2 Reasons Why Robin Eggs Are Blue (American Robin)
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- Have you ever seen a Robin egg before and wondered why it's so blue? Turns out there are two reasons why this is the case.
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Yep! We had a robin’s nest in a tree next to our 2nd story deck. It was 12’ up in the tree, and pretty much a perfect view into the nest! It had a trio of eggs and I checked them every day. Got to see the new hatchlings grow all the way up to fledgling. Then, after the robins were done with the nest, the next week, a pair pigeons moved in and successfully raised a pair of babies. Watched them all the way, too! Loved it.❤️🤓
TarantuLady that is awesome! ☺
I feed our robins, they love dried crazins. They see me when I open the door and come flying in for their rations. happy birding everyone.
Laura Picht omgosh that's so sweet.
Laura Picht -
Thanks for the tip! I am going to try dried fruit in my feeder too!
I had the privilege of raising one up they are beyond smart
I am going to have to carry craisins! The robins always get so close to me while I am gardening. They go through the soil i turn up for worms. I have been wondering if I could get them to come a bit closer
Crazins have sugar on them. Read the ingredients. Not good for any animal or people for that matter.
Blue eggs protect against cow birds that would lay their own egg in the nest and try to trick the robin into raising it's young. Cow birds lay white eggs.
That certainly would help them but there is much more going on for why there are blue eggs as shown by the research. Thanks for the comment!
True, animal features rarely evolve because of just one advantage. More often it's because of multiple advantages. Like those stated in your video :)
Oh my goodness! I can’t decide if that’s lazy or brilliant. And the Papa and Mama Robins would be like, “Where did THAT come from??!!! I know it’s not mine!!”...”Honest, Sweetie! I didn’t lay that! It just appeared! Wait!! Come back!! It’s not mine!! Honest!!”
I think being the blue is reflected and most animals are not sensitive to colours, The blue is not showing to predators but look red green and a berry that crows don't eat.
michel doniguian cowbirds lay eggs that mimic the eggs in the target nest they can be lots of different colors and patterns not only white
When we went camping a few weeks ago, my youngest niece saw a small pink toy ball stuck high in a tree, and was very excited. "I found a bird's egg! It may be a new species!"
Leslie Moise awww that's so sweet. I would have hugged her so tight. ❤
She was telling everybody, "I think I discovered a new species!" Difficult to hug her, she was bounding around so much.
I have found parts of Robin's eggs in my yard throughout my life here in New England. They are one of my favorite birds. I've never given thought to why they are that color, I just know I've loved them since I was a child.
Robins’ egg blue is one of the loveliest of colors.
Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
Robins are one of my favourite birds. My first bird nesting experience was a robins nest and that experience led to my interest in birds. My backyard is now full of feeders to help our little friends and so I can watch what they are up to.
Every spring my ears are keen to spot the first Robin. I love the chirpity chirp they make. I love to listen to the songs they sing. I often find broken blue eggs under trees and elsewhere. Once an egg fell and it was not broken. And it had the embryo inside.
ginger cox wow how cool about their being an embryo developed inside.
Had a Robin nest on my mailbox...which is on my front porch , by the door. I thought the first partial nest was a joke, knocked it off. Next day another nest...so I left it be. Told my mailman to put mail on a chair on the porch. I could not believe 4 eggs...all hatched, and grew very fast. They typically nest in one of my trees, this was too cute.
When I was a kid, I found one and almost put it in my mouth, thinking it was a marble (not that a marble from the ground would've made a healthier choice), but Mom stopped me. So when my grandmother asked me why they were blue, I said, "So other animals would think they were marbles and wouldn't eat them". I still think since they are such an unnatural color, some animals won't touch them. But when my grandmother said, "I hadn't thought of that! You might be right!", I asked her why eggs were blue. She said, "It was God's design."
God who, where
I agree with you that it is more likely that God did design birds to lay colored eggs for specific reasons. Sometimes we don't know the reasons why things are the way they are, but God always has very good reasons for why He did what He did and does what He does.
Yes, God had specifics decided as to purpose. I've always wondered if some predators do not see blue very well...maybe that plays into it ?. Some bird feathers that appear blue to us are actually dull brown, according to Cornell U.
BitterVoid my grandmother was a very sweet and loving woman who taught me many things; such as how to be kind and tolerant of others’ beliefs; even if I don’t agree with them, myself. She taught me that such intimate beliefs should never be mocked or challenged. I’m so sorry you didn’t have anyone to teach you these things, or to teach you to respect others’ relatives, as mine have taught me. I don’t know if you were trying to make me mad by calling my grandmother “ign*rant”, but you didn’t. You made me sad. Because now I miss my grandmother, and I feel sorry for you. If you had a grandmother as loving as mine, you wouldn’t have disrespected my grandmother. You see, I would never treat anyone else’s grandmother with disrespect without feeling like I was disrespecting my own grandmother. But you’re still young. You have your entire life ahead of you. You can change things around. It’s not about who believes what. One day we will all know who was right or wrong, and I could be wrong. This is why my grandmother taught me to respect others’ beliefs. Because even though we all live and believe differently, we can learn from each other. We can teach each other. This is how we grow. THIS, BitterVoid, is how we evolve. 🙂
In response to BitterVoid quote: “your grandmother is ign*rant believing in some fairy tale human in the sky. It’s called science and evolution”
@BitterVoid It is YOU who displays your less than childish ignorance! There is no human living in the sky!
Currently at this wonderful stage of life it’s a big delicacy watching this spectacular bird nest and lay it’s beautiful light blue eggs
Robin eggs were the first experience to birding! Thank you. 😀
After all my studies and experiments, I've concluded that Robins just really like the color blue
Sorry, I have to.... After all my studies, Robins are just awesome. :) Best of all to you friend.
American_Warrior
According to you, robins are incredible creatures.
What they think, becomes reality.
If that were true, we'd be #ucked if robins liked pterodactyls.
My first robin sighting this spring was last week, and from there on,
maybe 100 will be noticed up until June.
Not a comfortable feeling to walk down the street,
and have 100 birds with a 36 ft W/S, swooping down to take you to lunch.
I love birds and love your channel. Keep up the great videos. Thanks!
I sit on my front porch every morning watching these beautiful birds robins doves several different kind
We used to have a robin that fell in love with the side mirror of the car. Every day it would perch at that mirror, look at itself and chitt causing a big mess on the driver’s door. Every day the mess had to be washed off. This bird returned every year after winter for a few years doing the very same thing. Eventually it disappeared and so did the mess lol. It used to frustrate my dad a lot as it was his car and all the cleaning time it consumed. lol
Yep, babies American Robin out side my window. The babies asking for food.
Your videos are so interesting to watch. I love hearing from you! Even though the editing is simple, you manage to compile all the bird videos, your advice and facts together in a very nice way. I'll always enjoy listening to each video you publish- I often listen to them while I draw. Happy birding to you as well!
I had a Robin Maia a nest in my hanging flower pot, so we could always get a good look at the growing babies. One of the eggs was much smaller and unfertilized. When the babies got big and I wasn’t afraid I would “break” them if I moved the babies out of the way, I took the empty egg and put it in resin and made it a necklace for my mom on Mother’s Day
Could you do a video about Mourning Doves I would love to know more about them
I like Mourning Doves------------With Garlic
@@MarvinLStohs Mee too, but they're cute when where alive too
Mourning Doves are a bop
I have 3 pair of them. Can’t imagine trying to stuff my grocery hole with them since they are so small, seems rather pointless, but hey shooters gotta shoot.
I love the mourning dove call. It’s always seemed especially comforting.
I absolutely ❤️ this channel an your knowledge of my favorite friends. Every morning I have my coffee on porch an watch difference birds enjoying ther morning too. Robin’s nest is different than most big birds there size, I went to visit my son at his home an stepped upon the porch an this bird flew away I spotted a nest on top of his electric meter when I was admiring the sturdy nest it didn’t take me a minute to know who’s nest it was. He had a Robins nest on his house meter 😀. He has lots of different birds at his home too, probably because he don’t have a cat outside. Thank you for a great video ❣️
I thought that the blue pigment had something to do with thier diet of berries and worms as opposed to nuts and seeds. Lol. Good to know! Thank you as always Lesley!
I had a nest in my yard last year and it was low enough to film it all like your video, it was so amazing.😀
I really like and enjoy your birding videos. I learn a lot of things that I didn't know. I feed my local birds here in Central New York and I now have a much better understanding and enjoyment after watching your excellent & entertaining videos. Thanks. William S.
The parks near me havea a lot of Robins. They are beautiful birds.
A small flock of robins recently arrived here in my yard on the southern OR coast. I've enjoyed watching them! Years ago my dad kept alive an old robin that didn't migrate and stayed near his NH home during a very bad snowy winter by feeding him apples.
Fascinating! Thank you ❤
I am in Indiana and have lots of Robin's. I just started putting feeders out this year and my biggest fan(of the feeders of course) is a white breasted nuthatch, he quacks at me every morning waiting for me to bring out my bag of goodies(sometimes goes for peanuts sometimes seeds). Thank you for all you do to help and educate us, your videos are my favorite!
I have Robins nesting now on the bend of a drainpipe outside my house in Oklahoma. Robins also nested there about four years ago. I had not removed the nest from that year. This newest nesting effort uses the same old nest, probably with a little new material being added.
And I agree with the earlier person who commented that the bright color gives the Robins an easy way to detect a cowbird egg. My old Audubon Land Bird Guide book by Richard Pough says this of the cowbird eggs, "Robins and catbirds puncture them and throw them out..." Oh, and catbird eggs are also a colorful shade of blue!
Huh... Who would have thought? Interesting trivia!😀
what a coincidence that robin eggs turned out to be robin's egg blue.
LMMO laughing my mask off!
Very interesting info Nerd!!! 👍👍👍 On a different note I saw tufted titmouse fledglings at the feeder today looking for a handout from their parents lol, it was the first time for me. Pretty cool stuff!!! 😃
Locks Bog Haha! Fledglings can be so dramatic but it is cute at the same time.
We actually have one right now in our backyard. She has 3 blue eggs. Beautiful colour .
This was very interesting, so something I always wondered about. I asked my little birdie buddy, but all she said was CHIRP! (yes, I talk to birds lol)
Peacemaker Wolf hahaha. I talk to the birds too. 😆
Peacemaker Wolf - I talk to them too and they know when I whistle to appear out of nowhere for goodies! - Stephanie
There is a female Robin that sits with me in the outdoor break area at work! That's my birdie buddy 💞
Peacemaker Wolf - Lucky You!
Growing up in central Texas during the 60's & 70's, robins were strictly a winter resident & seldom stayed around during the summer months. Now they are common nesting birds in suburban areas where automatic sprinklers & irrigation systems are the norm. Not so much in the rural areas. I believe this allows a more reliable source of mud for nests & the moist soil is more conducive for earthworms & other invertebrate bird foods to remain nearer the surface during the typically very hot & dry summer months. Just an interesting change with robins I've noticed over the last few decades. Purely anecdotal but an interesting observation.
Grant Critchfield's Texas Trail Cams hmmm that's really interesting. You never know you could be on to something. Thanks for the comment.
I hv lived n Texas my whole life, and mostly lived n rual country areas...I live down n South Central coastal Part of Texas. Most of the time we only see Robin's for a short time just before the spring arrives.
For a small time I moved closer to the Hill country n2 the city (I hated it!!!) and when the Robin's came n, they stayed for much longer. You very well may b on to something about having man made resources inside the city that hv allowed them to start changing some of their habits. It is happening a lot w many species now.
The same can be said for fire ants. I never saw fire ants in central Texas until the 80's. Now the pretty well occupy the whole eastern half of the state. In the western third of Texas (esp. the Chihuahuan desert), the ants are pretty well confined to areas that have irrigation for lawns or crops. Fire ants have to have dependable soil moisture and the dry rangelands outside of irrigated areas are mostly fire ant free. Nature is amazingly adaptable and will take advantage of environmental situations that we create. Just ask any non-native invasive species...and even a few natives like robins.
I noticed that too
That is very interesting. It reminds me of some of what Richard Dawkins wrote about in The Selfish Gene. Thanks again for another amazing and educational video, Lesley!
BramSLI1 I thought about that too when I was reading up on it.
Thanks a bunch!
I witnessed a robin divebomb a squirrel for straying too close to the nest.
That Robin was sure a badass
I'm so excited a robin built a nest on our front door wreath. It's so cute currently there's 3 little blue eggs. 😍❤🤗
Lmaoooooo I got the same thing.. right now. I got 3 blue eggs too 😳🤣
@@myonniedensie good for you! ❤
Saw bluebirds for the first time in my life this year after putting up a nest box and feeder for them!
Most interesting Leslie, canaries lay white eggs until the final egg, the final egg is blue.
Robins nested in the maples around our house. The pine grove in our backyard was largely dees and jays. Our frequently visiting crows nested up the street in a little pine woods. Newton Massachusetts
I really love this video about the color of Robins’ eggs & the blueness! Very interesting and informative and educational! It totally makes sense! I was just thinking maybe they were that color, so if the egg fell out and went on the ground… But I guess mom or papa bird can’t pick that egg up and put it back in the nest!!! Thank you very, very much! Love your Canadian accent! Gay Michaelis 😁👋❤️🤗
Oh, and I love wild birds also! Have fed them off & on for years… Even had different pet birds, such as a yellow napes Amazon and a mina bird as a kid. Plus cockatiels and love birds that we were trying to breed, and we had to hand raise some lovebirds, when the parents deserted or stop feeding. Also had a couple parakeets, too.
Robbins are my favorite bird, I love them!
Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing.
We love Robins at our house. They have such a lovely song, have such a brightly colored breast, and eat bugs. We feed our backyard birds a variety of seeds, plus corn, and dried mealworms. The Robins love the mealworms. Thanks for the info on the Robin's egg color.
I rescued a Robbin egg, it was still good and healthy!! I’m watching a lot of videos about them
So my husbands grandpa had a beautiful nest on his front porch and had some cute little babies hanging out. They have already fledged though.
Thanks for another great video. Yes Robin nests were a welcome sight around the house, and also Eastern Phoebe were common nesters, on the drainpipe under the roof. Reminds me also of the British RAF using Duck Egg Green for the color of the undersides of their aircraft in WWII, for camouflage
Have seen the nests in our yard, and found the broken shells often as a kid.
I love feeding the birds and have seen robins plucking the dried fruit from the seed mix
Wow, so the perception of healthy offspring leads to greater output from the parent
My guess is it has to do with ultra violet light. Robins use ultra violet light a great deal visually. The white markings on robins are fluorescent in UV light.
I recall robins’ nests and their blue eggshells in the yard of my childhood home.
Right now, there is a white-winged dove nest in a jacaranda tree in my yard. We don’t have robins where I live now. They seem to be replaced here by a relative, the clay-colored thrush.
I remember my father was making the roof for our porch. They stopped for a day and when they came back, there were 3 nests. They moved it to a tree and I got a good view of them ^-^
It use to be that you didn't see your first robin until spring but they seem to be not heading south for the winter
We have a robin that was born in our yard right next to the garage where we jam out all the time. He has been back every year for three years now and always comes to sit at the garage door to listen to music. He prefers Pink Floyd.
We just had a robin egg hatch in our backyard under the back porch
Have robins in our yard somewhere nesting every year. Amazing little creatures. They know they are welcome and safe..
Not around me and my 45
Yes I always wondered why and now I know thank you very much. It’s a beautiful blue egg.
possibly also bright eggs attract attention so the birds always fly lets say half a mile and drop them so preditors are attracted to another area, and away from the nest.
Last spring we did have a Robins nest right by our window. 3 out of 4 eggs successfully hatched and fledged. And we documented it
I just found a robin egg in my yard, it was on the ground and I don't even know how it got there. I tried looking for a nest nearby and a female robin but there was no sign. I've researched how to incubate the egg and I'm taking care of it now! Your videos are really helpful so thank you for making them!
I was about 7 yrs old visiting my grandparents farm when my cousin and I discovered a robins nest with three tiny blue eggs in a wooden log fence surrounding some of the property. I thought they were so beautiful and have loved that color blue ever since.
My CZcams suggestions finally got something interesting for me. Also my yard has 2 robin nests and I can’t imagine a predator being successful in getting close because the parents swoop and slap you with their wings if you get too close. Luckily I’m used to my cockatiel biting me, so I don’t get scared by robins, but I leave them alone because they need to be watching their eggs.
Holy-smoke, what an interesting video. 😊
THE ROBIN FLEW AWAY (C)2006
I have a nest on my deck right now with one egg in it, can't wait until it hatches 😊
Robins lay blue eggs and they are very beautiful
My uncle kept pigeons as egg food producers. The eggs were a pale blue and it took about 10--15 to make an omelet. They were delicious!!
Robins nest in or near my yard in the suburbs of Michigan every year. I find egg shells on the ground almost every year.
Years ago my very young brother-in-law brought us a baby robin. We raised it all summer. It flew all over the house and messed everywhere. It was quite affectionate but the time came to release her. I took her outside several times and she finally went away with a male that I'm pretty sure was courting her.
I have one now nesting outside my window. Last year they had two hatch. I have a picture of them shortly after hatching.
Very interesting. Thank you 🐦.
Had a nest on the window ledge of my 2nd floor bathroom. It had been there and empty for all of last year. Then one day it suddenly contained 4 tiny blue eggs, then 4 very tiny bobble heads with open yellow beaks, then 4 larger but still small balls of fluff, then 4 bigger feather balls. And I was fortunate to see mom (or was it dad?) pop in with a beak full of worms and bugs and poke them into the insistent chirping beaks, and dash away for more. Then one day...the nest was empty. Initially I was a bit sad. But I realized that it was as it should be, and the world had 4 new robins eating worms and bugs and adding their songs to my backyard.
How amazing. I found a broken blue egg the other day and now know who lost it.
Here in the Midlands UK we only see Robins occasionally in the snow, and it doesn't snow every year.
No robins, but I have Golden Finches and Chickadees nesting near my house. I love them to death! Wonderful to hear any time of day!
I had a nest of robins outside my window - I never saw eggs, but when they hatched it was my favorite thing to watch the little baby bird heads poking out like finger puppets with their big beaks!
I am in KY, USA, & usually have at least 3 robins nesting in the yard each Spring. Until I watched this I always assumed that only the females cared for the eggs & the young. Thanks for correcting that!
Not only, are their eggs beautiful, but their nests are to.
Happy Birding! 🌿🐦
I have never seen such deeply Blue eggs. Assume my Robins built nests in the thickets. Fascinating!
Robin egg blue !
Nice color !
Very interesting facts we have a robin's nest with at least one blue egg I saw
I have a robin who all of a sudden would land right in front of me every time I threw grapes on my driveway. Little did I know she had built a nest on my downspout about 15 feet from my backdoor. I didn't even know robins liked grapes, now she eats them when I throw them out there. She has a birds eye view of everything I do now.
We have these hanging plant pots on our porch and a bird nested in one of the plants
The way that she says "yard" - LOL! 😂😂🤣
We just had our robins jump a week or so ago and, my gosh, are they ever adorable!
I had a robin egg in my bird bath last year. They live in the back yard. ♥️
Blue birds are so pretty!
We had a nesting duck in the garden this spring. It was nice. Unfortunately something got the eggs, so she left
I was trimming my bush and I just found a nest!!!! It’s at my window height so I can see right into the nest it’s awesome I stopped trimming as soon as I seen it
Thanks I learned something new from this video
We have Robin nest with 4 eggs by wreath hung on our storm door. I follow since they started building the nest, and laid each eggs by taking a picture.
Just yesterday I took a few pics of a robin sitting in her nest in our climbing hydrangea. We've had robin's build nests in this very large (25ft long) group of hydrangea plants. This new nest is probably 7 or 8 feet off the ground and, yes, covered partially by leaves. Luckily for the robin there is very little back and forth past the nest and usually quiet in the backyard.
Just saw my first one in our front yard... Beautiful
I just had 6 hatch and sadly 3 eggs where destroyed by some kind of pest. I was sad. Just checked today to make sure the babies where doing ok.
this is such a [bigshot] moment
Robin nest are so small and sturdy they stay intact
This is so cool! I have a robin nest in tiki hut! She has eggs too!
ive seen about 5 in are yard nesting this year lol. well they are our state bird here in Michigan :D
I have them nesting in a basket by my door. I am also in MI.
Ew Michigan
@@biteme9869 ??? You can have an opinion but whats wrong with michigan dude lmao
froggy frog it was a joke I live in ohio
@@biteme9869 😎👊ah ok lol
Very interesting! Thanks.