The mystery of the blue egg by randystreat

The mystery of the blue egg

What kind of bird lay this egg? Why is it lying in the grass and not in a nest? How did it manage to get there unscathed?
It’s a beautiful color. Maybe it was part of an Easter Egg hunt. Nice spotting.
April 4th, 2024  
Maybe it was born before the ambulance arrived.
April 4th, 2024  
I'm guessing that it was part of an Easter egg hunt
April 4th, 2024  
Aha, an Easter egg hunt - good thinking Kathy A!
April 4th, 2024  
Certainly a mystery.
April 4th, 2024  
Robins eggs are this color. It looks like it was cracked to me though. Maybe that’s just the shadows? It’s too small to be part of an Easter egg hunt. Fantastic find FAV
April 4th, 2024  
You need to look out for a bright blue bird! :-D
April 4th, 2024  
That’s a pretty colour, well spotted!
April 4th, 2024  
an Easter egg hunt?
April 4th, 2024  
@shutterbug49 It was a pretty blue. No egg hunt here in my backyard though it's definitely a lost egg.
@onewing I wondered if it would survive if I just left it but doubt it.
@kjarn I don't think so. There are no kids as neighbors so no Easter egg hunts in my backyard.
@jamibann Not an Easter egg hunt. It's a lost bird's egg.
@wakelys It is. Could have blown out of a nest, but the trees are fairly tall and set back from where this was. I don't know how it stayed in one piece.
@grammyn Upon researching it, apparently a number of common "songbirds" lay blue eggs. I thought robin too. It didn't seem to be cracked. I think what you're seeing is a shadows. Thanks Katy.
@will_wooderson Bluebirds and bluejays both in the backyard.
@craftymeg Thanks Meg. I can't believe I did see it actually, except I was out there picking up sticks before the lawn guy came.
@tunia Nope I don't think so.It's in my backyard and no kids around.
April 5th, 2024  
@randystreat interesting information!
April 5th, 2024  
I didn’t realise it was in your back yard. It sure is a lovely colour
April 5th, 2024  
Nice find. People associate it with eugenics, but that's what animals do. They eliminate damaged or redundant ones so that the rest can survive.
April 5th, 2024  
@kjarn It really was a pretty colored egg.
@haskar It's hard not to place human emotions and actions onto animals. After all, we're just humans. :)
April 6th, 2024  
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