Mar 30, 2025 · Common Murre #3 (Guillemot) replica bird egg. The Common Murre egg is infinite in its color variations. The "version" presented here is a light blue with stark blue-black markings.

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Dec 26, 2021 · Common Murre (Guillemot) replica bird egg. The Common Murre egg is infinite in its color variations. The "version" presented here is a jewel-like turquoise with stark brown-purple markings.

Marbled Murrelet Egg Replica. This exquisite, museum-quality Bone Clones® ceramic Brachyramphus marmoratus egg replica is perfect for your classroom, nature center, or home. Each egg is handcrafted by local artisans to resemble eggs as they would be found in the wild.

Common Murre Skull Replica is museum quality polyurethane cast. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). The Common Murre or Common Guillemot (Uria aalge) is a large auk. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in …

Nov 9, 2021 · Few birds lay such spectacular eggs as the Common Murre (Uria aalge; Common Guillemot in Europe). Almost every book on birds’ eggs features a Common Murre egg on its cover or frontispiece—and with good reason due to …

Feb 3, 2025 · Common Murre #7 (Guillemot) replica bird egg. The Common Murre egg is infinite in its color variations. The "version" presented here is a jewel-like turquoise with stark brown-purple markings.

Common Murre Skull Replica is museum quality polyurethane cast. 2-part skull (separate cranium and jaw). The Common Murre or U. aalge is a large auk. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in the North Atlantic and North Pacific.

Apr 30, 2018 · The cover or frontispiece of almost every book about birds’ eggs is adorned with a picture of a common guillemot (Common Murre [1]) egg. Why? There are several reasons—the common guillemot’s egg is an extraordinary shape, it’s brightly coloured, and the variation in the colour and maculation seems almost infinite.

Murre eggs. Common murre eggs are large (around 11% of female weight [39]), and are pointed at one end. The egg's pyriform shape is popularly ascribed the function of allowing the egg to spin on its axis or in an arc when disturbed, however there is no evidence to support this claim. [40] Various hypotheses have arisen to explain the egg's shape: