It's nice to see CLO work used in a fairly tasteful bit of British humor: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV6I1_o6vrY>
RE: The footage of the now famous "moon walking" Red-capped Manakin at the end of the above clip is from Kim Bostwick's behavioral studies in Central America (*see video below*). This enormously popular segment from *Nature* shows Kim, Curator of Birds and Mammals for the Cornell U. Museum of Vertebrates (CLO), filming and imitating the fantastic courting routine of the male Red-capped. While Kim is quite graceful, she's no match for the speedier male manakins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Bsu4z9Y3k&feature=related *Now you give it a try:* fly up from your perch, swoop in, loop de loop, land on perch, lift and quiver your tail feathers, nail your wings against your sides, take several slow small steps backwards, and do a Michael Jackson slide, slow and steady. *Did any females come hither?* Candace E. Cornell (I hope this was not too risqué for Cayugabirds-L) For more on Kim's work, see: * http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/deep-jungle-new-frontiers/jungle-dancers-kim-bostwick-and-manakin-birds/1370/ * http://www.cumv.cornell.edu/staff/bostwick.html http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Publications/Birdscope/violin_feather.html -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
