A common murre egg at Selawik National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska

A large aqua blue egg with black markings on it

Photo By/Credit

Brandon Saito/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Some eggs, like this common murre egg at Selawik National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, are pyriform – pear-shaped and pointed.

Facility

Selawik National Wildlife Refuge

Species

Uria aalge

Subject tags

Birds

Wildlife refuges

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