BBC Life of Birds Disc 1: To Fly Or Not To Fly (2000) | Index |
The history of birds, from the first flying reptiles to today's consummate navigators. From giant extinct flightless birds to modern ostriches and emus, see how birds have made a claim to populate not only the air but also the land.
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0:00 | Sooty Tern (Seychelles) | 2:50 | Red-tailed Hawk catches bats (Texas) | 4:20 | Prairie Falcon eats on the wing |
5:50 | White-fronted Bee-eater | 7:00 | Pterosaur launches from cliffs like Gannets | 9:30 | Archaeopteryx had feathers, teeth, tail |
11:00 | Frilled Lizard (Australia) | 11:45 | Flying Lizard (Borneo) | 12:40 | Hoatzin chick uses claws on wings to climb out of water (Suth America) |
15:30 | Jacana | 16:20 | Andean Condor | 17:30 | Terror Bird |
18:10 | Ostrich toes reduced to 2, vestigial filaments, grazes with beak, swallows pebbles to grind food | 23:15 | Flightless Cormorant swims underwater (Galapagos) | 25:15 | Kagu flightless, probably related to heron (New Caledonia) |
26:10 | Weka flightless rail (New Zealand) | .27:50 | New Zealand Pigeon Saddleback , Tui , Kaka , New Zealand Robin are unafraid of mammals | 29:30 | New Zealand bird analogs of mammals: Kokako like squirrels: glides among trees, jump back up |
31:30 | Kiwi like a badger: digs for insects by smell at night, no tail | 32:50 | Kiwi feeds on Sandhoppers at night | 35:40 | Moa had 3 toes, hunted by extinct Haast's Eagle |
38:45 | Takahe recovered from near extinction, feeds on tussock grass | 42:00 | Kakapo near extinction from cats in 1985 | 43:40 | Kakapo courtship ritual at night |
47:55 | Spotted Shag | 49:20 | Wandering Albatross , Royal Albatross (New Zealand) | 50:25 | Cape Gannet colony of 6,000 nests on cliff (New Zealand) |
50:45 | Little Blue Penguin | 51:10 | Volcanoes, hot springs: Welcome Swallow | 51:45 | Blue Duck |
52:15 | Wrybill probes beneath pebbles | 52:30 | Black Stilt | 52:50 | Kea |
0:00 Sooty Tern |
2:50 Red-tailed Hawk |
4:20 Prairie Falcon |
5:50 White-fronted Bee-eater |
7:00 Pterosaur |
9:30 Archaeopteryx |
11:00 Frilled Lizard |
11:45 Flying Lizard |
12:40 Hoatzin |
15:30 Jacana |
16:20 Andean Condor |
17:30 Terror Bird |
18:10 Ostrich |
23:15 Flightless Cormorant |
25:15 Kagu |
26:10 Weka |
27:50 New Zealand Pigeon |
27:50 Saddleback |
27:50 Tui |
27:50 Kaka |
27:50 New Zealand Robin |
29:30 Kokako |
31:30 Kiwi |
35:40 Moa |
38:45 Takahe |
42:00 Kakapo |
47:55 Spotted Shag |
49:20 Wandering Albatross |
49:20 Royal Albatross |
50:25 Cape Gannet |
50:45 Little Blue Penguin |
51:10 Welcome Swallow |
51:45 Blue Duck |
52:15 Wrybill |
52:30 Black Stilt |
52:50 Kea |
Index | Dec 03, 2005 | Peter Chen |