Inside the Shell
What a beautiful thing it is to witness a small bird hatch and begin its life. To go from a bare and helpless creature encased in a shell, to that of an adult bird is simply amazing. Watching the slow, exhausting process of a beak chipping away from the inside, opening a tiny hole and making it bigger and bigger. Escaping to life outside the shell and the next step for survival. Helpless, frail, sensitive to light and dependent on food from parents, the chick grows rapidly. W
