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The Life of Birds

Name: The Life of Birds
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1998
Rating: 8.2

82% Match1998–1 Season8.2

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 no

Starring David Attenborough

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Episodes

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To 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 outmaneuver50m
The Mastery of FlightThe 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 sh50m
The Insatiable AppetiteA look at the constant need to feed necessitated by the demands of flight in species from sap suckers and crows, to robins and geese.50m
Meat-EatersThis epsiode looks at those birds that have become strictlt meat eaters from eagles and hawks to owls and vultures.50m
Fishing for a LivingA look at those birds that look to fishing as their main food source. From gulls and ducks to cormorants and cranes.50m
Signals and SongsA 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 50m
Finding PartnersA look at how birds attract and select mates. The survey ranges from common birds such as the sparrow to the more exotic frigate birds, and Jamaican hummingbird50m
The Demands of the EggA look at eggs and what birds go through to produce and protect them. This epsiode ranges from the mating flights to fledging of their offspring. Species examin50m