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Sorry for the potato quality photo. I would guess northern bobwhite quail, but they look darker than quail egg photos I'm seeing online.

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[โ€“] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That seems so... open and obvious. Is that normal placement?

It did seem odd, we nearly stepped on them. But after looking into it more, it's apparently pretty common: https://old.reddit.com/r/Ornithology/comments/npzykp/killdeer_eggs_i_was_walking_along_a_gravel_path/h09ps9t/