More Birds-of-Paradise

The courtship rituals of Birds-of-Paradise never get old for me. For those of you who don't get the great ABA publication Winging It (edited by blogger Rick Wright), where this link was first mentioned, check out videos of the Carola's Parotia bird-of-paradise and its hip-hop antics.

Picture credit: Richard Bowler Sharpe

Some more Costa Rica videos

Buff-rumped Warbler at Arenal Hanging Bridges


Monteverde Hummingbirds (Coppery-headed Emerald, Purple-throated Mountain-gem, Green-crowned Brilliant, then the Emerald again)

Spiders on Drugs

What happens when spiders are given various drugs? :)