I will take a wild guess and give you the story that seems reasonable with the baby bird. The egg was a 'normal' sized egg for what we see in modern birds. There were probably a number of eggs in the nest. The mother flew off for some reason and the nest was vandalized by an unknown predator. Now-a-days, it might be something like a racoon or similar mammal. The animal must have had a feast on the many delicious nest of eggs. The last one was not eaten completely, but must have dropped into a puddle of tree resin. In this drop were egg fragments, a few bones and some of the actual body of the half eaten bird. The resin, bones and shell were covered with more resin and this formed the piece that we presently have, 24 million years later.

Feathers are so rare in amber that they command a enormous price. Just think about the egg, feathers and body parts of a baby bird. I still find it hard to believe that we were lucky enough to come up with a specimen like this. I cannot impress anyone enough about the rarity of this find. Fun, exciting, unbelievable, shiver down the spine, are some of the adjectives that come to mind when I think about a description of this beauty. I hope you enjoy looking at the pictures as much as I had taking them. I do realize that this is not a 'casual' purchase for anyone, but everyone can enjoy the pictures. We would be more than happy to answer any questions you have about this unbelievable find.

I am not rained in Ornithology nor reconstructive paleontology. I looks at these pictures and marvel, but without a great amount of knowledge as to what I am looking at. Of course, I can recognize egg fragments or feathers. When you look more closely at things like ribs and arms (wings) I start to get lost. So you will see here many pictures of items that I am just not sure what they are - but I am sure they are significant.