The Life of Birds
A natural history of bird life narrated by David Attenborough.
In the documentary series produced by the BBC, The Life of Birds, Sir David Attenborough unveils a new investigation into the behaviour of birds, perfectly adapted animals that conquer the air. This ten-part series reveals the secret of the birds' great success, their remarkable strategies for finding food, their complex social systems, and their ingenious and often bizarre ways of mating and breeding. From the high speed of large airborne hunters to long distance migrations or the bright colors of nectar feeding hummingbirds, this is the ultimate bird series that every ornithologist should not miss.
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Ep 1To Fly or Not to Fly?
The first episode looks at how birds first took to the skies in the wake of the insects. It begins in Mexico, where Attenborough observes bats being outmaneuvered by a red-tailed hawk.
Ep 2The Mastery of Flight
The second programme deals with the mechanics of flight. Getting into the air is by far the most exhausting of a bird's activities, and Attenborough observes shearwaters in Japan that have taken to climbing trees to give them a good jumping-off point.
Ep 3The Insatiable Appetite
A look at the constant need to feed necessitated by the demands of flight in species from sap suckers and crows, to robins and geese.
Ep 4Meat-Eaters
This epsiode looks at those birds that have become strictlt meat eaters from eagles and hawks to owls and vultures.
Ep 5Fishing for a Living
A look at those birds that look to fishing as their main food source. From gulls and ducks to cormorants and cranes.
Ep 6Signals and Songs
A look at the way birds communicate. The program shows us how calls of warning can unite a community of birds against a larger predator and how other calls may be used to attract mates.
BBC One
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