‘Flown the coop’ or ‘Circle of life’?

I removed this empty nest from a neighbor’s tree. If the chicks developed enough to get booted out of the nest by the mother, would the egg shells still be this intact? I’m doubtful, so I’m leaning toward this being a “circle of life” image…

» About robins in a previous post.

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[Mags]

Yes. Sadly, I think some creature ate them. But a rat snake would swallow the eggs whole. Nice shot of the lovely blue shells.

[GaryW]

That is likely what happened! Great sharp photo!