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Any ideas what this little bird fossil might be


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Found this little cutie a couple of years ago here in the Boise area.  The more I looked at it both the more I could make out. I have established that it's a bird fossil of some sort but now I see possibly 2 little heads and webbed feet in there. What I'm wondering is how to go about cleaning it safely and possibly bringing out more detail safely

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Unfortunately, this seems to be non-biogenic geologic. There are no bones or anything to truly suggest a bird fossil of any kind. :( 

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I can see the entire head.

I'll find a way to clean it up and post better pictures 

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Sorry, but there is no bird fossil there. This looks like a metamorphic rock.

 

No amount of cleaning or photography will make this a bird fossil.

 

 

What you are seeing is due to Pareidolia. We all have experienced seeing shapes and faces in rocks.

Unfortunately, that does not make this a fossil.

 

There is no bilateral symmetry. There are no bones, or bone textures.

No bird anatomical features.

 

This is a bird fossil:

 

 

 

 

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I am sorry, however I have to agree with the other responses. I do not see any proof in this rock. In all honesty, I cannot even see this head of which you speak. 

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