dove eggs and scorpion venom

Today I learned that dove eggs are much smaller than they look in that picture I posted a few days ago. I kid you not - they look like Easter candy.

The reason I was fiddling with dove eggs is that there might be enough time left in the nesting season for one more set of eggs, and the way birds handle abandoned eggs is by kicking them out of the nest and making eggy splatters on your patio, so I thought I'd just head that off at the pass.

Also, giant yellow Israeli scorpion venom is good for something. In case you needed to know.