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Robin's egg blue

6 years ago

I found this on my front porch this morning. It's one of my all time favorite colors.

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7

6 years ago

Olychick, the blue pigment is not created by something that they ingest, but is biliverdin, a product of the hemoglobin and is present in nearly all animals (mammals, insects, birds, fish, etc.). In birds, it's produced by the shell gland....the brighter the blue, the healthier the mother.

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nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
6 years ago
me too!..it's beautiful
Yayagal
6 years ago
The prettiest color.
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MtnRdRedux
6 years ago
awww! Gorgeous
lizzie_grow
6 years ago
My favorite, too...!
Fun2BHere
6 years ago
Beautiful!
czarinalex
6 years ago
Nature makes beauty!
Olychick
6 years ago
I am so curious where that beautiful color comes from. I know that salmon is colored by the food they eat, same with Flamingos, I believe. But just where in the food chain or whatever (I'm not a biologist, as you can see, lol) does the robin access anything that would create that color? Seems like the eggs would be worm colored!
MtnRdRedux
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It's amazing that the birds color-matched the Tiffany box so perfectly. All it needs is a white grosgrain bow and a diamond ring!
deegw
Original Author
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Mtn, it would have been a nice surprise to find a diamond ring on my porch this morning :)

I wonder if the bright blue color makes the eggs more attractive to predators?
Olychick
6 years ago
Rhizo!!! Thanks! I just didn't know how their bodies did it; glad you did.
martinca_gw sunset zone 24
6 years ago
Oh sigh...so lovely. Robins are my very favorite.
cat_mom
6 years ago
<3
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
6 years ago
d_gw, I doubt very much that the blue attracts predators simply because that would defy the laws of nature. That would be a serious flaw of survival.

However, it has been proven that the male robin is stimulated to being a better partner when the eggs are a vivid blue. He will take better care of the female and the brood the brighter the eggs are.

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