Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Males transmit signals in courtship through behavioral displays.
Birds themselves are so interesting and intelligent, and they give so many cues without being verbal, so they say such great things. Feathers are superior to fur, even. They're so beautiful, and nature uses such amazing colors.
Almost nothing is known from hybridization studies about the inheritance of courtship behavior of females, or of their responsiveness to particular male signals.
Feathers predate birds.
The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted.
All birds are incipient or would-be songsters in the spring. I find corroborative evidence of this even in the crowing of the cock.
Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
I think it is the fact that birds are two-legged, like us, which gives them something of our balance and gesture and makes them nearer to us.
When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression.
Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.