Jet Hummingbird Sounds - Male courtship/intimidation dives V09623

Hummingbirds are really fast, and do some amazing things; The males of some species perform spectacular aerial maneuvers, including high-speed dives at females and rival males, in order to impress and/or intimidate them. At the bottom part of the dive, the bird flares his tail feathers causing them to vibrate and whistle, making a muti-frequency sound that reminds one of a jet engine whine! When standing directly below one of these dives, one might think a bullet had just whizzed overhead! :-O

These two short clips were shot on the spur of the moment, the first with an extremely low-res camera, and the other with high quality HD equipment. Neither are high-speed (slow motion) capable so the birds just look like blurs... the audio is the most impressive part, and headphones recommended :-)

The soundtrack is an excerpt from "Sky Spy" from the "TimeShift" CD by Technician (yours truly), available on iTunes.

This is copyrighted material, however, you may download this footage directly from YouTube and use it free of charge in your own non-profit/non-commercial YouTube videos. The full free usage policy and YouTube copyright notice/ad info can be found here (please read before using JCMDI material): http://jcmdi.com/stockfootage/faq.html#freeusage http://jcmdi.com/stockfootage/faq.html#partner Soundtracks by Technician (yours truly), available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/technician/id416810516 Full artist discography at HTTP://technician.jcmdi.com

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[HUNMUSIC1]

Fantasztikus :))

[HummingBirdChannel]

Glad you liked it - thanks a bunch for visiting! =D

[crapmunky99]

Amazing!

:)

[HummingBirdChannel]

Thanks for stopping by! =)

[01001110101100001011]

omg that is so funny.. and good job capturing them on film at such high speed.

[HummingBirdChannel]

I was barely able to follow them, and they just looked like blurs on camera... hopefully I'll get some better high speed footage of them soon :-)

[dhog41]

Phenomenal little birds. I remember one "dive-bombed" me once as I was putting a feeder out. Feisty little buggers, aren't they? Ha. Amazing.

[ravenrapunzel]

I'm completely amazed that these extremely rapid hummingbird passes encompassing fractions of seconds were digitally captured! A stunning bonus is the addition of the sounds made during these rapid flights! The informative captions are much appreciated! Thank you for this educational treasure!

[TheNatureStation]

Thanks again for visiting! =)

[milabluelady]

Este jato esqueceu os passageiros.Ri.ri.ri.ri. muito engraçado este võo.  Obrigado pelo video,, gostei.......

[JCMDIweirdStuff]

Thanks so much for watching and commenting - I'm happy you liked it  =)

[anonima8187]

Eccezionale!!

[Slowico]

@jcmegabyte Thanks.

[jcmegabyte]

Yes - that sound is made entirely by the birds tail feather's as they vibrate in the high-speed air flowing through them... Different hummingbird species make different sounds with their feathers as they dive at other hummingbirds. Very interesting little birds! Thanks for checking it out =)

[Slowico]

Ich bin überrascht ist das wirklich vom Vogel?