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[safreund]

I recently discovered two chicken sized robin's blue eggs in my yard - appear to have tumbled from surrounding trees - no nest. I live @ 1/8 mile from LI Sound in NY and my yard is fairly wooded and the area is somewhat rural. Are these some type of waterfowl eggs?

[Raptor]

If it was surrounded by trees then must likely its not a type of waterfowl (unless they are Wood Duck eggs). Although It might be Grackle or Starling eggs though. Is there any way you could get a picture?

[ZBirdNerd]

Wood Duck eggs aren't usually blue, but I'm not sure about grackles, etc. Most likely not a waterfowl...

What birds have you seen in that area before?

[ZBirdNerd]

Most herons, egrets and ibises lay blue-green eggs, but they might be too big.

Blue jay eggs sound similar to yours.

[safreund]

Earlier in the season, we had night herons build a nest in a tree in the yard, but abandoned it.....this is why I thought it might be heron eggs. The eggs are the size of chicken eggs and light blue in color - I think too large to be grackle, although there are grackles in abundance in the area.

[mousebird]

I agree, the eggs are too large for a grackle.

[smo]

I found, what sounds like, the same eggs in my backyard. I live just outside of Milwaukee in WI. It looks like whatever it was, made a nest behind one of my peonies plants (left a lot of small grey feathers) and the eggs were all open. Some inside the nest and some outside the nest. I'm not sure if the eggs hatched or if another animal ate them. I have had rabbits make nests in my yard before and that's what it looks like, but they don't lay eggs. What kind of eggs are these?

[smo]

I think they kind of look like Ameraucana hens eggs. Any ideas?

[luv2bird]

Aren't the American Robin and Bluebird's the only species that lay blue eggs? Someone chime in and educate us please...

[natureboy]

a fair amount of wading bird nests that i have observed had very light blue eggs in them.  if there is no nest in your tree, the egg may not have been layed in the tree.  i.e. = a crow may have been flying by with it while being harassed by a mocking bird and dropped it.  there are lots of possibilities.  chicken sized and blue sounds like a large displaced wading bird egg.