“The egg is widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches out.”
Okay, so that’s straight from Wikipedia, and pretty much what I was thinking I’d find if I looked up what an egg symbolizes.
Found some more tiny eggs today. I don’t know why I keep posting them. I’m hoping there is some significance in this–other than the fact that it’s spring. I’m a bit of a Pollyanna if you haven’t noticed. So I’m going to enjoy all these newfound treasures and pretend there is some greater meaning to it all cause this is my blog and I’m allowed to dream. Right?
A close up picture. The eggs are actually quite tiny.
The nest was at the base of a very small fir tree.
If you look closely you'll see the eggs. What a great hiding place.
“Faith is putting all your eggs in God’s basket, then counting your blessings before they hatch.” ~~Ramona C. Carroll
Laura Best 
carldagostino
/ May 30, 2011Eggs as Easter symbols roots Greek and Russian Orthodox. Also a symbol of cholesterol.
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Laura Best
/ May 31, 2011LOL..Actually eggs are better for us than first believed. I believe they now say we can eat one every day.. 🙂
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Abigail Sharpe
/ May 30, 2011How cute are those eggs! Do you know what bird they’ll turn out to be?
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Laura Best
/ May 31, 2011They are very cure and oh so tiny. If Mama hadn’t flown off I’m sure the nest would never have been discovered.
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Madison Woods
/ May 30, 2011I always love finding eggs in nests, even when it is my own chickens. Today I found a shell on the ground from a newly hatched baby bird somewhere overhead in the tree canopy.
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Laura Best
/ May 31, 2011It is always fun finding nests. Feels like discovering a real treasure.
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Carol Ann Hoel
/ May 30, 2011Great photos. I like the quote, too. Blessings, Laura…
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Laura Best
/ May 31, 2011Thanks, Carol Ann. It is a great quote. I’m assuming you mean the last one, right?
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pattisj
/ May 31, 2011It looks similar to a Carolina wren’s nest, but it doesn’t appear they come that far north on the map.
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Laura Best
/ May 31, 2011We think it’s some kind of warbler, Patti. We had a good look at the bird, but wasn’t able to come up with a perfect match in my book. I’m going to check another reference book this evening.
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suzicate
/ May 31, 2011they look just like the ones we found in my parents grill…no we didn’t cook out, we left them to hatch! Maybe the significance is just a reminder that there is new life all around you to explore… just a reminder to strecth your wings!
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Laura Best
/ May 31, 2011Glad to hear you didn’t cook the eggs. I’m sure you were able to get some shots of the new birds.
I like that…”A reminder to stretch your wings.” Thanks for passing that along. 🙂
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L.S. Engler
/ May 31, 2011I love finding things like this when out and about! They’re such a great reminder of how many incredible things there are in the world that you could just completely miss if you didn’t keep your eyes open.
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Laura Best
/ May 31, 2011There really is so much out there to discover. Sometimes, most times we are just in too much of a hurry and we miss out on a lot. Keeping our eyes open to new things is the best way to find these beautiful treasures.
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jenniferneri
/ May 31, 2011keep posting them, I love seeing these shots!!
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Laura Best
/ May 31, 2011Glad you’re enjoying them, Jennifer. 🙂
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joylene
/ May 31, 2011Will you be able to continue snapping shots after they hatch? Wouldn’t that be special. Thanks for sharing.
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Laura Best
/ May 31, 2011Probably won’t get a chance to get shots afterwards. It’s quite a distance from home, but one never knows. I may make a special trip back.
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Carol Benedict
/ June 3, 2011I love all the pictures! We have lots of birds around us, but I seldom see their eggs. There are some barn swallows nesting in our garage, but their nest is too high for me to see inside. 😦
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Laura Best
/ June 3, 2011Thanks, Carol. There’s a knack for finding nests and eggs. Walking through a Christmas tree lot and keeping ones eyes and ears open is key. You can usually tell when you get close to a nest, Mama flies or else she’s not far off making quite a racket.
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Carol J. Garvin
/ June 3, 2011I love watching the bird activity around here but now that June has arrived we’ve had to remove the birdfeeders because they attract bears. I don’t often see nests here… I think there are so many trees surrounding us that they can tuck themselves out of sight pretty easily. I’m thinking your eggs looks like Black-capped chickadee eggs, especially since you mentioned they’re pretty tiny. The nuthatches and certain wrens are a similar marking but larger, I think. One resource I like is Sialis website and here’s their chickadee page: http://www.sialis.org/nestschickadee.htm
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Laura Best
/ June 3, 2011Thanks for the link, Carol.. We know they’re definitely not chickadee. Mama is yellow with some rust through her chest and a rust coloured cap. She looks like some of the warblers in my book but they don’t have a dark head. I’ll have to keep looking see if I can find she. I think I have one more bird book to look at.
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dave ebright
/ June 3, 2011Is there a post coming soon about egg salad??? Just wonderin’.
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Laura Best
/ June 3, 2011You must be hungry, Dave. LOL…
You can be sure if do make egg salad I’ll probably write a post about it unless I come up with something more interesting.
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writerwoman61
/ June 4, 2011I love that you keep finding the nests with eggs in them to take pictures of, Laura…I think that’s a lucky thing in itself!
Wendy
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Laura Best
/ June 7, 2011Finding a nest of eggs always feels special, Wendy.
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Ciara Knight
/ June 7, 2011Gotta love the symbol of new life. Precious.
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Laura Best
/ June 7, 2011Definitely so, Ciara. 🙂
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