bajajudy - 5-26-2010 at 10:03 AM
Sunday the municipio was raking up debris and bagging it.
Today where the debris once was, I found these eggs. They were about an inch long, seemed heavy for their size and were sitting out in the sand.
[Edited on 6-12-2010 by bajajudy]
dtbushpilot - 5-26-2010 at 10:15 AM
Kildeer? It's amusing watching them fake an injury to lead you (or another predator) away from the eggs.
dtbushpilot - 5-26-2010 at 04:13 PM
No other guesses?........dt
Skipjack Joe - 5-26-2010 at 04:23 PM
Kildeer would have been my guess as well due to it's location. But a one-inch egg seems a bit large for such a small bird.
Natalie Ann - 5-26-2010 at 05:35 PM
They sure look like seagull eggs. A bit on the small side but the pattern on the egg is the same and sea gulls here often roost in an indentation in
the sand. Never could figure how so many of 'em make it to adulthood.
nena
Eggs
tehag - 5-26-2010 at 05:49 PM
These are killdeer eggs. She has added 1 since the picture and is now sitting on them, so I'm only watching with binoculars. They are a bit over an
inch in length and seem large for so small a bird.
bajajudy - 5-27-2010 at 06:40 AM
Thanks everyone
They are not at all green like the above picture. They are brown and beige. I forgot to mention that they were on the beach.
Osprey - 5-27-2010 at 09:01 AM
You threw us off with the garbage thing and not telling us they were on the beach. Just testing us? Those are plover eggs but I don't know which
specie of plover. I try not to step on the eggs around here cause I'm a plover lover.
who is this mother
bajajudy - 6-12-2010 at 08:46 AM
Sorry for the quality but I only had my point and shoot
4 dive bombers
bajajudy - 6-12-2010 at 08:48 AM
Every day there are 4 of these birds protecting the nest. The eggs still havent hatched but they are well protected by mom, pop and the aunts and
uncles.
Osprey - 6-12-2010 at 09:38 AM
Judy, my book says black tern or bridled tern.
wilderone - 6-13-2010 at 07:22 AM
least tern?
http://www.portofsandiego.org/environment/natural-resources/...
Osprey - 6-13-2010 at 07:57 AM
Wilderone, that's it. I was right too when I said "At least its a tern"
oladulce - 6-13-2010 at 08:06 AM
I've never seen the eggs, but it occurred to me that late May/ early June is when we stayed at Brisa de Mar RV park many years ago. On walks down the
beach towards the Hotel Presidente, we couldn't walk up too high on the sand (away from the water's edge) or the 10 to 20 Least Terns would come from
out of the blue and dive bomb us.
One of the afternoon beach Bocci ball games meandered down that way one day and Yikes, we had to take cover. Those little guys are very protective !
bajajudy - 6-13-2010 at 10:17 AM
Well that be it!
Does anyone know how long it takes for the eggs to hatch
I found this in my research:
A group of least terns are collectively known as a "straightness" of terns.
Osprey - 6-13-2010 at 10:59 AM
I started shooting every owl I saw after I learned they were a "Congress of Owls". Then I began to run and hide when I saw crows > learned they
were a "Murder of Crows"