The size of the eggs shown in Tidbits from nature was under discussion in the comments to that posting. It reminded me of some photos from previous years that I liked. I may have posted some of the following photos, before; but, I cannot find those postings.
Wren nest - June 2012
The first photo is a closeup, revealing three eggs that later hatched. (Only the bare edges of two of the eggs show at the 5 o'clock position.)
The next photo is of the same nest, from a bit farther away...
...from farther, still...
...and from far enough away that it is undetectable.
Eastern bluebird nest - 2011
The first photo is a closeup of inside the nesting box showing three eggs that later hatched.
The last photo shows Eastern bluebird eggs found between layers of nests, in the box, at the end of the season. I don't know the story of why another nest was built atop these five eggs. Five seems to be the normal number of eggs in a hatch, as far as I've seen in our own nesting boxes. I've also observed that, in general, there are two successful broods each season with a third "incomplete" clutch of eggs abandoned in the heat of summer.
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