make sense!

But you never know it could have been the crazy hobo who lives on the edge of the wood !!!

Bushwacker is a top tracker, there isn't much he doesn't know about signs in and around the woods.

And yes, it could have been that crazy hobo. I've seen him with a long stick, he could well use for such "nest knocking" purposes. :)

[Bushwhacker]

It's all subjective. My perception, experiences and observations are different from others. I don't own any tracking books and only speak from what I know and have witnessed. There's better men out there. :-)