Bird Birds & Birding

David Attenborough reveals how birds have become expert communicators and use extraordinary patterns of colour and beautiful songs to deter predators, intimidate rivals and even impress potential mates. In Patagonia, he enters into a morse code conversation with one of the worlds largest woodpeckers. While the lyrebird of southern Australia has its own comprehensive selection of musical notes, but it also steals sounds from its environment and incorporates them into its own repertoire.

The Acorn Woodpecker is a favorite among bird watchers. It has a clown like appearance and the unique habit of storing acorns in a favored tree that is often used by generations of birds. Wildlife Photographer Marie Read shares her experience photographing the behaviors of these lively birds. Learn more about Acorn Woodpeckers on All About Birds: www.allaboutbirds.org

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This Bird New Network video by American Bird Conservancy (www.abcbirds.org highlights the Northern Spotted Owl, a threatened species that has been a symbol of the controversy over how to manage the remaining old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest.

In this video we show you how the Vortex PS-100 attachment can be used to adapt your point and shoot camera to Vortex, Kowa, and Swarovski spotting scopes.

Attracting Orioles to your yard. Tips on attracting, feeding and creating habitat for Orioles. For more information on Orioles or or other birding topics visit us at www.wild-bird-house.com Pictures by Todd & Melody Weller Pachelbel’s Canon in D arranged, sequenced and recorded by Todd Weller We are now making our nature relaxation cd’s available in 10 minute segments online at … http www.wild-bird-house.com The Wild Bird House Topeka, KS

Each spring hummingbirds return to Christina Lake BC from their wintering grounds in Mexico and the Caribbean. It’s an epic journey of thousands of miles, then the world’s smallest birds spend a brief time mating and feeding before returning to the warm climate south. I love watching them and although they are small and appear somewhat fragile, they are actually quite aggressive, at least to other hummingbirds.

David Attenborough reveals how birds have become expert communicators and use extraordinary patterns of colour and beautiful songs to deter predators, intimidate rivals and even impress potential mates. In Patagonia, he enters into a morse code conversation with one of the worlds largest woodpeckers. While the lyrebird of southern Australia has its own comprehensive selection of musical notes, but it also steals sounds from its environment and incorporates them into its own repertoire.

Dave and Trey perform Waste and Three Little Birds on 12/19/03 Filmed by: DLoomis ( www.youtube.com ) @ LessThanFace Productions