BBC - Life Disc 2: Birds (2010) | Index |
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3:20 | Marvellous Spatuletail Hummingbird male has elaborate tail and displays for female (Peruvian Andes) | 5:30 | Lammergeier (bearded vulture) can glide on 10-foot wings, steals bones left over by | 7:00 | Griffon Vultures and drops them on rocks; stomach juice more corrosive than battery acid (Simien Mountains of Ethiopia, 15,000 ft) |
11:10 | Red-billed Tropicbird stores fish in crop, stolen by | 12:20 | Magnificent Frigatebird in aerial fight (Little Tobago) | 16:10 | Red Knot fly 10,000 miles from Argentina to Arctic, 60 miles per day, stop in Delaware Bay to feed on Horseshoe Crab eggs (each bird eats 400,000 eggs), then fly nonstop to breeding grounds. |
21:20 | Lesser Flamingos nest in caustic soda lake in Ethiopia, cares for chick in nest | 24:25 | Chinstrap Penguins climb to nest on volcanic crater rim and find chick in a 150,000 colony (Deception Island, Antarctica) | 29:30 | Great White Pelicans fly in V formation (echelon) (Dassen Island, South Africa) |
30:40 | Cape Gannet nest on Malgas Island in 60,000 colony | 29:30 | Great White Pelican preys on Gannet chicks (unless too big to swallow) when both parents go fishing | 34:30 | Clark's Grebes courtship ritual |
37:20 | Sage Grouse courtship ritual in lek (Wyoming) | 39:00 | Birds of paradise courtship displays (New Guinea) | 39:50 | Vogelkop Bowerbird male decorates elaborate bower |
45:40 | More than a million congregate, more than 1000 perform Lesser Flamingos courtship promenade (Lake Bogoria, Kenya) |
3:20 Marvellous Spatuletail Hummingbird |
5:30 Lammergeier |
7:00 Griffon Vultures |
11:10 Red-billed Tropicbird |
12:20 Magnificent Frigatebird |
12:20 in aerial fight |
16:10 Red Knot |
16:10 Horseshoe Crab |
21:20 Lesser Flamingos |
24:25 Chinstrap Penguins |
29:30 Great White Pelicans |
30:40 Cape Gannet |
29:30 Great White Pelican |
34:30 Clark's Grebes courtship ritual |
37:20 Sage Grouse |
39:00 Birds of paradise |
39:50 Vogelkop Bowerbird |
45:40 Lesser Flamingos |
Index | Feb 18, 2011 | Peter Chen |