There are no shells on the ground or in the nest.

I peeked in on the nest yesterday, and the mother bird shot out and scared me half to death! Cardinal nests are composed of dry leaves and twigs, combined with dry grass and slips of grapevines when available. There was rain and wind but they seemed to hang in there fine in a sturdy sheltered twig nest.

Spring here is coming to a close, but many birds are still actively making nests, sitting on … The eggs had not yet hatched.

What varmint would take a nest of eggs with no shells left behind?


I set the trap with 2 eggs …

We've been quietly watching a beautiful cardinal family. Eggs and babies disappear from their nests all the time.

One nest was in her cage, which is where she lived while I was at work. Most eggshells you find will have been thrown from nests after the chicks hatched or are the remains of ground-nesting birds’ eggs that hatched normally. Last evening she was on the nest as usual ( she’s been there at least 9-10 days). Eggs missing, no shells left behind May. What could have happened? I'm not certain, but I think that one of my parrots did.

We have a cardinal nest with 2 eggs in a low hanging mango tree branch in the backyard.

One of my regular readers recently asked the question: “Why do baby birds disappear?” We had been corresponding during the recent height of the Australian breeding season. Two nights ago, 7 eggs were missing and last night it was 5. The mother laid and incubated 4 gorgeous eggs.

12, 2010, 11:21 AM.
The primary requirement for breeding cardinal tetras is very soft, clean water with high levels of humic and tannic acids (from peat or blackwater extract).

Momma bird has been sitting the nest for at least a week and a half, only leavng for short periods at a time. Gone. It is normally finished off within with bent grass, wrought in a circular form. As for the science behind it, there is a compound found in foods that cardinals like called carotenoids which gives them their red color.

Even the abundant House Sparrows vanished into thin air. Today she is gone and the nest is empty. My little urban backyard was teeming with House Finches, Northern Cardinals, grackles, and chickadees this summer. Most eggshells you find will have been thrown from nests after the chicks hatched or are the remains of ground-nesting birds’ eggs that hatched normally.

We hate to see it happen, but it is a part of the big picture and the "circle of life" so to speak.

The likely reason that males are so much brighter red than females is probably what you’d guess, so they can display their colors to females and show them what a good mate they would be! Its been 15 days since the first egg was laid, not sure how long after she laid the second.

My first thought was that he moved them, but he seemed as serious as a little boy can be. Birds’ eggs are a nutritious source of food, so it’s hardly surprising that lots of animals eat them. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. And then, without any warning, poof. I don't think that you caused them to be taken by looking at them, although once you have discovered a nest, it is then best to … I am in KY and usually possums and coons eat on location. In humans it’s melanin that gives us our skin color. Phoebe is a bronze-winged Pionus, and she laid an egg a few years ago. She has been sitting on her nest for well over a week, all of the sudden she abandons the nest completely--with about 3 … Also, there are no egg shell bits, nothing. The eggs are small and light blue. A female cardinal built her nest in a shrub off our sunroom.