The bird stamps its feet on the ground, taking mincing dance steps through the corn stubble. Neck feathers flare like a headdress, and the male puffs out his neck, making a hollow, hooting call that has been lost to history.
These courtship antics are captured on a silent, black-and-white film from circa 1918 that is believed to be the only footage of something not seen for nearly a century: the extinct heath hen.
(thanks Cora)
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