i mentioned these birds during saturday's island excursion, and lo and behold, youtube has the very sequence i was talking about! apparently, one of the few if not the only times birds of paradise have been captured on film.

this is just a little taste of the awesomeness that is bbc's planet earth, available in free streaming format here.

clearly this is the most awesome bird EVER. i really enjoy that the names of the many species of bird of paradise include the "superb bird of paradise" and "magnificent bird of paradise".

the photographer spent over 300 hours in a hide to get these shots!