You can also save the shells from boiled eggs. Just remove the inner membrane and let the shell dry, then they're easy to crush into smaller bits. Meredith Sampson Old Greenwich -- Kathy Van Der Aue <kvda@optonline.net> wrote: I have already started doing it and they really do take them. The only thing I would suggest is that you microwave them for about 30 seconds to destroy any possible salmonella or other microbes. I always put them in a certain planter and the birds know to look there. Bluejays especially crave calcium and someone on this list suggested last year that putting out eggshells might prevent them from taking so many eggs from other nesting birds. Good luck! Kathy Van Der Aue, Southport, CT kvda@optonline.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo-Anne Roberts" <jmrcnslt@hotmail.com> To: "[CT Birds}" <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 1:05 PM Subject: [CT Birds] Egg shells > Does anybody put out clean crushed egg shells for the birds? I had heard > long ago that it helps their eggs. Is this true? Is there any harm in > providing crushed shells? > > Jo-Anne > Mansfield Center > > > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org ____________________________________________________________ No one carries a wallet anymore. Click now and get a stylish money clip! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTGmAUjGpyJE7N88XQcg1YBRtpcCHcgZHUAjXDRmCdBDzSiVnmk472/