Not trying to be the word police here, but just FYI it’s Canada Goose, not Canadian. Canada is part of its name, not its nationality. The eggs were laid by a Canada Goose.
We must live in the same neighborhood. I’m on the CT shoreline surrounded by wetlands. Pretty much every migratory species uses them as a rest stop on their way north or south. I love seeing the birds but they do make their presence known!
Hello from Indiana, where I have never heard them called anything other than Canadian geese 🤪
They like to lay eggs on top of 11 story buildings on campus, block roadways, and attack you when you walk by.
Edit to add that I lied, we also call them sky cobras
If you’re ever attacked by a goose, just excitedly yell “duckyyy!!!!” and run at them with your arms outstretched. I intimidate birds\* 100% of the time
*do not attempt on birds larger than a turkey
As far as I'm aware Muscovy is another name for the place, not a name for the denizen, so Muscovy Duck is equivalent to Moscow Duck.
Now with that said there are a thousand examples of using demonyms in bird names, American being the prime example. But this here goose is named Canada Goose. Any goose could be a Canadian goose, some geese could be a Canadian Canada Goose, but these eggs are probably from a Canada Goose.
It doesn't matter what its name is; geese don't call themselves geese. So if humans can name something an American robin or European jay, we can call geese Canadian. To be completely consistent, I'll call the dog a Labradorian retriever, like the Alsatian and Dalmatian.
The Council of the American Ornithological Society is in the process of changing a bunch of bird names - removing people's proper names - so we can change this too.
Why would anyone want to? It’s a bit weird at first, but since one gets used to it, it’s quite natural. TBH, I am not a fan of the word “ain’t “ added to the dictionary so I guess that makes me old fashioned.
I know this to be true, but I do always find it so, so strange. We don't say United States Robin, we use the demonym American for American Robin. I looked it up and understand it's from the Latin name, I just hate it and it doesn't come naturally to say.
Probably, just like the barnacle geese that insist in laying at the top of high cliffs & fly down to the bottom calling to the goslings. Poor buggers have to launch themselves off & hope they’re not either killed on descent, caught by the Arctic foxes/polar bears and every species of gull skua within the neighbourhood, before being able to get their first meal! They’re usually light enough to be able to glide down without too much damage to their fluffy little bodies. 😁
I was going to say that also. A bird nest might appear to be abandoned when in fact the mom is just producing and laying eggs at the speed she can. Not until all the eggs have been laid will the parents begin incubating them. This way the eggs hatch about the same time. The young can then leave the nest quickly and with luck avoid detection of predators. For many ground nesting birds hatch and are well developed and can leave the nest very shortly after hatching. The geese that laid their eggs on the roof won’t pass on their genes. They may try a different location next time. Or maybe not. Nature is endlessly fascinating.
Ohhh.. I guess the goslings wouldn’t have any way to safely get down. That’s really sad. ~~I know migratory bird act and all but surely it would be better to destroy a guaranteed nonviable nest so the parents wouldn’t waste the time and energy and the babies won’t suffer a horrible death.~~
Nevermind, it looks like professionals can sometimes rehome the nest to a safe location
Some species make nests really highand the chick's just have to drop to the ground.
Something about how light they are and the downy feathers makes it relatively safe. That's a species of duck though not sure about goslings.
That’s not necessarily true, goslings can jump from very high cliffs, using their little wings & feet to help them glide to the ground. Check out in particular barnacle geese who leap of cliffs over a couple hundred feet or more!
Just like backyard chickens - it's about an egg a day.
When they've got them all laid, they'll start incubating so that they all hatch on the same day.
They usually lay one egg every 24 hours as laying an egg takes a lot of a bird’s bodily resources, which is why the egg industry is horrible for the poor birds. 😞
Looks like they might need some help
https://www.torontowildlifecentre.com/wildlife-emergency-rescue-hotline/conflicts-with-wildlife/common-canada-goose-problems/geese-nesting-on-a-balcony-or-rooftop/
I know this sounds weird, but I love the smell of goose eggs. I befriended a pair of Canada geese that nested every year on our property (we had a large pond). I (being just a kid), used to sit next to the goose while on her eggs & would read her stories. The gander would stand nearby & listen in. Once they hatched, she would bring them to the house to show them off, so we would make sure they had plenty of to eat & she would even let me pick them up if they got lost or looked injured, so that I could check them over before giving them back to mumma on the pond. Such a beautiful pair of geese. ❤️
I used to work at a corporate headquarters that was attached to a very large flat-roofed warehouse/distribution center. Every year several pairs of Canada geese would nest on the roof. You would be minding your own business walking from your parked car to the building entrance and suddenly be greeted by a cacophony of honking. Once I learned to look UP there would be two or four goose heads that popped up over the edge of the roof and honking and scolding like crazy. Canada geese obviously have no vertical depth perception when it comes to assessing threats. Their "nests" were 60 feet up on the roof. I dunno, maybe they thought humans could levitate. Dumb geese. Never saw goslings except on the ground and those could have been with ground nesting pairs...of which there were many.
If they hatch into goslings, the roof is a very bad location for them. Geese do not bring food to their chicks. The babies eat plants and they don't feather for months.
Baby geese aren't like wood ducks. They chuck themselves off the roof and they will go splat.
Leave them alone - the parents will either come back to them or they won't - and then some other bird will deal with them for you.
Depending whose eggs they are they \*could\* be an especially protected kind of bird... or it could be some crazy common bird that you \*still\* can't disturb whilst they're nesting. :D
They weren't asking what they should do. They were wondering what bird would've laid them there.
Still good recommendation of course, since some people see eggs or chicks without their parent for 3.5 seconds and assume they're in mortal peril.
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Pigeons are very unfussy about nest ‘comfort’. So long as there is something to stop their eggs rolling off the edge they are happy. Their natural habitat is cliffs, so this would be fine for them.
I can't blame anyone. I get so irked by people bothering wildlife. I know they mean well, but good intentions without knowledge often does more harm than good.
Oh yea, I’m really into herpetology and every internet space has its moments with people finding turtles or snakes that they just found and decided they needed to relocate. It drives me nuts.
I'm really into birds and someone is on a sub im on and they're definitely keeping wild dove as a pet illegally. They claim that it was hurt and needed help, but they clearly are not a wild animal rehabber or any sort of expert and I just feel bad for the bird. 🤦♀️
Like imagine you're just chilling on your couch and a giant grabs you and insists you need their help.
OP wasn't terribly clear, and now they're getting defensive... they can go incubate some weird eggs outside their 4th floor university any ideas what could help them
I can't tell if you're joking or not.
If not: The title could be clearer, but that description is crystal clear. I haven't read all their replies but they didn't seem defensive to me.
Might be a bit of fertilized debris in there.
IDK why but the thought of eating a baby bird inside an egg, as much as I intellectually understand it's a delicacy in some parts of the world, disgusts me to no f*cking end.
Had Canadian geese do this on my office building who built it outside the second story window. Fascinating to watch and made entering the building very difficult.
Like what’s stopping literally any animal from eating those, they’re not hidden in a nest in a tree, not hidden in a cavity of a tree, not in a bush, just sitting there in the complete open, how is that not a really bad idea from an evolutionary standpoint??????
All it seems like it would take is about of shuffling around for an egg to crack. Maybe the rocks were warm or something. The spot is decent. The material is not.
Ah yes, lucky of you to see this! It is rare to see ostrich eggs in elevated places. Common misconception that ostriches can't fly - all species of Aarakocra can fly at level one.
That’s a very Canadian goose thing to do
lol showed a colleague and she said “ah Pierre and Marie - the goose couple!”
On the holidays from Quebec!
At least someone’s getting action
Not trying to be the word police here, but just FYI it’s Canada Goose, not Canadian. Canada is part of its name, not its nationality. The eggs were laid by a Canada Goose.
Indeed, although in this case OP mentions in comments that he’s in Ontario… so I suppose this is from a Canadian Canada goose.
She’s probably the Canada goose that poops on my car every spring and fall when migrating.
Not possible. I have photos of my car each spring and I'm pretty sure every goose is here at that time.
We must live in the same neighborhood. I’m on the CT shoreline surrounded by wetlands. Pretty much every migratory species uses them as a rest stop on their way north or south. I love seeing the birds but they do make their presence known!
She's just doo-ing 'er thing, ey?
I'm sure she's very soorey aboot it though
So , from Canadia ?
Hello from Indiana, where I have never heard them called anything other than Canadian geese 🤪 They like to lay eggs on top of 11 story buildings on campus, block roadways, and attack you when you walk by. Edit to add that I lied, we also call them sky cobras
If you’re ever attacked by a goose, just excitedly yell “duckyyy!!!!” and run at them with your arms outstretched. I intimidate birds\* 100% of the time *do not attempt on birds larger than a turkey
Fearless youngest child vibes.
Yep, I’m the youngest! I clearly fit the stereotype
I personally prefer cobra chickens
That’s a good one too
Sky cobras 😂
This is true, but then why are Egyptian geese not Egypt geese and Muscovy ducks aren't Moscow ducks? From now on I may say Canadian geese on purpose.
As far as I'm aware Muscovy is another name for the place, not a name for the denizen, so Muscovy Duck is equivalent to Moscow Duck. Now with that said there are a thousand examples of using demonyms in bird names, American being the prime example. But this here goose is named Canada Goose. Any goose could be a Canadian goose, some geese could be a Canadian Canada Goose, but these eggs are probably from a Canada Goose.
It doesn't matter what its name is; geese don't call themselves geese. So if humans can name something an American robin or European jay, we can call geese Canadian. To be completely consistent, I'll call the dog a Labradorian retriever, like the Alsatian and Dalmatian.
It's named though, why change the name?
The Council of the American Ornithological Society is in the process of changing a bunch of bird names - removing people's proper names - so we can change this too.
Lemme know how that goes for you. :)
Thanks for pointing that out. Every day is a learning day! :)
I was almost 40 years old before I learned this. Never too late!
Well, they must have Canadian passports if they were allowed to enter the US. The good news is that their kids will be US citizens.
This particular Canada Goose is in fact Canadian though, otherwise you're correct.
Are you sure you know where these particular Canada Geese hatched? They could be Canadian Canada Geese, eh?
As they hatch in summer, ergo in the north, I would venture they are of Canadian citizenship!
But if enough of us use Canadian it will eventually stick.
Why would anyone want to? It’s a bit weird at first, but since one gets used to it, it’s quite natural. TBH, I am not a fan of the word “ain’t “ added to the dictionary so I guess that makes me old fashioned.
Commonly referred as cobra chickens due to their angry spiciness and hissing🤣
You don’t know her life. Maybe she is from Canada.
I call canada canadia. So it's canadian goose. Never heard it as canada goose. Sounds stupid
It is what it is. Look it up.
I did. Don't care. It will always be CANADIAN goose
They do say ignorance is bliss. Good for you.
“I am right and reality is wrong and stupid, because I say so and I don’t care.” I am struggling to figure out if you are 12 or 74 with this attitude.
Super harsh for a petty bird dispute but also funny so upvote
Yes
I suspect there’s a red cap hanging on the hook by the door.
I agree with you, homie. It just feels better to say. Rolls off the tongue nicely.
I know this to be true, but I do always find it so, so strange. We don't say United States Robin, we use the demonym American for American Robin. I looked it up and understand it's from the Latin name, I just hate it and it doesn't come naturally to say.
[https://www.audubon.org/news/seagull-or-gull-who-really-cares](https://www.audubon.org/news/seagull-or-gull-who-really-cares)
All sorts of geese are Canadian
Including the one that laid these eggs
Does that mean the babies have to jump off that 4th floor roof when they hatch.
Probably, just like the barnacle geese that insist in laying at the top of high cliffs & fly down to the bottom calling to the goslings. Poor buggers have to launch themselves off & hope they’re not either killed on descent, caught by the Arctic foxes/polar bears and every species of gull skua within the neighbourhood, before being able to get their first meal! They’re usually light enough to be able to glide down without too much damage to their fluffy little bodies. 😁
Guillemots/murres too. The gulls probably take advantage of that too
Yes. They’ll drive the parents away & knock eggs/chicks off their ledges. 😩
\*Canada goose.
The eggs are pretty big!! Probably more than 10cm long. In southern Ontario, Canada.
Geese then, most likely
Wouldn't a gesse lay more eggs than this? They seem to have a clutch of 8 goslings when I see them after hatching season.
Its a work in progress. They don't lay all those eggs at once.
For real? Never woulda thought. Always learning.
I was going to say that also. A bird nest might appear to be abandoned when in fact the mom is just producing and laying eggs at the speed she can. Not until all the eggs have been laid will the parents begin incubating them. This way the eggs hatch about the same time. The young can then leave the nest quickly and with luck avoid detection of predators. For many ground nesting birds hatch and are well developed and can leave the nest very shortly after hatching. The geese that laid their eggs on the roof won’t pass on their genes. They may try a different location next time. Or maybe not. Nature is endlessly fascinating.
I love seeing the little bitty killdeers running around 🥹
Ohhh.. I guess the goslings wouldn’t have any way to safely get down. That’s really sad. ~~I know migratory bird act and all but surely it would be better to destroy a guaranteed nonviable nest so the parents wouldn’t waste the time and energy and the babies won’t suffer a horrible death.~~ Nevermind, it looks like professionals can sometimes rehome the nest to a safe location
Some species make nests really highand the chick's just have to drop to the ground. Something about how light they are and the downy feathers makes it relatively safe. That's a species of duck though not sure about goslings.
Wood Duck?
Yes.
That’s not necessarily true, goslings can jump from very high cliffs, using their little wings & feet to help them glide to the ground. Check out in particular barnacle geese who leap of cliffs over a couple hundred feet or more!
Just like backyard chickens - it's about an egg a day. When they've got them all laid, they'll start incubating so that they all hatch on the same day.
They usually lay one egg every 24 hours as laying an egg takes a lot of a bird’s bodily resources, which is why the egg industry is horrible for the poor birds. 😞
Looks like they might need some help https://www.torontowildlifecentre.com/wildlife-emergency-rescue-hotline/conflicts-with-wildlife/common-canada-goose-problems/geese-nesting-on-a-balcony-or-rooftop/
I know this sounds weird, but I love the smell of goose eggs. I befriended a pair of Canada geese that nested every year on our property (we had a large pond). I (being just a kid), used to sit next to the goose while on her eggs & would read her stories. The gander would stand nearby & listen in. Once they hatched, she would bring them to the house to show them off, so we would make sure they had plenty of to eat & she would even let me pick them up if they got lost or looked injured, so that I could check them over before giving them back to mumma on the pond. Such a beautiful pair of geese. ❤️
That is a beautiful story of trust!😍
Are you going to Western?
A lot of bird species lay eggs on rocks
Funny enough, a lot of rock species look like eggs
The ovoid of life!
Aren't city pigeons technically rock doves?
Yes! The most common city pigeon is the Rock Pigeon, but a feral domesticated form \*Columba livia domestica.\*
Obligatory r/stupiddovenests
Northern roof chicken.
A close relation of the Greater Eastern Wall Turkey
What about the Western Ground-Albatross?
Bagpipes full of poop
I used to work at a corporate headquarters that was attached to a very large flat-roofed warehouse/distribution center. Every year several pairs of Canada geese would nest on the roof. You would be minding your own business walking from your parked car to the building entrance and suddenly be greeted by a cacophony of honking. Once I learned to look UP there would be two or four goose heads that popped up over the edge of the roof and honking and scolding like crazy. Canada geese obviously have no vertical depth perception when it comes to assessing threats. Their "nests" were 60 feet up on the roof. I dunno, maybe they thought humans could levitate. Dumb geese. Never saw goslings except on the ground and those could have been with ground nesting pairs...of which there were many.
\*Smart geese
I would hope they don’t get too hot but now you have to update us from when the bird comes back, to when they take their first flight.
If they hatch into goslings, the roof is a very bad location for them. Geese do not bring food to their chicks. The babies eat plants and they don't feather for months. Baby geese aren't like wood ducks. They chuck themselves off the roof and they will go splat.
Oh
Oh :(
Oh 😩
OP should probably call some professionals over around that time to save the geese then.
Do goslings survive a 4 story drop?
Yeah seriously. That looks like a high drop.
Leave them alone - the parents will either come back to them or they won't - and then some other bird will deal with them for you. Depending whose eggs they are they \*could\* be an especially protected kind of bird... or it could be some crazy common bird that you \*still\* can't disturb whilst they're nesting. :D
They weren't asking what they should do. They were wondering what bird would've laid them there. Still good recommendation of course, since some people see eggs or chicks without their parent for 3.5 seconds and assume they're in mortal peril.
Leave them. The bird knows what it's doing they have been here longer than us. 👍
Not even sure where you’re located, and I’m like “yep, Canada Goose.”
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Pigeons are very unfussy about nest ‘comfort’. So long as there is something to stop their eggs rolling off the edge they are happy. Their natural habitat is cliffs, so this would be fine for them.
Certainly Dragons 🐉
Probably a bird, couldn’t imagine a snake going up there
Doves maybe , check out r/stupiddove nests
The eggs are too big for doves, but this was my first thought as well lol
I'm just taking a wild guess but I think they're from a bird?
Where are you located?
I’ve heard nightjars and killdeer lay eggs on stony rooftops.
Yup - killdeer especially.
Nothing? Leave them.
What question are you answering?
I think people are misreading your post as "what should I do about this?" Or something, and not you asking what bird would do this
This!
I can't blame anyone. I get so irked by people bothering wildlife. I know they mean well, but good intentions without knowledge often does more harm than good.
Oh yea, I’m really into herpetology and every internet space has its moments with people finding turtles or snakes that they just found and decided they needed to relocate. It drives me nuts.
I'm really into birds and someone is on a sub im on and they're definitely keeping wild dove as a pet illegally. They claim that it was hurt and needed help, but they clearly are not a wild animal rehabber or any sort of expert and I just feel bad for the bird. 🤦♀️ Like imagine you're just chilling on your couch and a giant grabs you and insists you need their help.
OP wasn't terribly clear, and now they're getting defensive... they can go incubate some weird eggs outside their 4th floor university any ideas what could help them
I can't tell if you're joking or not. If not: The title could be clearer, but that description is crystal clear. I haven't read all their replies but they didn't seem defensive to me.
How are you with Omelettes?
Might be a bit of fertilized debris in there. IDK why but the thought of eating a baby bird inside an egg, as much as I intellectually understand it's a delicacy in some parts of the world, disgusts me to no f*cking end.
Looks like someone left you a grey goose on the rocks, or.. er 3 gray goose's on the rocks.
Had Canadian geese do this on my office building who built it outside the second story window. Fascinating to watch and made entering the building very difficult.
If you ask Wayne from letterkenny, those are national treasures
Like what’s stopping literally any animal from eating those, they’re not hidden in a nest in a tree, not hidden in a cavity of a tree, not in a bush, just sitting there in the complete open, how is that not a really bad idea from an evolutionary standpoint??????
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Read it again
Velociraptor
A bird I think
Perhaps a fritatta? Get some turmeric and a paprika in there. Maybe some decent goats cheese if it's not too rich.
Raptor eggs
dinosaurs
I think a bird did it Unless a semi-aquatic egg-laying mammal of action had something to do with it?
Most of those are just rocks
Lizard. 100% Source: I have seen a lizard egg. They are absolutely lizard eggs!
A funny roommate ?
Thought u was in jail
Definitely a Pterodactyl
Common Nighthawks often nest this way on gravel roofs. But these look more like pigeon eggs than Nighthawks.
Mourning Doves have a habit of making nests in strange places.
Mourning doves will make you redefine what you believe constitutes a nest.
A flying pig.
Could be a gull. Thats what they do here in Ireland. 🇮🇪
Crow eggs - useful for making Fight Milk.
Do you have butter?
A frying pan and a bit of oil should do it.
All it seems like it would take is about of shuffling around for an egg to crack. Maybe the rocks were warm or something. The spot is decent. The material is not.
If I had to place a bet I’d say a bird bro
A bird.
An unfathomable monster
Ah yes, lucky of you to see this! It is rare to see ostrich eggs in elevated places. Common misconception that ostriches can't fly - all species of Aarakocra can fly at level one.
Pigeon
Leave them alone
Reread it
I would cook them and ask less questions
Probably a bird
Probably a bird 🐦
idk man but i see an omelette when i see one
found Wile E. Coyote
Pigeons maybe