Very Sad to Say

All animals have to eat in order to stay alive. Perhaps these little eggs provided nutrition for another nest full of baby birds?

It is early enough that she might nest again. Other birds, like crows or starlings could also be the culprits. Still, it is always sad to see things like that happen.

probably the bird left for awhile to find food. well i hope so..

Could have it been that the eggs hatched already or is it too soon?

Awww no! So sad!

Ya never know about Mother Nature @DianneN . My thought is that another 'critter' had to eat. It was like when I had the organic farm and I had chickens. Every now and again a hawk would come swooping down and grab one. It upset me that I'd lost a chicken, but at the same time, the hawk needed to eat too.

Aww. That's so sad. Pool mama bird. It breaks my heart to see this happen.

@DianneN , oh no :( . Nature really can be cruel. Must've been the squirrel, Dianne. Darn squirrel :( . I send you and Mama robin

That is so sad. Poor mama robin must feel so bad. And you can't do anything to help her.

Nature has a way of keeping a balance, and sometimes it's not always pretty to us humans. But we humans experienced similar issues hundreds of years ago, before medicine and technology was able to cure a lot of illnesses and diseases. Families would often have 5-6 children each in the hopes that 1-2 of them might live to adulthood. We have a bird at one of the swimming pools that I manage comes back every year and lays her eggs inside our lifeguard office. She was smart enough to figure out that her eggs are safe inside the office, and I guess over time she has learned to not only tolerate us humans being there, but also learn that we will not harm her. She usually hatches 4-5 baby birds every year. Not sure how many of those make it to adulthood, but at least they're safe while they're in the nest! Momma bird currently has 5 babies in her nest this year!

The whole eat or be eaten thing is so hard to take isn't it? The fox went by with something in his mouth... Maybe a gopher. My husband is always trying to shoot the gophers too as the farmers hate them. Now the neighbour wants my husband to shoot the fox too as she has lost some chickens and turkeys to one predator or other. I feel like the gophers and foxes deserve to live too.

Wow, what beautiful colour eggs they were! Such a shame

Sad to hear that ... May be a squirrel or a snake .

sad!! in my case the nest near my window, mama bird sat through all and then suddenly she left ..the eggs are still there..i guess they are not hatching or something...its just sad to see with so much hope and effort they make nest and then nature strikes...

That is very sad when you have seen the robin's eggs and now you see none. I don't know why nature is cold cruel.

So sad for the mother robin. She must be heartbroken to return to her nest to find the egg gone!

I did not know squirrels eat eggs..I thought they were herbivores.

This happens to birds often and the saddest are those like you and all bird lovers. Perhaps birds themselves are prepared for such eventualities.

Perhaps, a snake ate the eggs. A couple of years ago, we found a snake eating the bird eggs.

I am so sad to hear this! I love watching the birds when they are nesting and get to see the little ones. Do squirrels eat bird eggs? I don't know... If something like that happens around here, it is usually some kind of snake.