Flycatcher Attack (IMAGE)

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Flycatcher Attack

Caption

Fork-tailed Flycatchers are very aggressive birds, so to lure them in, the researchers set up a taxidermy hawk for the flycatchers to attack. The scientists took video and audio recordings of the birds' wing feathers to see how they produced their feather-fluttering sounds.

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(c) Valentina Gómez-Bahamón, Field Museum

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