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.