Nest and egg ID please (1 Viewer)

[comtoray]

can anyone say what this bird is please

 

[KnockerNorton]

any idea of size of egg, location, habitat, distance from water, country????

Could be anything from Gannet to Mallard on that information.

 

[comtoray]

any idea of size of egg, location, habitat, distance from water, country????

Could be anything from Gannet to Mallard on that information.

It was on a platform in a Dock i wont say where, but i think its too big for a mallard dont you:eat:

 

[KnockerNorton]

It was on a platform in a Dock i wont say where, but i think its too big for a mallard dont you:eat:

well, i wasn't there so i can't say! There's nothing to guage the scale by. And city/region/country would be helpful.

Could be goose, swan, cormorant.............

 

[Storm-Petrel]

can anyone say what this bird is please

at least what continent was it taken on? I dont know much about eggs but its not an american robin and not a swallow nest, swift, hawk, or owl nest for sure. can you estimate the size of the nest? that would narrow it down more

 

[comtoray]

at least what continent was it taken on? I dont know much about eggs but its not an american robin and not a swallow nest, swift, hawk, or owl nest for sure. can you estimate the size of the nest? that would narrow it down more

Europe/England/Preston Dock

 

[PYRTLE]

No camoulflage so that rules out species like gulls / waders /terns - then perhaps something like a cormorant as its sort of duck egg blue.

 

[KnockerNorton]

any idea of size of the egg?

if too big for malard it would have to be a goose or swan.

 

[dunedin]

Myself, I think it is a feral pigeon, right type of nesting material.

 

[comtoray]

Myself, I think it is a feral pigeon, right type of nesting material.

No way no how the egg is 6 inches from tip to tip i think it may be a Cormorant, would a Double crested cormorant be here now

 

[halftwo]

Ah, six inches.
Now that's a White stork then.

Not even they have eggs that big. (Golden eagles' are c. 3 1/2 inches!)

 

[KnockerNorton]

Troll alert.

 

[comtoray]

Troll alert.

Well you can clever all you want the evidence is there im a photographer not a bird watcher so if you guys cant look at a photo without coming out with stupid remarks like Troll alert then im wasting my time33

 

[dunedin]

Certainly more help when size is known, no way you could have guessed the actual size of it from photo.

 

[KnockerNorton]

Certainly more help when size is known, no way you could have guessed the actual size of it from photo.

6 inches, apparently. Must be a velociraptor egg. Or a troll egg.

 

[comtoray]

6 inches, apparently. Must be a velociraptor egg. Or a troll egg.

You missed your way in life pal you should be on the stage, if i dont have an answer to a question i keep my mouth shut, its because of people like you that we get people barred from forums, just for giving you back the c**p that you give out:C8-P

 

[Apodemus]

No way no how the egg is 6 inches from tip to tip i think it may be a Cormorant, would a Double crested cormorant be here now

Sounds pretty much like an ostrich, then. Rheas eggs can just about get to that size, but I think that 5" is more normal. Don't know about emus or cassowarys - are there many known records from Preston? Ostrich seems much more likely.

 

[deborah4]

Hi Comtoray

The only thing I can come up with is a Mute Swan egg but they measure about 4.5" in length/about 2.5 in diameter so a bit smaller than your estimate, as would a goose egg and Great Cormorant egg (double crested is a N.American species as far as I'm aware)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2217/2526766396_022bfc8ce9.jpg?v=0

 

[deborah4]

... Ostrich seems much more likely.

hardly, on a dock in Preston .... and I'm sure the other helpful suggestions like 'emu' can be ruled out for the same reason.


Welcome to BF Comtoray, in case nobody has done so

 

[malgos]

Thought images of nests,eggs etc were'nt allowed on here.
malcolm