One of the eggs is cracked in half…are those tiny feathers? It’s way too early for hatching & it just looks wrong. Does the brown spot mean incubation or is something wrong? Will they all break? Isn’t it supposed to take 16-18 days to hatch? What does it all mean?!!
There once was a nesting blue Jay That sat in the flowers all day …..We went in our pen …..We watched and so then The Jay thought that we were okay.
Woohoo! All as beautifully colored as the first…unbelievable colors. There is a newly focused commitment to brooding on the nest. Sitting, sitting, sitting.
It’s weird to me that they stick around for awhile & then leave for hours at a time… Once the egg is laid, doesn’t it need constant incubation? Where are they at night? We can’t see if they’re there, ‘cuz we don’t turn on the light, but I know they can see us thru the […]
April 30, 2010 – 12:43 pm
Jayne, Jayson, one of ‘em hangs out in the nest sitting for awhile. Later, tail in the air, stands – looking at us. Standing, looking, looking, standing, watching us watch thru the window. Break time. All that standing…now it makes sense.
April 28, 2010 – 12:38 pm
Strangely (to us dogs & our humans) neither Jayson, nor even Jayne, sit on the nest constantly to brood the egg. Doesn’t incubation require a constant temperature? Doesn’t somebirdy need to sit on it all the time? What’s the deal with all the away time?
April 25, 2010 – 12:33 pm
A fantastically beautiful turquoise green egg with delicate brown water color “marbling” over all. Absolutely gorgeous! The color is so vibrant. More beautiful, dare I say it? More beautiful than a Robin’s egg…
