Source: By Pat Leonard, June 12, 2017 - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/the-beauty-and-biology-of-egg-color/ From the Summer 2017 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now . Fish do it. Frogs do it. Even insects lay eggs with color. But birds do it best. Only birds produce eggs in such a wide range of eye-pleasing shades and intricate patterns on the hard surface of their eggs. Like gems in a jeweler’s window, they vary in base color, how shiny they are, and whether t