Are you familiar with the catbird? We have a pair hanging around being pests, but they are really beautiful birds. I was pruning up a bush and found a nest they just started. Unfortunately that scared them away and they started a nest in the next bush, but WOW!..what a beautiful egg they laid in the nest.
That is a beautiful egg! Why not put it under a broody hen and watch her surprise when it hatches! We don't have catbirds, so thanks for introducing me to a new bird!
Gosh that's a really lovely colour for an egg. We don't have catbirds here so I've never come across a nest or eggs. I hope you can manage to get pics of the other nest and any youngsters that hatch.
broody hen? I don't think she will feed it properly... not like a momma catbird I am sure. If it can't run the same day the momma hen won't do a very good job. Eileen, it is a lovely color. even prettier in the real. as soon as I can get a picture of the bird I will post that, too.
Beautiful egg Carolyn,..delighted to hear the Catbird has started a new nest,..as in Eileen's Scotland we don't have Catbirds here but i did come across them in the US,..i waited to hear its sound,..never did though,..supposed to sound like a Cat Meow,..hope you can manage a picture of yours. Gray Catbird, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
I saw a catbird once at my old house and I've heard them quite a few times. They really do sound like a kitten/young cat!
That is a beautiful egg! How large is it? I don't think I've ever seen a catbird and definitely never heard one....unless I thought it was a cat!
2ofus.. it is smaller than a robin egg. Philip.. it sounds like a bird but also has a repertoire of other calls. I thought it was a mocking bird at first, but the bird looks nothing like a mocking bird and when I found the egg I realized it wasn't a mocking bird. These birds will actually cull out a cowbird egg themselves. I don't think a mocking bird would be able to tell the difference between its own egg and a cowbird egg.
Carolyn we have them around our side yard. I love to sit outside and listen to them sing. Such a wide variety of sounds they can make. I also love the cat-like sounds they can make. I often repeat that sound back to them.
Well, I noticed the catbirds are gone... as soon as the strawberries were gone so were they. I went to check the other nest for the first time and there was one egg in it also but no birds hanging around. I will have to watch closely to see if they are really gone or just gone while I was in the flowerbed.
