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The Life of Birds

Episode 04 - Meat-Eaters. This episode examines those birds whose sustenance comes from flesh and their methods of hunting. In New Zealand, Attenborough observes Keas, parrots that do not eat meat exclusively, raiding a shearwater's burrow for a chick. However, it is the dedicated birds of prey, such as owls, buzzards, eagles, falcons and vultures, to which much of the programme is devoted. In order to spot and pursue their victims, senses of sight and hearing are very acute. Vultures are the exception, in that they eat what others have left, and once a carcass is found, so many birds descend on it that the carrion seems submerged beneath them. (from wikipedia.org)

Episode 04 - Meat-Eaters


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Episode 01 - To Fly or Not to Fly?
Episode 02 - The Mastery of Flight
Episode 03 - The Insatiable Appetite
Episode 04 - Meat-Eaters
Episode 05 - Fishing for a Living
Episode 06 - Signals and Songs
Episode 07 - Finding Partners
Episode 08 - The Demands of the Egg
Episode 09 - The Problems of Parenthood
Episode 10 - The Limits of Endurance