The Life of Birds

The Life of Birds is a BBC (in conjunction with BBC Worldwide Americas Inc. and PBS) natural history/ ornithology television series of ten episodes, about birds, presented by David Attenborough, originally transmitted in October 1998.

Related Topics:
BBC - PBS - Natural history - Ornithology - Television series - Bird - David Attenborough - 1998

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The series took three years to make, during which time Attenborough visited 42 countries.

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The individual episodes are:

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• 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 Demands of the Egg
• The Problems of Parenthood
• The Limits of Endurance

Each episode is just under 50 minutes long, recorded in with stereo sound.

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There is an accompanying book, and the series is available as a 3 disc DVD set, with additional footage.

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The series was preceeded by The Private Life of Plants (1995) and followed by The Blue Planet (2001).

Related Topics:
The Private Life of Plants - 1995 - The Blue Planet - 2001

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