Sighting 4245864
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Whilst an Emu egg seems to fit the size, the colour is wrong and also very odd location for one. Not sure we can be conclusive enough to say whether or not it is an Emu egg or something else.| Insufficient or inconclusive evidence | 11 Jan 2020 | natureguy | ||
| Unidentified | 22 Dec 2019 | Ct1000 |
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The large egg was approximately mango sized I tried to use my hand for scale but don't think it quite conveys the size well. I suspect it wasn't actually a nest or breeding site. No birds in site. Extremely close to the fox den. The egg was cold and a gentle turn suggests there was definitely an embryo inside but it was likely very much dead.
7 comments
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
24 Dec 2019
Your description (if I put it at around 10cm height) would make it larger than any of the raptors or even the large waterbirds like herons etc.... For context, morcombe has a pelican egg at 90cm. A measurement could help but eggs are always tricky. Do you have it with you by any chance, or did you leave it?
Ct1000
wrote:
24 Dec 2019
Dad later went and collected it. It is 110mm long by 70mm. So we still have it if you'd like to look at it.
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
24 Dec 2019
I won't have a clue even if I see it. But the size may be sufficiently unusual to narrow down the options.
The CSIRO wildlife collection could be interested in the egg - and may be able to suggest an ID.
The CSIRO wildlife collection could be interested in the egg - and may be able to suggest an ID.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
26 Dec 2019
Could it be a Peacock (hen) egg? A Google search says they are 4" in length and there is a colony in Red Hill/Narabundah.
ArcherCallaway
wrote:
27 Dec 2019
Location is marked to the NW of the federal golf course so would not be within area that the peafowl roam, but I suppose there is always the possibility that it has been transported by a raven or something (although in that case would more likely be broken with the yolk consumed...)
jennyt
wrote:
27 Dec 2019
Chris Davey had a look at the egg and thinks its most likely an emu egg though how it got to be on Red Hill he couldn't say.
natureguy
wrote:
28 Dec 2019
As far as I was aware, Emu eggs are a dark green colour, so possibly not an Emu? Maybe faded over time or a mutation. Size seems to fit for Emu egg though.
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- 1 Abundance
- 22 Dec 2019 03:04 PM Recorded on
- Ct1000 Recorded by
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