House finch eggs: Robin eggs: Most birds lay one egg each day, and then begin to incubate them all when they are done laying, so they will all hatch at the same time.
Hmmm I wonder if the finches are what built a nest in my welcome wreath on my door? I will have to look at the pics of the eggs again.
Another possibility is a Carolina wren (notice how the tail sticks up, that's a good way to identify them even if you don't get a very good look) or a house sparrow: That's a male house sparrow pictured; the female doesn't have the black mark under the chin. House sparrows will build nests anywhere - in the garden section at Lowe's; in the letters on the front of Wal-Mart; in bluebird boxes. I chase them away and remove their nesting material when I see them around my bluebird box. It's easy to tell the nests apart. House sparrows build messy looking nests with all kinds of stuff; bluebirds build very neat nests of grass or pine straw.
The wrenn I have every year has been hatched for about a month now so not sure if they're all on that schedule but it probably is the sparrow.
I love birds generally, but house sparrows I could do without. And cowbirds. BTW, if you like wrens, click on the Carolina wren link in my post above. It's a great story from Hilton Pond in SC.
Birds are cool... now this wrenn I had build its nest somewhere I didn't want and I moved it but wasn't sure what would happen and it still tended to it till the eggs hatched... I will check that thread... I do favor the mocking bird...
I like mockingbirds, too. They don't usually come to seed feeders, but they do eat a combination of equal parts peanut butter, lard (not vegetable shortening), and cornmeal. I spread it onto an open pine cone and hang it in a tree or on a shepherd's hook.
Good, come get the nocturnal one that lives outside my bedroom window and won't shut up till the sun comes up. :lol:
They are quite noisy... and they have no time clock to it, I've had them making quite a racket at 2-2:30 am on several occasions... :lol::lol:
