The Life of Birds | 
 enlarge | Actor: David Attenborough
Studio: BBC Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.98
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Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 2941
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 580
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.7
MPN: WARDE1701D
ISBN: 0790771179
UPC: 794051170125
EAN: 9780790771175
ASIN: B000069HXL
Release Date: August 27, 2002
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Product Description
This popular definitive series on the most colorful popular perfectly adapted creatures on earth. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/22/2005 Run time: 540 minutes Rating: Nr
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Like the albatross glimpsed in the beginning of this 10-part, 5-volume series, IThe Life of Birds/I quickly takes flight. Sir David Attenborough hosts this unprecedented and extraordinary global look at the magnificent and often curious winged species with which we share our planet. Like the best wildlife shows, IThe Life of Birds/I offers a fresh and accessible view of creatures we may take for granted (didn't Alfred Hitchcock warn us about that?). The focus of this series is not on the different bird species, but on bird behavior. Remarkable and awe-inspiring footage preserves the wide range of tools and techniques with which birds fly, hunt for food, attract a mate, hatch their chicks, and defend themselves against predators.p Each volume contains two episodes. Series titles include: "To Fly or Not to Fly?," "The Mastery of Flight," "The Insatiable Appetite," "Meat Eaters," "Fishing for a Living," Signals and Songs," "Finding Partners" (the inevitable mating episode), "The Demands of the Egg," "The Problems of Parenthood," and "The Limits of Endurance." One comedic diversion while watching this series is the Pythonesque (as in Monty) way in which Attenborough pops up in the most remote, most exotic locales. At one point, night-vision cameras capture the rare sight of the nocturnal kiwi as it forages for food on a New Zealand beach. The camera pans to reveal scant paces away our guide shining a flashlight on the nonplussed bird. Attenborough is also the creator of the classic natural-science series IThe Trials of Life/I, IThe Living Planet/I, and ILife on Earth/I, all of which are also available on video. I--Donald Liebenson/I
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Spectular viewing December 24, 2008
For anyone and everyone who has ever watched God's great creations. The photography and the detail with which it is given to the viewer is breath taking. Wonderful vivid color, close ups so realistic you feel like you could reach out an touch these birds. I wouldn't have missed this DVD for anything. I am proud to own it and will watch it over and over and then share it with my Grandchildren. There will be many birds and their interactions with each other that my Grandchildren will never see except on this film. The narration is exceptional. LOVED, LOVED, LOVED IT !!!!!!
Best $ ever spent on a bird video October 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Life of BirdsThis 3 disc set is the most amazing video of birds my husband and I have ever watched. The video footage of everything from mating rituals to building nests, bird calls, finding food, well, the whole set of videos is worth every penny. Buy it and see things you never dreamed of seeing in the bird world.
Fabulous footage September 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This DVD set has some absolutely incredible footage of birds, and David Attenborough's commentary is informative and entertaining. A must-have for bird-lovers and lovers of nature in general.
Spectacular September 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This collection of videos is truly amazing. Educational and photography is beautiful. WELL WORTH THE PRICE/GET IT!
Birds/Attenborough July 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well, this is one of the BEST of all, retrospectives .. IMHO. Attenborough and his camera-team have explored many aspects of the aviary world .. and the results are VERY-exceptional. THIS is a first-class type ... of examples of info/documentations .. of any sort.
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