BBC: Wings 3D
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- 2014
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[CAWING]
NARRATOR:
It's a universal dream...
...to y like a bird.
To soar on wings into the heavens.
[HONKS]
But it's nothing compared to the reality.
[AIR WHISTLING]
Experience our planet as never before:
Through the eyes of birds.
[PEEPING]
This is a journey
that will embrace the world.
on feathered wings.
It's a fantastic voyage...
...following the changing seasons...
...and taking in some
of the greatest events on Earth.
Experience a year
in the life of our planet...
...from the lush tropics...
...to the frozen North...
...and catch a glimpse of our world...
...as never before:
From a bird's-eye view.
[HONKING]
It's spring in North America...
...and families of snow geese
begin an epic 2000-mile journey...
...across the continent.
[STEAMBOAT HORN BLARING]
They've spent the winter
in the far South, but now...
...they have to fly
all the way to the Arctic to breed.
They won't be traveling alone.
[HONKING]
They join other snow geese families...
...united by a common goal.
The ock grows in strength...
...until snow geese...
...fill the sky.
Then hundreds become thousands.
Within a few days...
...their ranks are over a million strong.
They gather at these
traditional staging posts...
...to wait for the perfect weather
and favorable winds...
...that will help power their migration.
They become a vast army...
...ready to take over a continent.
[HONKING]
...so do predators.
The bald eagle.
America's national bird.
A creature of cunning and power...
...and the Hook's greatest enemy.
There is safety in numbers.
Many eyes to watch for danger.
They react as one...
...the message rippling
through the ock.
The eagle appears spoiled for choice.
But it's not that easy.
Their sheer numbers confuse the predator.
They form a blizzard of geese...
...impossible to target or see through.
[AIR WHISTLING]
She must try her luck elsewhere.
[DUCK QUACKING]
[SCREECHING]
True skill comes from years of practice.
What goes down
must come up.
[DUCK SQUAWKING]
With a fair wind blowing...
...the snow geese
take their cue to leave.
[HONKING]
They become part
of a spring migration...
...across a greening continent...
...one that features
millions of other birds.
In Europe, common cranes
crossing the Mediterranean...
...lead a similar mass
invasion from Africa.
Like snow geese,
they travel as a family...
from the knowledge of their parents.
They'll spend the next three weeks
traveling to their breeding grounds...
...on a continent now blossoming with life.
[HONKING]
They follow traditional routes,
a flight path that, for many...
...includes Western Europe's
largest river delta.
The Camargue in France.
Below are the famous white horses...
...an ancient breed...
...that has roamed
the sea marshes for centuries.
[HORSES WHINNYING]
[WHINNYING]
As well as horses...
...the marshes provide shelter
for a wealth of birdlife.
Four hundred varieties in all.
to Northern Europe.
They still have a journey
of 1500 miles to go.
[HONKS]
To keep on course...
...birds use a magnetic sense...
...that tells them their position
at any one time.
They also use the sun
as a compass point...
...even allowing for its changing position
as it arcs across the sky.
But despite a sophisticated
navigation system...
...they prefer to trust their eyes.
Landmarks, such as Chateau
de Chenonceau in the Loire Valley..
...are used as a guide
from year to year.
Young birds on their first migration
can see a landmark just once...
...and remember it for a lifetime.
[HONKS]
One day, they'll use such sites
Below, the trout in the river...
...are full of the joys of spring.
But not for long.
A migrating osprey had spied...
...his meal from above.
But there's always one that gets away.
He plunges at 50 miles per hour.
It's this seasonal abundance of prey...
...that makes the osprey's 5000-mile
journey from southern Africa...
...worth all the effort.
Over the Baja Peninsula
at the southern tip of North America...
...another spring gathering
is assembling.
Brown pelicans are attracted
by the vast anchovy shoals...
...that migrate to these rich waters
at this time of year.
The drab juveniles are still
learning the ways of the ocean.
They rely on their more colorful
elders to show them the way.
The youngsters watch
their every move...
...benefiting from their greater
experience and wisdom.
They must understand
the habits of every sea creature...
...that might lead them to a meal.
Humpback whales have traveled...
...two and a half thousand miles
from the Arctic...
...to breed here.
Adult pelicans know
that whales announce their arrival...
...by breaching.
For the younger birds,
it's a new and baffling sight.
But by learning
to follow whales...
...pelicans are often
rewarded with a meal.
But today, these ocean giants...
...have courtship on their minds.
The pelicans must find
alternative guides to food.
They can appear without warning.
Devil rays.
A sea creature
that seems to envy the birds.
Why they take flight is a mystery.
Some think it's to shed parasites.
More likely...
...the splashes
corral fish and plankton...
...making them easier to catch.
It's tempting to think
they do it just for fun.
But wherever rays are fishing...
...there's food for pelicans too.
On a good day, their pouches...
...can trap three gallons
of fish and water...
...in a single gulp.
Like most birds, the pelican's seasonal
journeys are driven both by food...
...and the desire to breed.
[HONKING]
Back in the U.S.A...
...the snow geese
have traveled northwards nonstop...
...for over a thousand miles.
Exhaustion is already taking its toll.
Ahead lies their greatest challenge.
Monument Valley in Arizona.
For a tired family...
...this unforgiving desert
The valley is all that is left
of an ancient seabed...
...but there's no water here now.
The pinnacles were formed
through the action of wind.
Some now rise a thousand feet
above the valley oor.
For the migrating birds...
...this awe-inspiring landscape...
...provides no comfort at all.
The effort is relentless.
[AIR WHISTLING]
...their wings beat three times.
Once their fat reserves are gone...
...they will start to metabolize muscle.
But despite the young birds' fatigue...
...the parents must keep
to a tight schedule...
...to reach their nesting grounds
with enough time to breed.
They drive...
They have no plans
to break the grueling journey.
But birds are masters
of the wind and air.
And the sandstone buttresses
deflect the slightest breeze...
[WIND RUSTLING]
...giving the family a free ride
to the main flock above.
But they still have another...
...thousand miles to go.
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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