Another landmark series from the produces of Blue Planet: Seas of Life. This is the definitive series on the most colorful, popular and perfectly adapted creatures on Earth. The Life Of Birds traverses the glove, exploring 42 countries and examining over 300 species using infrared, slow motion and computer enhanced effects. David Attenborough, one of the world’s foremost naturalists, hosts an extraordinary exploration into the secret lives of these magnificent creatures.

Amazing footage, you’ll be blown away. I’ve watched this series several times, as it runs on PBS on a semi-regular basis, and I always seem to see something new. This series is never boring, is an informative look at the lives of birds in every aspect of their lives across this planet, and is beautifully filmed and presented… A must see! (Barnes & Noble)

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Like the albatross glimpsed in the beginning of this 10-part, 5-volume series, The Life of Birds 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, The Life of Birds 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.

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. (Amazon)