birds singing w feathers...interesting

I found this video on the NatGeo site. It is worth watching.

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/animals-news/bird-feathers-sing-vin.html

I love manakins. In February I tried shooting video for the first time in Costa Rica and was fortunate to catch a white-collared manakin using its wings to create sound. In this case it wasn't a high-pitched call, but a loud click. Pretty cool.

You can see (and hear) it at the 4:22 mark of the bird video on this page: http://www.maxwaugh.com/cr10/videos.php

Max