Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 12:59:00 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Ken Board Subject: Egg Identification MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We just had some work done to our house and the workmen removed a nest from under a gutter, behind a board that needed to be replaced. They moved it to a small balcony outside my office. I didn't have much hope that the occupants would come back to it and sure enough, they didn't. I just curious as to what kind of bird built it. The nest is about 20" in diameter, made of straw and not lined with anything. There are 5 eggs, about 1" long, very light blue gray. Yes, I know what you're thinking, but I think they are lighter than Robin's Egg Blue! I got one very quick look at the bird that built it (The nest was well hidden and not observable from the ground). All I saw was part of a head and bill that I _thought_ looked like a starling, but as I didn't get a good look at it, I could very well be wrong. So, what color are starling eggs? And are these (or were these) starling eggs, robin eggs, or what? Thanks! Ken ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================