Coots are water birds, and they’re no crankier than other flocking birds. So why do they get maligned? Find out.
Bird Movies by JO
A Northern Flicker and a European Starling fight for possession of a nesting hole that has everything but hot and cold running water. The Starling had taken the nesting site from the Red-bellied Woodpecker who dug it out.
Ring-billed Gulls Fishing
Gulls thread needles when they fish.
Long-billed Curlews and Marbled Godwits
CYRANO DE BERGERAC BIRDS?
Thousands of Sanderlings Swirl on the Air: NARRATED
Any huge flock of birds, swooshing, meeting itself coming and going, hypnotizes us.
American Dipper: Wading, Swimming Underwater, Singing
A drab, ordinary-looking … extraordinary bird!
Robins Bathing: NARRATED
When birds bathe, it’s like splish splashing at the Bates Motel.
Really? The Ovenbird is a warbler?
The Ovenbird doesn’t look or behave like a warbler, so why do people think that he is one?
Hummingbirds Feeding on Flowers and Fighting
Hummingbirds can zip off in every direction at once–because they weigh only as much as a dime and they beat their wings 80 times a SECOND!
This movie is three years old–but timeless. I’ve done two more on hummers since this one: Hummingbirds Feeding on Flowers and Fighting and Hummingbirds Fighting at a Feeder.
Mississippi Kite Harassed by Jays
Blue Jays buzz around a Mississippi Kite, bedeviling him. Sooner or later the Kite will get a painful peck on the head unless he leaves.
Nectar Robbers
Some bugs and some birds are shoplifters!
Bird Movies by Jo 