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Visualization of the experimental setup. A female hummingbird, with the five markers visible, hovers within the cylinder near the centrally suspended feeder. The high speed camera positioning and the projected virtual surround are emphasized at the start of the video. The bird can be seen rotating both head and body, and flying with the virtually rotating surround.

Optic flow stabilizes flight in ruby-throated hummingbirds

Ivo G. Ros, and Andrew A. Biewener

Journal of Experimental Biology 2016. 219:2443-2448; doi: 10.1242/jeb.128488