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Unusual Nest Sites

Cavity nester photos of nests eggs and young Also see:
  • Descriptions of cavity-nester nests and eggs and downloadable 2 page guide (PDF) to common nests found in CT
  • PHOTO ALBUM with pictures of cavity nesting birds, nests and eggs
  • TABLE showing relative sizes of eggs, and egg photos side by side
  • Mystery nests (have fun trying to guess)
  • Unusual nest sites Part 1 Part 2
  • Weird eggs  (e.g., dwarf, odd coloration)

    • Cavity Nester Nests, Eggs and Young Photos and Bios:

    Mailbox Bluebird nest. Photo by Rob Barron.
    		  

    An Eastern bluebird built a nest in the newspaper compartment of the mailbox on the right, located on a horse farm. The nest contained five eggs. Photo by Rob Barron of VA.

    Nest in newspaper holder. Photo by Rob Barron.
    Bluebirds nesting in elecrtical meter box. Photo by Keith Kridler.   Two separate bluebird nestcups in the base of an electrical meter. Photo by Keith Kridler of TX.

      The student of Nature wonders the more and is astonished the less, the more conversant he becomes with her operations; but of all the perennial miracles she offers to his inspection, perhaps the most worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or of an animal from its embryo.
      -Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist and educator. Reflection #54, Aphorisms and Reflections, selected by Henrietta A. Huxley, Macmillan, 1907.

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