Found this fellah rolling an egg along the path with his nose. Amazing to see in person. Very curious and playful character.
Egg Thief.
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One IS in. Its Bluebell as the background I guess.
Lift the Soul is correct.That egg was obviously very precious for it to hang around so long
I find those kind of wildlife encounters 'lift the soul' for some reason!
I entered the forest with some heavy #1stWorldIssues , had the encounter , and left feeling somewhat renewed.
Agree with the above comments.
What sort of egg was it? Looks like an ordinary hen's egg, but hard to judge size from photo.
What sort of egg was it? Looks like an ordinary hen's egg, but hard to judge size from photo.
There was a story on my Google homepage news page about a fox rolling an egg along this week. Either a UK national or local newspaper article. Not local to me possibly Nottingham news rag as I've been getting a lot of those come up for some reason.
The egg rolling must be a technique they have for both fun and breaking it reasons. I'm a firm believer that we're not at all unusual for doing things just for fun. I've seen mammals and birds do things that have no purpose I could see other than for lolz. My fave was ravens trolling paragliding by gliding upside down scratching the wing with their talons. No camera at the time.
The egg rolling must be a technique they have for both fun and breaking it reasons. I'm a firm believer that we're not at all unusual for doing things just for fun. I've seen mammals and birds do things that have no purpose I could see other than for lolz. My fave was ravens trolling paragliding by gliding upside down scratching the wing with their talons. No camera at the time.
I would suggest it's trying to get it back to it's nest / home to eat it in peace because it can't pick it up and run.!
One of the great joys of my life is sitting on the loggia of our apartment watching the newly fledged swallows and swifts showing off their new skills to one another as they fly up and do the street. They fly for the sheer joy of it like kids in a skateboard park.
I must admit I was wondering WHY it was rolling it but as you've suggested I guess it must be for reasons of finding something hard to break it open upon.
The Stoat only has a little mouth and I guess its akin to us trying to bite into a hard beach ball.
The Stoat only has a little mouth and I guess its akin to us trying to bite into a hard beach ball.
Not entirely sure. - Definitely a chicken egg size but was more green/blue than that photo makes clear.
Location is a strip of hillside woodland just below a Golf course with no obvious ponds close by or any significant avian presence.
