Robin Egg Blue
By Corey • May 6, 2007 • 7 commentsI recently took a walk off-trail at Papscanee Island, taking advantage of deer trails to find my way through the thick brush. I was startled by an American Robin flushing from directly in front of me, not more than three feet away. A closer look at the location the bird flushed from revealed this:
After quickly taking a couple of pictures while the robin cluck-clucked her displeasure I retreated and waited for a few minutes, guarding against cowbirds, until the robin returned to the nest.
Good luck, egg!
And a question: If I hadn’t seen any robins today but stumbled upon the nest without seeing the robin that had just flown off, and identified the egg as a robin’s, could I count robin on my day-list?
an American Robin building a nest at Alley Pond Park in April
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I found American Robin eggs on the ground not cracked. If you know anything about hatching them please email me back.
@Klarrissa: If they weren’t in a nest, but were just lying on the ground, odds are they’re done for.
I found robin eggs but how do I get them to hatch? I have a light over it. I am a 16 year old. I can’t find incubator
@carlie: Unfortunately, they are not going to hatch…unless you took them directly from the nest which would be illegal and wrong. Like I told Klarissa above if you find them on the ground they have probably gotten too cold to ever hatch…or maybe the parents dumped the eggs when other eggs in the nest hatched.
I have a Robin that recently laid 4 blue eggs that have hatched. The nest is right outside of my back door in a tall bush. We are very excited about this nest. The nest has been in this location since last year. The Robin laid 3 blue eggs last year. Those eggs did not hatch she moved two of the eggs and left one which eventually turned grey. However, the nest remained in the same place. The Robin used the same nest this year by adding more straw, etc. to the old nest. I am going to try and take daily pictures to see their growth.
Hey are you sure they wont hatch because i think mine is still alive. i found it yesterday outside in the grass and i’ve been keeping it warm. is there anything i can do?
i am in canada and i found 2 blue robin eggs i was wondering if someone can tell me how to hatch them