| 0:15 | Disc 1 in New Guinea. Alfred Russel Wallace describes |
7:20 |
Greater Bird of Paradise male "bows": head down |
7:25 |
Greater Bird of Paradise female lets male strike her |
| 8:00 |
Greater Bird of Paradise mating |
9:00 | Male tries to court immature male |
10:10 | 16th century drawings; 200 years later; Wallace drawings: 12-wired, sicklebill |
| 12:00 |
Black Sicklebill male |
14:40 |
Black Sicklebill female |
16:10 |
King of Saxony Bird of Paradise male long plumes calling, dancing, tries to mate with tuft of moss |
| 18:50 | mating |
20:10 |
Macgregor's Bird of Paradise male and female look the same - monogamous in poor environment |
21:30 |
Superb Bird of Paradise male in lower altitudes with rich resources, sexual dimorphic |
| 21:00 |
Superb Bird of Paradise female |
23:10 |
Pheasant Pigeon trespasses on territory of |
23:30 |
Wilson's Bird of Paradise male has blue bald head, clears stage for |
| 25:15 |
Wilson's Bird of Paradise female (Batanta) |
29:00 |
Arfak parrotia clears stage for dancing |
31:13 |
Arfak parrotia female (Arfak mountains) |
| 33:00 |
Flame Bowerbird hoard jewels in bowers, are polygamous |
34:40 |
Macgregor's Bowerbird male decorates "maypole" with green lichen |
36:00 |
Macgregor's Bowerbird female rears young by herself |
| 36:40 |
Vogelkop Bowerbird male has no crest, but builds elaborate bower |
40:55 |
Splendid Astrapia has glossy throats |
41:20 |
Ribbon-tailed Astrapia male has long tails, but |
| 41:40 |
Ribbon-tailed Astrapia female has short tails |
42:00 |
King Bird of Paradise is acrobatic juggler: "the pendulum" |
43:40 |
Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise mating ritual: quill flick, beak poke with |
| 48:40 |
Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise female |
49:30 |
Wallace's Standardwing males display in groups at dawn (Halmahera) |
49:50 |
Wallace's Standardwing female |
| 1:20 | Disc 2 in Australia.
Western Bowerbird male constructs bower and dances for |
2:40 |
Western Bowerbird female |
3:30 |
Superb Lyrebird flaunts tail feathers |
| 3:50 |
Tragopan has wattles |
4:00 |
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock wears a cocked hat |
6:15 |
Tooth-billed Bowerbird displays leaves with pale side up; stolen by neighbor; mimics songs of others; plays hide and seek with |
| 6:35 |
Tooth-billed Bowerbird female |
11:00 | In New Guinea. King of Saxony Bird of Paradise feathers collected by
Archbold's Bowerbird male with yellow crest |
12:40 |
Archbold's Bowerbird female |
| 13:30 |
Macgregor's Bowerbird constructs elaborate "maypole" around fern; tries to be polygamist |
17:30 | Andy Goldsworthy "environmental artist" |
21:00 | In Australian rainforest: two maypoles |
| 23:25 |
Golden Bowerbird male plays peekapoo with |
24:30 |
Golden Bowerbird female |
26:00 | Tree smashed 22-year-old bower; male builds another one |
| 27:00 | In New Guinea mountains |
27:25 |
Vogelkop Bowerbird bowers next to each other |
30:10 | In Australia: simple "avenue" bower built by |
| 30:50 |
Regent Bowerbird male with elaborate plumage |
31:00 |
Regent Bowerbird female |
33:30 |
Satin Bowerbird male builds taller avenue bower and paints by chewing leaves |
| 35:35 |
Satin Bowerbird female; neighbor steals jewels |
36:40 | In Australian desert:
Western Bowerbird bower vandalized by rival |
38:10 |
Great Bowerbird males build big avenue bower together in cemetery, army barracks, school yard |
| 14:30 | The Song of the Earth
Great Tit male territorial song |
18:20 |
Superb Lyrebird mimics kookaburra, whistles, car alarm, chainsaw (Australia) |
17:00 |
Indian Peafowl male displays for |
| 17:30 |
Indian Peafowl female |
18:20 | In Lake Kvismaren, Sweden |
18:30 |
Great Reed Warbler male sings up to 45 different syllables |
| 32:20 | In Sumatra jungle:
Siamang Gibbon male territorial call, strengthen family bond; joined by |
36:00 |
Siamang Gibbon female |
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Peter Chen
