Red-winged Blackbird males have an array of sounds that’ll make your teeth ache … but the females dig their “music”.
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.
Bees Swarming: NARRATED
When a scouting bee reports her findings to the swarm, her bum jerks as spastically as a balloon with the air let out of it.
Burrowing Owl
This whimsical film is well worth the fifty seconds it takes to watch it.
The Birds and the Berries: Narrated
Here’s a movie about birds, berries, chopsticks, bottle caps, and aggies.
The Broken Wing Act of a Red-winged Blackbird
And the Oscar for best actress goes to … the Red-winged Blackbird! This narrated movie is only one minute long.
Tree Swallows Fight for Nest Sites
Tree Swallows are gunslingers spoiling for a shootout.
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The Robin and the Worm
You think you’ve seen Robins catching worms? Not yet. Watch.
White-faced (Capuchin) Monkeys
White-faced Monkeys, also known as Capuchins, are the most intelligent of the New World monkeys. I filmed this particular band of mischief makers in Costa Rica.
Bare-throated Tiger Heron
On our recent trip to Costa Rica, I filmed this Bare-throated Tiger Heron. Gorgeous though he is, he can look like a cross-eyed Keith Richards. And the poor fella looks like someone shoved a funnel, narrow end first, into his throat.
The narration explains his habits.
How to Attract Birds to Your Yard in Winter: Part One
This initial installment in a two part series explains the advantages of various feeders and of what you might choose to put in them. Crisp, close footage illustrates the information–and the occasional witticism keeps the narration from being dry.
Bird Movies by Jo 