abandoned eggs by emmecielle

Photography • Creatures • posted on Aug 22, 2009

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Description

Among the leaves of myrtle in the garden of a friend of mine, I found this nest with three not incubated eggs... my friend said that they are eggs of "verdone", scientific name: Carduelis chloris. But why there is no mother to hatch? The female, according to the tab of this bird, do not abandon the nest for 14 days of hatching, the male who takes care of feeding the companion for the duration of incubation. Perhaps the male is no longer back and the female had to leave the nest to find food? And why also the mother is no longer session? How many questions... to you the answers! I wish you a wonderful weekend! :)

Comments (32)

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flora-crassella

1:22PM | Sat, 22 August 2009

a wonderful photo!!!!!! .....this “drama” I had this year also! A blackbird had already sat on the eggs. But bird parents were unfortunately "driven out" by the neighbour cat..

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carlx

1:25PM | Sat, 22 August 2009

Excellent capture and focus!!!

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virginiese Online Now!

1:27PM | Sat, 22 August 2009

Excellent questions ! Hope the mother will be back or it would be so sad ! Great capture

tpx1

1:34PM | Sat, 22 August 2009

great capture

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farmerC

2:32PM | Sat, 22 August 2009

Wonderful work.

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ginb

3:31PM | Sat, 22 August 2009

Beautiful capture thank you

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annie5

3:40PM | Sat, 22 August 2009

Great find..magnific capture! I never told you that i like your avatar so much. Cool picture :)

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BessieB

5:50PM | Sat, 22 August 2009

An excellent shot, shame about the parents disappearing

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kjer_99

6:10PM | Sat, 22 August 2009

My first suspect would be a neighbour's cat--or a wild stray. Some hawks could be a problem too.

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jocko500

7:05PM | Sat, 22 August 2009

wonderful find and shot

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orig_buggy

7:48PM | Sat, 22 August 2009

excellent clarity ....poor eggs

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Richardphotos

10:25PM | Sat, 22 August 2009

I have never seen any bird actually do the hatching thing in person.super shot

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lyron

2:15AM | Sun, 23 August 2009

Excellent capture!!

M2A

5:52AM | Sun, 23 August 2009

Yes, nice photo.

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giovanino

10:23AM | Sun, 23 August 2009

Beautiful... Very well put together.

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LBJ2

1:53PM | Sun, 23 August 2009

Fantastic capture, Maria. Amazing light on that image. It shows how good birds are with nest building. They are very skillful weavers. A bit sad with the abandoned eggs.+5

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Darkwish

2:20PM | Sun, 23 August 2009

Very good work!

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KarmaSong

3:19PM | Sun, 23 August 2009

Gorgeous focus and superb lighting in here, it's very beautiful!

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ShadowsNTime

5:54PM | Sun, 23 August 2009

Superb composition Maria! Beautiful capture, hope mama returns! I went out this morning to find three pigeon eggs broken on the sidewalk, apparently the squirrels got them:-( sad events!

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junge1

11:14PM | Sun, 23 August 2009

Beautiful find and capture Maria, and yes many unanswered questions!

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lior

2:16PM | Mon, 24 August 2009

I love this capture!

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decie

5:25AM | Wed, 26 August 2009

sad but it happens when someone touches the nest or eggs the bird will leave and not come back,nice photo.

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Hendesse

3:27PM | Thu, 27 August 2009

Beautiful light and colors. Great shot!

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Marinette

3:33PM | Thu, 27 August 2009

ho letto il commento di Ursula e mi sono chiesta :perchè la mia "micia" non caccia nessuno? Convive allegramente con tutti gli uccellini qui intorno. E' una bellissima foto e preferisco immaginare che la mamma sia andata a farsi un giro e poi torna!: Ciao MC.:)gea

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