Jean talks about using goose feathers to strum/pick in her book, but I remember her advice for a pick that she really likes was to cut one out of the top of a margarine container. Works quite well! I have never heard of feathers being used as noters.

Also, someone said strumming in only one direction, but as Night Owl pointed out to me, there are many techniques to strumming, including back and forth and with certain rhythms. It need not be just a one strum in one direction thing.:-)

Not that it matters, but greg, they were a gift to me. And, there ARE such things in the WILD.