DVD BBC Life of Birds Disc 1: The Meat Eaters (2000)

BBC Life of Birds Disc 1: The Meat Eaters (2000)

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough presents a ten part study of "the life of birds," beginning with their origins and evolution and covering their life histories and abilities to adapt to nearly every environment. As is usual with Mr. Attenborough's productions, camera work is ground-breaking, and every continent is visited.

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!

Peter's DVD rating: 4.0 stars

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 2.0

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