Notable Oologist
Charles Bendire - a former US soldier who has the bird Bendire's Thrasher named in his honor.
Colin Watson - this British egg collector became famous for stealing rare and wild bird eggs for a span of 20 years before his eventual death. Good riddance?
Francis Charles Robert Jourdain - the founder of the British Oological Society now known as the Jourdain Society.
Best Egg Collections
The Henry Luke White collection in Melbourne Australia. This collection holds 4,800 groups of bird eggs representing 650 species of birds.
Have you ever thought of collecting bird eggs as a hobby before? I know I haven't.
