BBC Life of Birds Disc 1: The Meat Eaters (2000) | Index |
From the meat-eating Kea Parrot of New Zealand, to African eagles that prey on monkeys and flamingos, see the strategies that some birds use to find and catch their prey including tracking by ultraviolet vision!
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1:00 | Lanner Falcon hunts sparrow (South Africa) | 2:40 | Kea digs into Shearwater burrow yo catch chick (New Zealand) | 4:45 | Great Grey Owl listens for lemming (Arctic) |
6:25 | Giant Scops-owl cannot rotate eye in socket, keen vision detects movement of spider | 8:10 | Common Buzzard hunts rabbits | 10:20 | Common Kestrel hovering , can use UV vision to see urine of voles |
12:15 | Lappet-faced Vulture | 13:50 | Griffon Vulture has no sense of smell (Africa) | 16:15 | Turkey Vulture has acute sense of smell with wide-open nostrils; naked head is red (rainforest in Trinidad) |
19:50 | African Crowned Eagle hunts Vervet Monkey and brings carcass to Crowned Eagle chick (east African forest) | 23:45 | White-bellied Sea Eagles fight in air with talons (Malaysia) | 25:00 | A million Lesser Flamingos filter algae; hunted by African Fish Eagle (Lake Bogoria, African Rift Valley) |
29:55 | Galapagos Hawk hunts Marine Iguana (Galapagos) | 34:20 | African Harrier-Hawk has long, double-jointed legs to snatch lizard from rock cracks | 36:40 | The shrike Grey-backed Fiscal impales lizard on Acacia thorn |
38:10 | Lammergeier drops bone on rock to eat marrow | 40:30 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk flies through apple orchard (English Wood) |
1:00 Lanner Falcon |
2:40 Kea |
4:45 Great Grey Owl |
6:25 Giant Scops-owl |
8:10 Common Buzzard |
10:20 Common Kestrel hovering |
12:15 Lappet-faced Vulture |
13:50 Griffon Vulture |
16:15 Turkey Vulture |
19:50 Crowned Eagle |
19:50 Vervet Monkey |
19:50 Crowned Eagle chick |
23:45 White-bellied Sea Eagles |
25:00 Lesser Flamingos |
25:00 African Fish Eagle |
29:55 Galapagos Hawk |
29:55 Marine Iguana |
34:20 African Harrier-Hawk |
36:40 Grey-backed Fiscal |
38:10 Lammergeier |
40:30 Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
Index | Jan 17, 2010 | Peter Chen |