Thanks for the link! Darn thing, though... when I clicked, it played
the ad, but not the video. Oh well, I'll check back again.
Curt Olson
Chris wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Lots of inspiring snipe sounds here this week (thanks Curt and Mark
> - lovely stuff) snipes are thin on the round where I live, but one
> day maybe I'll get close........ Anyway, I had always assumed that
> snipe tail feathers were stiff things that vibrated like a tuning
> fork, but this piece from the BBC shows the feather vane actually
> flaps backwards and forwards like a flag in the wind, this creates
> drag and so the male can demonstrate its fitness by the display.
> Good high-speed video (wait for the damned advert to play through)
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10088290.stm
>
> David Kuhn, I add my condolances to others, couple of weeks back I
> lost a cheap camera when someone put a brick through my car window
> to get it - nothing akin to your loss....
>
> Chris
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