But for home maintenance and peace of mind, it's good to know how to identify common backyard bird eggs and the one you don't want to see — the house sparrow, which is a pest, believe it or not.

With common bird populations on the decline ... Since doves usually lay two eggs at a time, they raise at least three or four broods per season, Rosenberg said. A flying paradox, the house ...

Whatever creative egg-decorating plans you may have for Easter, I guarantee birds already have it beat. Over the course of 150 million years or so of evolution, birds have adapted to fill just ...

A stunning new discovery is shedding light on the first-ever bird fossil found with ... of reproductive activity - i.e. the egg - supports the identification of medullary bone," O'Connor continued.

African cuckoos may have met their match with the fork-tailed drongo, which scientists predict can detect and reject cuckoo eggs from their ... cuckoos remain a common bird in many parts of ...

However, there are two other birds that have taken quite an interest in the eggs, as well. While common to my area, I do not know what these birds are called. They are a little bigger than the ...