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House Sparrow Eggs – Photos

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Keith Kridler took this photo of House Sparrow eggs from about thirty different nests in TX. Notice the variation in coloring and speckling. (A bluebird egg is in the bottom row for comparison.)

IMPORTANT: SOME NATIVE BIRDS also lay speckled eggs. CHECK FIRST before removing nests! See EGG ID MatrixHouse Sparrow Eggs. Photo by Keith Kridler.

These are House Sparrow (HOSP) eggs from three different nests. Top left has a greenish cast. Top right is elongated. Remaining eggs are from a third nest. Notice variable spotting.house Sparrow Eggs. Photo by Bet Zimmerman.
House Sparrow eggs from two different nests. One is unusually dark on the large end.House Sparrow Eggs. Photo by Bet Zimmerman
These two eggs were found in one nest (H-11 on 05/19/07). Notice the difference in marking.House Sparrow Eggs. Photo by Bet Zimmerman.
HOSP eggs from the Hill Trail – again notice variability in coloring and markings. Makes me wonder about egg dumping. The photo below is in a different nest, with the eggs surrounded by feathers.House Sparrow Eggs
House Sparrow eggs. Photo by Bet Zimmerman.
Notice plastic in nest.House Sparrow Eggs. Photo by Bet Zimmerman.
Notice seed heads, plastic on left, burlap on right, and fiberglass insulation.House Sparrow Eggs. Photo by Bet ZImmerman.
These HOSP eggs from Bickleton WA long atypically elongated to me. Zimmerman photos.HOSP eggs long. Zimmerman
HOSP eggs long
HOSp eggs long. Zimmerman
HOSP eggs next to lawn grubs. Photo by Keith Kridler of TX. Notice that the eggs (and the babies that hatch would from them) are about the same size as the grubs.

All three of these eggs were from the same nest. Kridler notices a lot of variation from the first to last egg in a clutch of HOSP eggs.HOSP eggs next to grubs. Photo by Keith Kridler.

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The House Sparrow is a persistent enemy of many native birds, especially those which frequent the neighborhood of houses, or which nest in boxes, holes or other places prepared for them by their human friends.
– Birds of America, 1917


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