Video of Bird Tracks with Rain Drops!

[RJB]

   I ran into some really nice slabs of rock that have preserved bird tracks with rain drops, so I made a video.  A little over 3 minutes long.  Enjoy

 

https://youtu.be/YVq7rYzA7Qg

[minnbuckeye]

Unbelievable  preservation of the bird prints with rain drops!!!!!!!!! I know how rare rain drops are. I tried to buy a plate a few years back (as a reminder of my son, who is a meteorologist). But to have this combination, as I said already, incredible.

  

Mike

[Sjfriend]

Very nice pieces. Unusual fossils and great combination of trackway and rain impacts

[jpc]

Nice stuff, Ron.  Just to be pedantic they are raindrop impressions not fossilized raindrops.  

[Coco]

Hi,

 

Very good ! I think @Auspex will like that !

 

Coco

[RJB]

23 hours ago, minnbuckeye said:

But to have this combination, as I said already, incredible.

Thanks, I think so too.

 

15 hours ago, jpc said:

Just to be pedantic they are raindrop impressions not fossilized raindrops.

I didnt realize I said that.  I must have been thinking one think but said the other. 

[Auspex]

Dancing in the rain! Cool stuff, my friend! Nice, clean impressions. That receding shoreline silt takes a good snapshot.

These avian ichnofossils have not been studied to the extent they deserve. From my own collection, using biometrics (toe length, presence/absence of hallux, presence/absence/extent of palmation marks...) I have discerned no fewer than 18 'ichnospecies' from the Green River Fm. alone! One includes 'nibble marks' made by a spatulate bill (vs. probe marks).

 

 

[fossilhunter21]

Wow, those are some amazing specimens! Trackways and rain drops are awesome seperate from each other. But both being on the same specimen is just incredible!

 

Looking forward to seeing more videos,

 

-Micah

 

[FF7_Yuffie]

Very cool. I love trace fossils. Just the thought that you actually have a piece of land where a creature once stood--or, where a rainfall many, many, many years ago took place.

[pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon]

Those piece remind me of what I used to find in Winterwijk, in the Netherlands, as a kid, though those were of course Triassic tracks made by nothosaurians. But there were ripple marks and even plates with raindrops as well. Only have a few pieces of that left, I believe, but wouldn't quite know where... Very nice pieces showcased in the video, by the way

[Misha]

These are some amazing fossils! I am amazed by how clearly visible and clean the raindrop impressions are, some really fantastic finds!