Bird Movies

Finland’s first nature documentary. The filmmakers’ expedition leads them all the way to the Åland Islands and the Karelian Isthmus.

The peculiar trait of the cuckoo, which tricks another bird into hatching her egg for her, is shown in color photography.

Portrait of Hermann Heinzel.

National Geographic Explorer takes an up close look at owls. It follows nature expert Fergus Beeley as he looks into why owls make such ideal...

Two neigbors inhabit an idiomatic world and discover affection.

David misses his ring-necked dove. It was his pet, his solace, and to remember the little creature he loved, he insists on adding its ashes to ink...

Along New Zealand’s South Islands runs the mighty chain of the Southern Alps, where large and beautiful glaciers and Ice-falls abound among the...

Whether in Alaska or in the Dolomites, eagles are generally seen as Kings of the skies. This film devotes itself on the one hand to the bald eagle,...

A veteran pair of osprey return home to a Connecticut saltmarsh. Over one summer they must battle their enemies, withstand the elements, and hunt...

The male bowerbirds of Australia and New Guinea display an incredible artistic talent -- and all in the name of love! Collecting 'jewels' they set...

A young man walks around town, after deciding against taking his own life, and comes across a dying bird--to which he chooses to offer shelter.

In South American woods, lives a mysterious bird that has inspired myths and stories among indigenous peoples. Some of them link that bird with...

The remarkable story of one woman raising an army of over 10,000 people to help save one of the rarest birds on Earth from the depths of extinction.

In the remote deserts of Australia lives an elusive nocturnal bird called the Night Parrot. Virtually nothing is known of its ecology. It disappeared...

A married couple is educated in the risks and dangers of going outside.

By some measures, it’s a tiny country, just .03% of the Earth’s landmass. But when it comes to wildlife, Costa Rica is an ecological...

Australia's strange and often beautiful wildlife is no more apparent than in the Lyrebird with its exotic courting displays and its ability as a...

The picture shows various kinds of birds in their natural environments, and in their natural colors, and at such close range that the very eyes of...