tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post3592255424236555667..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Animals: The barn swallowsmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-55535955541742233382011-06-03T15:08:37.277-07:002011-06-03T15:08:37.277-07:00Zach:
I agree that the egg appears to be of about...Zach:<br /><br />I agree that the egg appears to be of about the same size and is similarly patterned, though the nest construction doesn't (lots more mud involved with barn swallows, from what I've seen on Google), and the coloration you described at your post (plain brown with orange beaks) doesn't quite match either -- barn swallows are dark blue-black with an orange face and frontmr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-64188528358335632662011-06-03T07:03:27.719-07:002011-06-03T07:03:27.719-07:00Hey, that looks like my egg! I wonder if I had a ...Hey, that looks like my <a href="http://zachandchristie.com/new_plant_blog/2011/04/27/birds-nest-rhaphidophora/" rel="nofollow">egg</a>! I wonder if I had a barn swallow, too.Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591545830532096734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-40472156631689664072011-06-02T16:35:06.987-07:002011-06-02T16:35:06.987-07:00Cornell has a cool citizen science project called ...Cornell has a cool citizen science project called NestWatch. Basically, ordinary swallow-watchers like yourself keep an eye on nests they find and log basic info about the nest, which is then passed on to researchers. You can learn more at their website: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/projects/clo/NestWatch/Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089559301487364479noreply@blogger.com