Which bird lays purple eggs?
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I finally discovered what was running across our roof today. It was a grey squirrel on his way to steal some eggs from a bird's nest. I filmed him doing it and was amazed to see him come down again with an egg that was a purple in colour - almost metallic purple.
Any idea what kind of UK bird lays purple eggs?
I would post a picture but the individual frames are incredibly blurred, partly due to the image stabilisation that appears to be about as effective as a chocolate teapot. I can't imagine what else it could be, other than a bird's egg...
Any idea what kind of UK bird lays purple eggs?
I would post a picture but the individual frames are incredibly blurred, partly due to the image stabilisation that appears to be about as effective as a chocolate teapot. I can't imagine what else it could be, other than a bird's egg...
Edited by zadumbreion on Monday 28th July 16:48
Hmm
Starling eggs are apparently turquoise - and we've found a few shells of that colour elsewhere the garden. But this egg was truly purple - not bluey or greeny purple but out and out purple. I tried to get a frame from the video but it's quite hard to make out in a single frame.
Definitely purple though.
Similar to the colour of the bottom centre square here:
Purple squares
Starling eggs are apparently turquoise - and we've found a few shells of that colour elsewhere the garden. But this egg was truly purple - not bluey or greeny purple but out and out purple. I tried to get a frame from the video but it's quite hard to make out in a single frame.
Definitely purple though.
Similar to the colour of the bottom centre square here:
Purple squares
zadumbreion said:
Hmm
Starling eggs are apparently turquoise - and we've found a few shells of that colour elsewhere the garden. But this egg was truly purple - not bluey or greeny purple but out and out purple. I tried to get a frame from the video but it's quite hard to make out in a single frame.
Definitely purple though.
Similar to the colour of the bottom centre square here:
Purple squares
Ah, problem solved. That is actually Green. Starling eggs are apparently turquoise - and we've found a few shells of that colour elsewhere the garden. But this egg was truly purple - not bluey or greeny purple but out and out purple. I tried to get a frame from the video but it's quite hard to make out in a single frame.
Definitely purple though.
Similar to the colour of the bottom centre square here:
Purple squares
"British List" -
http://www.bou.org.uk/recbrlst1.html
I'll still go with Starling though. Eggs of most species can vary in colour.
http://www.bou.org.uk/recbrlst1.html
I'll still go with Starling though. Eggs of most species can vary in colour.
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