BBC Life of Birds Disc 1: The Mastery Of Flight (2000) | Index |
For all their grace and agility, birds face serious challenges in getting into the air, staying there, and landing safely. Among their many adaptations is the single weight-saving feature that only birds possess - feathers.
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01:30 | Streaked Shearwater climbs trees to launch, nests in woodland (Japan) | 03:05 | Ringneck Dove jumps off ground | 03:40 | Waved Albatross taxies along "runway", glides |
06:45 | Great Knot flapping | 07:25 | Mallard flying | 08:00 | Osprey catches fish facing forward to reduce drag |
09:20 | Great White Pelican in synchronized formation flying | 11:00 | Griffon Vulture sails on thermals (Spain) | 12:20 | Attenborough in glider |
14:10 | Brown Pelican landing | 14:30 | Whooper Swan landing on water | 15:00 | Albatross crash landing |
15:40 | Griffon Vulture lands on cliff | 16:10 | Golden Eagle light weight beak, bones, feathers; preens | 19:05 | Sword-billed Hummingbird combs feathers with foot |
19:30 | Lesser Flamingo preening and bathing | 20:50 | Quail dust bathing | 21:30 | White Cockatoo has powder feathers |
22:20 | Crow anting by landing on nest | 24:10 | Peregrine Falcon diving | 24:55 | Barn Owl silent flight |
26:50 | Common Kestrel hovering | 28:20 | Hummingbird figure-of-8 beating | 30:20 | Andean Hillstar hibernates (torpor) in cave (Andes) |
31:45 | Giant Hummingbird feeds on cactus | 32:30 | Purple-throated Woodstar can beat wings 75 times/sec (Ecuador) | 33:00 | Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (south England) |
33:20 | Snow Goose chicks (northern Canada) | 35:00 | Western Sandpiper probes for worms in mud (Arctic) | 35:25 | Dickcissel feeds young (prairie) |
36:10 | Red-tailed Hawk chick | 37:20 | Western Sandpipers migrate to same patch in Panama | 38:20 | Hawks and Vultures need thermals to migrate as far south as Argentina |
39:10 | Snow Goose can navigate by stars at night; migrate to California | 42:15 | Western Sandpipers in Mexico | 43:30 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird migrates across Gulf of Mexico nonstop, to Mexici, feeds on Delphinium nectar, then to Panama |
46:15 | Dickcissels migrate in gigantic flocks, up to half a million strong, to Venezuala farms | 48:50 | Humminbirds feeding, pollinate plants | 50:00 | Andean Hillstar feeds on Chuquiragua , torpor at night |
50:50 | Giant Hummingbird feeds on Puya , nests on cactus bound with spider webs, feeds young with nectar |
01:30 Streaked Shearwater |
03:05 Ringneck Dove |
03:40 Waved Albatross |
06:45 Great Knot |
07:25 Mallard |
08:00 Osprey |
09:20 Great White Pelican in synchronized formation flying |
11:00 Griffon Vulture sails on thermals |
14:10 Brown Pelican |
14:30 Whooper Swan |
16:10 Golden Eagle |
19:05 Sword-billed Hummingbird |
19:30 Lesser Flamingo |
20:50 Quail dust bathing |
21:30 White Cockatoo |
22:20 Crow anting |
24:10 Peregrine Falcon diving |
24:55 Barn Owl silent flight |
26:50 Common Kestrel hovering |
30:20 Andean Hillstar |
31:45 Giant Hummingbird |
32:30 Purple-throated Woodstar |
33:00 Hummingbird Clearwing Moth |
33:20 Snow Goose chicks |
35:00 Western Sandpiper |
35:25 Dickcissel feeds young |
36:10 Red-tailed Hawk chick |
39:10 Snow Goose |
43:30 Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
43:30 Delphinium |
46:15 Dickcissels |
50:00 Chuquiragua |
50:50 Giant Hummingbird |
50:50 Puya |
Index | Dec 04, 2005 | Peter Chen |