DVD BBC Life of Birds Disc 1: To Fly Or Not To Fly (2000)

BBC Life of Birds Disc 1: To Fly Or Not To Fly (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.

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.

Peter's DVD rating: 4.0 stars

This episode drags a bit towards the end, just listing many birds unique to New Zealand.
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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 2.0

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