Two tiny bird wings were encased in amber. “They were coming out of the egg with feathers that looked like flight feathers, claws at the end of their wing,” McKellar said. In his whole career working with creatures caught for millennia in amber, no bird specimen ever stood out like this. Modern birds are lucky if they’re born with their eyes open. “It basically implies they were able to function without their parents very early on.”By comparison, “modern birds are lucky if they’re born with their eyes open” he joked.

Source: National Post June 29, 2016 16:07 UTC