BBC: Wings 3D Page #2
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[HONKING]
For countless other travelers...
...their migration has barely begun.
On the southern tip of Africa...
...a bird's-eye view
of Cape Town's Table Mountain...
...gives no hint of what's stirring
in the seas far offshore.
Beneath the waves...
...the greatest fish migration
on the planet has begun...
...and Cape gannets...
...are already on its trail.
[CAWING]
The gannets have thousands
of square miles of ocean to search...
...so they need help
in tracking them down.
The common dolphin...
[BELLOWS]
...a creature
with an unrivaled knowledge...
...of the undersea world.
The two species work as a team,
sharing their specialized skills.
Dolphins search beneath the waves...
...while the gannets
are the eyes in the sky.
It's the bird's view
that first spots...
...the hidden gathering.
...at 70 miles per hour.
[CAWING]
Sixty feet down, they reach their target:
But at this depth,
the sardines are a struggle to catch.
The gannets come up with nothing.
But the dolphins corral the sardines...
...driving them to the surface.
Now they're not only easier
for the dolphins...
...to catch,
they're in easy reach of the gannets.
By working together,
the gannets and dolphins...
...mount an air and sea assault
with no parallel...
...in the natural world.
It's this seasonal banquet...
...that drives the birds' whole existence.
With bellies full...
...the hunters return to Bird Island...
...the biggest Cape gannet colony
in the world.
Sixty-five thousand
breeding pairs in all.
The gannets' success...
...entirely depends
on timing their breeding cycle...
...to one great seasonal event.
Back in Europe...
...the bulb fields of Holland
are in bloom...
...showing that spring
has well and truly arrived.
It's also a sign...
...that the cranes'
breeding grounds are not far away.
[SQUAWKS]
This Technicolored landscape...
...was reclaimed from salt marshes.
In the past,
cranes would've stopped here to breed.
Nowadays,
they keep on traveling...
can still be found.
Having flown 3000 miles
from North Africa...
...the family arrive...
in Sweden.
Here, they will finally settle
for the summer to breed.
The cranes' journey has ended for now...
...and across the rest of Europe...
...millions of other migrants
are just arriving from Africa.
[SWALLOWS TWEETING]
Barn swallows
are among the most celebrated.
Few can equal their aerobatic skills.
They even drink without missing a beat.
They've traveled over 6000 miles
from South Africa...
...to return to this English farm
where they were born.
They were well-equipped
for the journey.
Their long, pointed wings
and forked tail...
...give them unrivaled flight control.
Their job is to repair the nest
before the females return.
After a six-week flight,
they'll take any meal on offer.
[BUZZING]
Some nests have been in the family
for 50 years...
...and like all old properties,
they need a spot of renovation.
[CLUCKS]
The right materials are everything.
A lining of feathers will do nicely.
Summer is also underway
in North America.
By now, birds have set up home...
...in every corner of the continent.
The Grand Canyon
provides perfect conditions...
...for those that soar.
[AIR WHISTLING]
A bald eagle...
"effortlessly rides the air currents
that swirl around the crater's rim.
[EAGLE SCREECHING]
Apart from updrafts of air...
...this barren gorge appears to offer little
for a water-loving eagle.
But these huge canyons
were carved out by water...
...and down below,
the mighty Colorado still flows.
Eagles master the air...
...by using their feathers to sense...
...and react to the slightest updraft.
By understanding
the way the landscape shapes the wind...
...they use little energy looking for a meal.
The Colorado has sustained life
in these deserts...
...for the last 17 million years.
It still feeds a growing population...
...of bald eagles today.
[EAGLE SCREECHING]
Wherever there's an opportunity...
...birds will grasp it...
...and reap the rewards.
The marshlands of South Carolina...
...provide an unusual opportunity
for another fish hunter.
The great egret...
...could teach the eagle
[DOLPHIN SNORTING]
They let dolphins do all the work.
The egrets shadow their subjects,
waiting for them to corral the fish.
Then, in one explosive charge...
...the dolphins drive the fish ashore.
[EGRETS SQUAWKING]
As their prey ounder,
And so do the hungry egrets.
Stranding
is a dolphin's worst nightmare...
...but this pod
has made it their specialty.
[SQUAWKS]
The young dolphins
learn the knack from their parents...
...as do the egrets that follow them.
With food so easy to come by...
...the egrets have become experts
on the dolphins' behavior...
...and no longer fish for themselves.
Countless other birds rely on a similar
knowledge of other creatures...
...to find their food.
in the northern hemisphere...
...South Africa hosts an even more
astonishing feeding event.
The kelp gull knows exactly
when it's about to occur...
...and sets off to Seal Island
near Cape Point.
Here, 10,000 Cape fur seals...
...gather to breed.
[GULLS CAWING]
The gulls are opportunists...
...scavenging a meal
wherever they can.
But by studying the seals,
they are guaranteed a feast.
The gulls wait until the seal pups
are brave enough...
...to venture away from the island.
They follow as the youngsters
enjoy their nevvfound freedom.
The young seals
are oblivious to danger...
...but the gulls know otherwise.
Just what the gulls were expecting:
A buffet of seal meat,
there for the taking.
[CAWING]
to feed on the novice seals...
...attacking up to 40 times a day.
As the year moves on...
...it's East Africa's turn...
...to host another great event.
Vultures circle above the Great Plains...
...spiraling upward
in thermals of hot air.
[AIR WHISTLING]
Her broad wings ride the air for hours...
...as she searches for the dead or done for.
Every feather reacts
to the tiniest breath of air...
...adjusting its angle
to perfect the vulture's flight.
She splays her wingtip feathers
to reduce drag...
...and uses her tail to steer.
She is here for one thing only:
The greatest mass movement
of mammals on the planet.
By August, half a million wildebeests...
...cross the Serengeti plains...
...and arrive in Kenya's Maasai Mara.
And with perfect timing...
...their scavengers unerringly follow.
The vulture watches the herds...
...looking for signs of weakness.
[GRUNTING]
She also studies
the wildebeests' predators.
But in the high-stakes world
of the African bush...
...the watched also do the watching.
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