These 8 Birds Lay Eggs More Colorful Than Easter Eggs



No one paints eggs prettier than Mother Nature!



Check out these masterpiece “Easter Eggs,” painted by the real professionals — birds!

Robin:

The  “robin’s egg blue” color comes from pigments in the mother robin’s blood.

Cassowary:
This avocado-looking egg is the third largest in the world (after emus and ostriches) at 6.5 inches long

Emu:
Emu eggs look like giant emeralds!

Northern mockingbird:
These shiny little gems look like they’d make a nice necklace!

Tinamou

This rare South American bird looks like a quail or partridge that lays shiny, iridescent purple eggs!

 

 

 

Rock Bunting:

Great blue heron:

Both parents take turns incubating these aqua-colored eggs for 4 weeks.

Chicken:

Even our backyard buddies can produce some amazing looking eggs, ranging from coco brown by Marans chickens to blue and green by Auracauna chickens.

 




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