Bird Movies

The Common Ring-Necked Pheasants of Cornwall erupt into a medley of sonic sensations.

Director Jörg Adolph accompanies ornithologist Dr. Norbert Schäffer, chairman of the Bavarian Society for the Protection of Birds (LBV), on...

Quaint observation of the birds around Lake Eola in downtown Orlando, Florida.

This very short documentary from the Hinterland Who’s Who series provides an introduction to the whooping crane.

Arne Sucksdorff’s short documentary observes gulls raiding nests and stealing eggs with ruthless persistence. Though presented as pure nature...

These Birds Were Made For Walking Few things are more wondrous than the gift of flight, but some birds have chosen to give it up – the question...

This short documentary includes three vignettes about life off the coast of Newfoundland. In Island of Birds, we visit Green Island, a sea bird...

Journey to far-flung islands off Africa, South America, Australia and Oceania for a look at the bird species that lived alongside our ancestors.

This portrait of a guinea fowl is the first clear vision I've had of the hot-blooded dinosaurs still living among us. (SB)

The starling is a common bird that lives in close proximity to humans. It nests in hollows in trees, under roof tiles or in bird boxes. In Mikael...

The camera visits Jerzy Noskiewicz, an ornithologist, the host of a bird reserve on Lake Świdwie in the Szczecin province. Nature is an equal...

Wildlife cinematographer Neil Rettig embarks on what could be the most challenging assignment of his career: to find and film the rarest eagle on the...

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...

The documentary explores the life of birds of prey and their struggle for survival in a changing world. From nesting to hunting, it reveals their...

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...

Bird lover?, tired after a hard day?, sit down, grab a drink, put your ear buds on and relax. Sixty species of birds in wetlands and forests, no...

Sir Ernest Shackleton is a poignant absence in this fragment from the closing chapter in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. The...