Findings - Turtle eggs and birds nests

While preparing to plant some grapes, I found these turtle eggs.  The only turtles we ever see in this area of the farm are Box turtles (Terrapene carolina).  I haven't been too successful in relocating turtle eggs.  Sooner or later, they're always discovered by a raccoon, fox, skunk, or opossum.  There's only so much you can do to protect them that wouldn't interfere with the young emerging turtles.

Diane found this little nest on the ground.  It seems a little big for a hummingbird.  But what really caught our attention is that on closer inspection you'll see it is made almost entirely of horse hair.  The horse barn is almost 500 meters away, so the little bird that made this must have believed this was the material of choice.  Click on the second picture for a closeup.