Earthflight

[Cordaline]

I watched this in HD last night & can only say 2 words:-
Simply stunning!

[markp]

Great visuals, but I got the impression that a quite a few of the snow goose parts seemed to be about showing the imprinted flock flying in interesting scenery, rather than real migratory behaviour.

Narration was a bit too anthropomorphic for my taste too.

The pelicans feeding were brilliantly filmed.

[JB9302]

Excellent viewing .

Julian

[Evolved]

Did you also catch this on the BBC website?

BBC News - Geese fly with man who reared them

Still there if the link doesn't work. BBC website then go to TV and then search for Earthflight and it's the last one on the page. Geese fly with man who reared them.
Apologies if already posted elsewhere.

[GME]

Brill, brill, brill!! What a superb watch

[Wild-Woman]

Don't forget it! On tonight, not to be missed.

[Wild-Woman]

Well more breathtaking footage. Working in the BBC Natural History unit must be the best job in the world.

[earthdragon64]

That was absolutely stunning tonight, really interesting to see "our" Swallows migration.

The Flamingoes were incredible, as were the Vultures and Fish Eagles. The whole thing was excellent, not just the birds.

Regards, Audrey.

[Cordaline]

Stunning footage, in HD, once again!
How do they do it?!

[loripo]

On one of the Beebs pages it says "To create its bird’s-eye view of the world Earthflight uses a host of extraordinary filming techniques including filming “imprinted” flocks from microlites, wild flocks filmed from model gliders and silent drones, full-sized helicopter with stabilised mounts and cameras on the backs of trained birds."

It was a bit 'red in beak and claw' in places, but I was fascinated to see how the birds and beasts interacted - picking up clues as to where food was to be found. Also the way they detected thermals.