Re: Another sign of Spring?

In article <4db5c3be0arblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk>, Rodney Blackall
<rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk> writes
>Going out to scarify my lawn today I found most of a bird's eggshell
>(small, all white, looking like a baby puff-ball)!
>
>There have certainly been sounds of baby blackbirds early in September but
>this is ridiculous. Do birds have an Autumn clear out of old nests or can
>you think of another explanation?
>
>(P.S. Noone near here keeps bantams or any other king of chicken.)
>
If the egg was about an inch long, then it is most probably a Collared
Dove, which has been recorded as laying eggs in Britain in every month
of the year. It is quite difficult to decide whether a nest in December
or January, say, is a late one or an early one!

--
Malcolm

Malcolm wrote:

> If the egg was about an inch long, then it is most probably a Collared
> Dove, which has been recorded as laying eggs in Britain in every month
> of the year. It is quite difficult to decide whether a nest in December
> or January, say, is a late one or an early one!

I climbed a telegraph pole on a housing estate in November and found a
Collared Dove's nest at the top of the pole with two eggs. It was
precariously balanced between the pole ring and the pole.

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Malcolm	Re: Another sign of Spring? In article <4db5c3be0arblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk>, Rodney Blackall <rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk> writes >Going out to scarify my lawn today I found most of a bird's eggshell >(small, all white, looking like a baby puff-ball)! > >There have certainly been sounds of baby blackbirds early in September but >this is ridiculous. Do birds have an Autumn clear out of old nests or can >you think of another explanation? > >(P.S. Noone near here keeps bantams or any other king of chicken.) > If the egg was about an inch long, then it is most probably a Collared Dove, which has been recorded as laying eggs in Britain in every month of the year. It is quite difficult to decide whether a nest in December or January, say, is a late one or an early one! -- Malcolm

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Saxman	Re: Another sign of Spring? Malcolm wrote: > If the egg was about an inch long, then it is most probably a Collared > Dove, which has been recorded as laying eggs in Britain in every month > of the year. It is quite difficult to decide whether a nest in December > or January, say, is a late one or an early one! I climbed a telegraph pole on a housing estate in November and found a Collared Dove's nest at the top of the pole with two eggs. It was precariously balanced between the pole ring and the pole.