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	The Life of Birds \| Songs (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The syrinx is the sound-producing organ in birds.
		The bird sits inside this bowl, slowly inflating its two enormous air sacs, sucking the air in with a whistling sound, until it is almost double its normal size, as big as a football.
		Birds of the forest floor, such as antbirds and curassows, use low-pitched calls that will not be bounced off and distorted by the ground.
	www.pbs.org.cob-web.org:8888 /lifeofbirds/songs/index.html (2969 words)

	The Life of Birds \| Evolution
		Birds have adapted so well to the demands of and trials set by our planet that Sir David Attenborough believes they may be the most successful creatures on earth, more successful even than insects.
		The dodo is the tragic symbol of bird extermination.
		After reserves were created to protect the birds, the population grew to such an extent that the birds actually ate themselves out of their own food.
	www.pbs.org /lifeofbirds/evolution/index.html (3063 words)

	The Life of Birds
		Feathers are the key to birds’ success, and 150 million years ago, when they evolved from the dinosaurs, birds took to the air.
		As David Attenborough says: "Birds are the most accomplished aeronauts the world has ever seen and being able to travel by air and fly with such extraordinary precision and control is one of their most characteristic talents.
		Of course the bell bird wants to be heard, but if it delivered a more complex and subtle song, the smooth and shiny leaves of the rain forest trees would reflect the sound back and confuse its message.
	www.tvfactual.co.uk /life_of_birds.htm (1112 words)

	TVShowsOnDVD.com - Review for Life of Birds, The - Life of Birds
		The Life of Birds is another excellent documentary series from Sir David Attenborough who began his career at the BBC over 25 years ago.
		The series is aptly titled, since it truly does explore "the life of birds." It covers every aspect of a bird's life, right from the egg, to parenthood, and even death.
		The Life of Birds, which was filmed in 1998, but not released on DVD until after The Blue Planet, went unnoticed by me until after I had watched 2003's The Life of Mammals.
	www.tvshowsondvd.com /sitereviews.cfm?ReleaseID=2384 (657 words)

	The Life of Birds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Life of Birds is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 21 October 1998.
		One of the biggest birds to have ever existed was the terror bird, which proliferated after dinosaurs vanished and stood up to 2.5 metres tall.
		However, it is the dedicated birds of prey, such as owls, buzzards, eagles, falcons and vultures, to which much of the programme is devoted.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Life_of_Birds (3193 words)

	"The Life of Birds" (1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This ten-part documentary series, presented by Attenborough himself, is a comprehensive and richly detailed study of birds, examining the variety of different species and their ways of life.
		Every aspect of bird behaviour is explored, including the evolutionary origins of the birds, mating rituals, hunting tactics, feeding habits and threats to many species' survival.
		'The Life of Birds' is the most comprehensive documentary study of avian life ever produced, and the series borders on sheer perfection...
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0175394 (431 words)

	The Life Of Birds
		This often affects shots of birds flying over landscape and manifests itself as a distinct lack of resolution of the background such that it becomes an indistinct mess over which a mildly indistinct bird may or may not be seen very well.
		Obviously, the filming of some of the birds using extreme close-ups with long lenses is not conducive to ultra-sharp transfers, but at its best this really is sharp, detailed material as befits the effort spent in filming it.
		The Life Of Birds is in my view one of the very best natural history series ever seen on television and as such was an obvious and extremely welcome release onto DVD.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/LifeOfBirds.html (2813 words)

	DVD.net : The Life of Birds - DVD Review
		‘The Life of Birds’ Attenborough’s award winning opus, is another landmark in wildlife filmmaking; an odyssey to the furthest corners of the world, every bit as ambitious as his previous projects.
		All in all, ‘The Life of Birds’ continues the high standard of wildlife documentaries for which Sir David Attenborough and the BBC Natural History Unit have become renowned.
		The birds that populate these locations are at times spectacularly colourful, and the film provides us with a great level of detail.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=616 (945 words)

	The Life of Mammals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Life of Mammals is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 20 November 2002.
		Part of David Attenborough's 'Life' series, it was preceded by The Life of Birds (1998), and followed by Life in the Undergrowth (2005).
		The manatee is a grazer descended from land-living herbivores and spends its entire life in the water.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Life_of_Mammals (3411 words)

	ABC News: A Fatal Attraction (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		At least 100 million birds die each year in the United States by flying into glass windows on high-rise buildings, according to conservative estimates.
		We love to watch birds when they are in our backyards — their native habitats — but few of us realize the dangers the birds face during their seasonal migrations.
		Between 100 million and one billion birds are killed every year in the United States when they crash into glass windows.
	abcnews.go.com.cob-web.org:8888 /2020/Technology/story?id=2644299&page=1 (464 words)

	Amazon.com: The Life of Birds: Books: David Attenborough (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		LIFE OF BIRDS is a gorgeous journey into the evolution, behavior, and unique characteristics of hundreds of species of birds, varying from Antarctic-dwelling Emperor Penguins to amazing little hummingbirds (and everything in between).
		The Life of Birds is structured in 10 chapters that each in turn handles a separate item (example: The Demands of the Egg is about, well, eggs).
		Sir David examines the life cycles of several species of bird, from egg to death, which includes the feeding habits, the mating habits, and the limits of endurance.
	www.amazon.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Life-Birds-David-Attenborough/dp/069101633X (2335 words)

	Birds
		The sonograms and sounds on this page are brief samples taken from The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong, by Donald Kroodsma, to be published by Houghton Mifflin Co., April 2005.
		The particular song sparrow that was studied for The Singing Life of Birds had eight different songs in his repertoire.
		As you listen, realize that the wren must hear the details of this song much better than we do or else he wouldn't be able to imitate the precise details of the neighbors' songs.
	magazine.audubon.org /birdsongs (1468 words)

	Life of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		From giant extinct flightless birds to modern ostriches and emus, see how birds have made a claim to populate not only the air but the land.
		Birds not only find food in every part of the land, but they are also expert in collecting it from water, fresh or salt.
		April 30 The Life of Birds: The Demands of the Egg.
	www.weeksbay.org /newsletter/Spr_2003/PR_Birds.htm (658 words)

	The Life of Birds - David Attenborough - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		In this book David Attenborough presents the results of recent research into aspects of bird behaviour, such as their remarkable strategies for finding food, their complex social systems, and their ingenious and often bizarre wa...
		The Life of Birds was written by the naturalist and film maker Sir David Attenborough.
		He is now 79, and the first episode of his latest TV work, Life in the Undergrowth, is being screened for the first time this evening on BBC1.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /printed-books/the-life-of-birds-david-attenborough (335 words)

	The Life of Birds - Review Discover - Find Articles
		The Life of Birds, a ten-part series airing on public broadcasting stations from July 20 to September 28.
		These birds use their sensitive hearing to guide them, but they are occasionally undone by their weak eyesight.
		Not only does Attenborough show how birds take off, navigate, fly; land, sing, mate, and fight, but he also provides their evolutionary history Graceful animated segments in which fossilized bones come to life, acquiring first height, then breadth, and finally scales and feathers, illustrate the link between today's birds and yesterday's dinosaurs.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1511/is_8_20/ai_55248820 (743 words)

	The Life of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		These are just a few of the delightful avian minutiae to be culled from eminent naturalist Attenborough's latest book, a highly readable and vibrantly photographed survey of bird behavior.
		With a careful hand, Attenborough (The Private Life of Plants) takes readers around the world, offering vivid descriptions of eating habits, flight, communication, mating, parenthood and environmental adaptability.
		Ample color photos illustrate the quirks of evolution that Attenborough playfully describes and highlight the scope of his project.
	www.familyhaven.com /books/birdslife.html (207 words)

	Birds, Wild Life & Nature (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		If you are very keen of Birds in Sri Lanka you will find at least 30 top locations for bird watching.
		This Ancient City is rich with wild life, Birds and Elephants.
		Kitulgala is an Eco Adventure with rafting in The Kaleni River including walks in the bird trails of the adjoining rain forest mountains ranging to Sri Pada r...
	www.lastminute.lk.cob-web.org:8888 /srilankatravelplanner/destination.asp?xi=105 (297 words)

	Attenborough, D.: The Life of Birds.
		The renowned writer and filmmaker treks through rain forests and deserts, through city streets and isolated wilderness, to bring us an illuminating panorama of every aspect of birds' lives--from their songs to their search for food, from their eggs and nests to their mastery of the air.
		We read about birds' extraordinary methods of hunting and gathering--about crows that use twigs and leaves to hook and harpoon insects, and eagles that can stamp venomous snakes to death.
		The book presents birds in all their complexity and glory, revealing in clear and elegant prose Attenborough's infectious sense of wonder about the rich variety of life on Earth.
	press.princeton.edu /titles/6375.html (484 words)

	The Life of Birds. - Review - video recording review Sierra - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The shots of bird carpenters are equally impressive.
		The squeamish viewer will fast forward through the birds of prey, especially the ingenious victim's-eye shots, as when the underwater camera shows the kingfisher's beak stab through the water to harpoon an unsuspecting fish.
		And the spoonbill stork seizing a lungfish from the mud is a savage achievement.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1525/is_3_85/ai_62828717 (382 words)

	Amazon.com: The Life of Birds: DVD: David Attenborough,Joanna Sarsby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Life of Birds is engaging in a way that Winged Migration is not - it strives to teach, not to create art.
		Seemingly impossible close-ups of birds in flight, as well as incredible film shots of different species of birds in their natural habitat, have been taken throughout the series.
		The programs start from the birds aerial accomplishment of flight and end with their struggle to survive in the modern world.
	www.amazon.com /Life-Birds-David-Attenborough/dp/B000069HXL (2143 words)

	The Life of Birds: The Demands of an Egg \| Cast & Crew \| MTV Movies
		The Life of Birds: The Demands of an Egg
		The Life of Birds: The Demands of an Egg
		Part of the documentary series The Life of Birds, which examines the daily routines of birds in thorough detail, The Life of Birds: The Demands of an Egg investigates the dangers surrounding a bird's instinct to reproduce.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/156664/castcrew.jhtml (133 words)

	Birds
		Nearly 85% of all injuries to the birds admitted are related to human interaction, including gunshot wounds, collisions with cars and powerlines, poisonings and loss of habitat.
		Audubon's Many of the non-releasable birds become Audubon Adopt-a-Bird candidates and assist Center staff in educating the public about the importance of saving raptors and their habitat.
		The ostrich, the penguin, and the kiwi are examples of birds that do not fly.
	www.kidinfo.com /Science/Birds.html (824 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Life of Birds: Books: Quentin Blake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The idea of drawing birds isn’t new, but it has allowed Quentin Blake licence to depict characters that he might not feel ready to otherwise.
		In his human aviary we see the young and the old, the weak and the strong; we see sadness and laughter; and perhaps, if we look closely, we see ourselves.
		In The Life of Birds Quentin Blake follows in the footsteps of both the great illustrators — Lear and Daumier — and the fabulists — Aesop and La Fontaine, but in a manner that is entirely, delightfully, inimitably, his own.
	www.amazon.ca /Life-Birds-Quentin-Blake/dp/038560985X (309 words)

	Forbush Bird Club Calendar (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The following meetings and field trips are scheduled for the Forbush Bird Club.
		Guests are welcome to participate, and are encouraged to join the club if they find the comradery and sharing of knowledge about birds to their liking (which they surely will!).
		Program:"Stemming the Decline of Shrubland Birds in Central Massachusetts".
	www.massbird.org.cob-web.org:8888 /forbush/cal.htm (411 words)

	True Film: The Life of Birds
		Of all of David Attenborough's famous and fabulous surveys of life, this one on the life of birds is his best -- perhaps because Attenborough loved birds the most.
		You can find nature films round the clock on cable; this series is simply in a class by itself, worth re-watching many times.
		Extreme Birds is how I think of it.
	www.kk.org /truefilms/archives/2004/01/the_life_of_bir_1.php (120 words)

	Breeding without any disturbance: The life of birds at Gerain Al Aish \| Arabian Environment
		This is the first time that a bird survey has been carried out in the area to record the number of bird species that exist there.
		The UAE falls in the Afro-Eurasian migratory flyway, which is used by the majority of birds to reach their southern wintering destinations.
		The long coastline of the UAE is important for waterbirds as it provides wintering and stopover sites during their journeys.
	www.ameinfo.com /90458.html (798 words)

	The Singing Life of Birds -> Home (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		What readers are saying: This book is truly a gem, a a rare marvel, one of the very best bird books I've ever read, one of the best, most enthusiastic and enlightening books about how real science is done, and it reads like a cross between a mystery novel and lovely poetry.
		Kroodsma, as both scientist and storyteller, takes us repeatedly into the field, into the birds' world.
		He peels away the mystery of birdsong without casting off its mystique, and will change forever the way each of us listens.
	www.thesinginglifeofbirds.com.cob-web.org:8888 (187 words)

	The Life of Birds - Wal-Mart
		Based on the spectacular ten-part program on PBS, "The Life of Birds" is David Attenborough at his characteristic best: presenting the drama, beauty, and eccentricities of the natural world with unusual flair and intelligence.
		Attenborough explains why and how birds sing and why many have such dazzling plumage.
		Attenborough explains how birds have colonized the globe more effectively than any othervertebrates, adapting to Antarctic winters and African summers, to vast oceans and the densest, most polluted cities.
	www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1060667 (790 words)

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