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Sturnus vulgaris
Spotted on Oct 25, 2012
Submitted on Oct 25, 2012
3 Comments
You're welcome, Brent; but I would encourage you to look into it further. On second glance this egg shell seems to be more speckled (rather than dirty, as I assumed). So it may be the egg of a cowbird or cuckoo.
Thanks auntnace123! I have never seen one of these around, but I will be on the lookout now.
It appears to be an European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) egg. The bird has been introduced to your part of Australia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Star...