Sorry for the potato quality photo. I would guess northern bobwhite quail, but they look darker than quail egg photos I'm seeing online.
this post was submitted on 19 May 2024
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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/