<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title></title>
</head>
<body style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14px">
<p>Hi all,<br>
<br>
There was a Killdeer nest at Hayton. Last Thursday/Friday there were 2 eggs.<br>
Sunday there were 3. This nest was being sat by a pair - I even caught a 'change'<br>
one time - I was returning every other day or so in the evenings. I was looking<br>
forward to possibly catching them soon after hatching or perhaps even a first<br>
flight ... <br>
<br>
I went back to Hayton late yesterday - arriving there between 6:10 and 6:30. The<br>
nest was not active any more - neither parent sitting and no eggs. And no evidence<br>
of the eggs - including no broken pieces anywhere close. Since the incubation<br>
period is 22-25 days I'm assuming something/someone got the eggs. I would<br>
expect that most egg predators would break and consume the eggs right then and<br>
there - and leave the shells.<br>
So I'm guessing it might have been some misguided human.<br>
<br>
Are there people who collect and incubate bird nest eggs? Would they know<br>
how to keep the chicks alive long enough to fledge? Do some people cook and<br>
eat birds eggs?<br>
- Curious Jim in Skagit County</p>
</body>
</html>