I know it is not a robin's egg. Hummingbird eggs are white and even tinier. I suspect that is a House Wren egg, because I have themnesting in three birdhouses in my yard, but this was found away from the bird houses and all the images I could find of House Wren eggs showed a lot more white between the brown speckles than this sample.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 3:12 PM John <[email protected]> wrote: > You can probably narrow it down by thinking about what kinds of birds you > commonly see around your yard. It's not a Robin's egg. > > I see lots of (American) Robins around here & sometimes find parts of a > Robin's > egg in my driveway. Their shells are a pale blue. > > Maybe a House Wren? That's the closest I could find in Google images. > > > https://virtualprojectpoint.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/whbbt-house-wren-eggs-2014.jpg > > One thing I noticed in my search was that birders use coins for size > comparisons > rather than a ruler; mostly a dime or a quarter. I think the roundness of > the > coin makes it easier to immediately grasp the size of the egg in a way a > ruler > doesn't. > > Not a criticizing your image, just something that could be useful > information. > > > On 7/16/2019 00:58:47, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I found this tiny bird's egg on my driveway early yesterday morning. > > > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/7/16/egg > > > > K-5 IIs, FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8 > > Comments are invited. > > > > Any help in identifying the bird species would be appreciated. > > > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
