I knew it was *NOT* a Robin's egg too. That is the one thing I can be sure of
based on what I see around my own yard.
I suggested house wren because the only photo I could find of eggs that looked
close to your egg was labeled as a "house wren" nest. Maybe someone who actually
knows birds has a better guess.
How far the broken egg is found from the nest doesn't signify. I think parent
birds carry empty eggshells away from a nest & drop them to fool predators
predators; lead them away from a nest.
On 7/16/2019 17:06:30, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
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
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