Happy Feathursday!

This week features a trio of nests with blue eggs from the marvelous Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio, Vol. 1 (1886).

Top:Grey Catbird(Dumetella carolinensis) by Virginia Smith Jones.

Middle:American Robin(Turdus migratorius) by Eliza Jane Shulze.

Bottom:Wood Thrush(Hylocichla mustelina) by Genevieve Estelle Jones.

View more of these beautifully detailed eggs and nests in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary) with thanks to the Smithsonian Library and Archives (@smithsonianlibraries) for digitizing.