i looked UP, but the branches of the oak were so distant and relatively bare, i couldn't imagine a bird's nest perching on any of them. but the bright yellow yolk was now splattered on our driveway, having fallen with some speed and hit with enough force that the yolk debris went outward for at least eighteen inches - little flecks of yellow flung from the center of impact. the blue egg, shredded and crumpled, part of it missing. likely a robin's egg. we have an abundance of that bird, a super-sized american version of the lovely
european robin. though, it could be the egg of a bluebird pair i've seen swooping from tree to tree this spring. there is a bluebird's nest in a garden where i work, inside a nesting box. four blue eggs which have now produced four plum-colored, blind babies.
