
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.
Keywords
Buy
Air Date: 1998-10-21
The first episode looks at how birds first took to the skies in the wake of the insects. It begins in Mexico, where A...
Air Date: 1998-10-28
The second programme deals with the mechanics of flight. Getting into the air is by far the most exhausting of a bird...
Air Date: 1998-11-04
A look at the constant need to feed necessitated by the demands of flight in species from sap suckers and crows, to r...
Air Date: 1998-11-11
This epsiode looks at those birds that have become strictlt meat eaters from eagles and hawks to owls and vultures.
Air Date: 1998-11-18
A look at those birds that look to fishing as their main food source. From gulls and ducks to cormorants and cranes.
Air Date: 1998-11-25
A look at the way birds communicate. The program shows us how calls of warning can unite a community of birds against...
Air Date: 1998-12-02
A look at how birds attract and select mates. The survey ranges from common birds such as the sparrow to the more exo...
Air Date: 1998-12-09
A look at eggs and what birds go through to produce and protect them. This epsiode ranges from the mating flights to ...
Air Date: 1998-12-16
This episode looks at the problems birds face in raising their young. It ranges from parrots who are very active pare...
Air Date: 1998-12-23
A look at how birds deal with hostile environments and with people. The episode ranges from crows in Japan that use t...