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Can anyone help me identify this little broken egg? It’s about 1.5 cm big. Found in my garden, in the Netherlands. I think it’s an egg an Eurasian jay stole from a black bird for a goopy breakfast. But it’s so blue. Do blackbirds really lay such blue green eggs?

I wish I could fix it with some superglue but it’s far too delicate. Perhaps I’ll frame and label it like this. It’s so pretty.

#birds #nature

zynmaster · 7w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq8kv7usuvkj2uryz6sdrtdvrc2yhdeygayswqj9kuyfmdrwc8wahs0thgrn 🤔 dunnok or starling? throttles or flycatchers also have blue eggs, but with distinct black spots or completely without.

Abhijit Menon-Sen · 7w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq8kv7usuvkj2uryz6sdrtdvrc2yhdeygayswqj9kuyfmdrwc8wahs0thgrn Blackbirds do lay mottled blue or greenish-blue eggs like this. There are other species, e.g., Song Thrush, which have eggs of a similar colour; I don't know enough to tell them apart, b...

QuokkaMocha 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸 · 7w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq8kv7usuvkj2uryz6sdrtdvrc2yhdeygayswqj9kuyfmdrwc8wahs0thgrn I found a broken egg in my garden very similar to this and when I went through all the identification things, I decided it was a blackbird egg. It was quite saturated as well. I did phot...