Wild Delaware

I spent today photographing eggs and shells at the Delaware Museum of Natural History near Wilmington. The museum is internationally famous for their collections of bird eggs, sea shells and bird skins. So do you think you know your bird eggs? How many can you identify in this photograph? I’ll add the names of these eggs on Tuesday but for now here’s a clue. These are all Delaware birds, some of them very common. Each box contains a clutch of eggs from just one nest and each box has eggs from a different species.

eggs unscrambled
If you are a long-time resident of Delaware’s coast you may have been able to identify some of these bird eggs. Getting more than even a few correct would be quite an accomplishment. Here are the eggs identified…

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