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Hour One: The Life of Birds
| They live everywhere from the cold of Antarctica to the heat of the tropics. They swoop, soar, scurry and swim. And they have developed abilities that have fascinated humans for years.
"They," of course, are birds. On this hour, we'll be talking about the origins of bird flight and about some other, more unusual bird behaviors. Did birds develop the ability to fly starting from the ground or from the trees? How - and why - do some birds produce such mellifluous songs? How do migratory birds migrate? And how do pigeons manage to thrive in seemingly inhospitable cities? |  | From the common crow to the most winsome warbler, it's a bird bonanza on Science Friday, with guest host Paul Raeburn; noted naturalist and filmmaker David Attenborough; Kevin Padian, a paleontologist and authority on bird flight; and your questions.
Guests:
Sir David Attenborough
Wildlife Film Producer
Author, "The Life of Birds" (Princeton University Press)
London, England
Kevin Padian
Professor of Integrative Biology, Curator
Museum of Paleontology
University of California
Berkeley, California
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
January 1, 1999, Hour 2: Christmas Bird Count
June 26, 1998, Hour 1: Birds from Dinosaurs?
Audubon Society web page
BirdSource- Birding with a Purpose.
- This segment produced by:
Tom Clarke
Web producer:
Charles Bergquist
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