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A man was working on our house today and he found a nest with two robin eggs in it. The place it was in wasn't easy to get into merely impossible, and I live in New York, so its pretty cold, is there any chance these eggs still have birds in them. They are being kept warm now, just in case. but I want to know if it is a lost cause.
Most likely these eggs were laid in late summer or early fall, the parent deciding it wasn't going to be able to hatch young that time of year and so abandoned the nest. Given that and the cold temperatures (any freezing temperature for sure) there is no chance that these eggs will evr hatch. Thanks for your concern, though. Roger Lederer at Ornithology.com
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| Comment | thanks, I thought they might have been dead, because it felt hollow and the man said that he thinks it was from ten years ago when the house was built. but thanks for the answer. | ||
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Roger Lederer
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Any and all about WILD birds - the science of ornithology. Information about birdwatching, ecology, conservation, migration, behavior, banding, rehabilitation, feeding, songs, binoculars, identification, and careers in ornithology. No questions about pet or caged birds, please.
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Have a PhD and over forty years as a professional ornithologist - research, teaching, author, speaker, webmaster of Ornithology.com . Have written thirty scientific papers, three bird field guides, a textbook in ecology and two recent books entitled "Amazing Birds" and "Birds of New England". Have traveled to over 90 countries watching birds.
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PhD in Zoology/Ornithology; Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences; former Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at California State University, Chico
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