Watching Birds

Can Descriptions"Watching Birds" 60 min

AbstractWatching Birds; BBI Communications and Houghton Mifflin Company Present Birds; Roger Tory Peterson is the host; birds in a variety of activities with a voiceover that reports birds are everywhere and are interesting; there are 9,000 species, and all have feathers, and not all can fly; to bird watch one needs only learn how to listen, how to look and what to look for; Roger Tory Peterson is seen in the field; he talks about why he is interested in birds; he suggests bird watchers have a good pair of binoculars with 6 or 7 times magnification, a field guide, and a friend with some competence in bird identification; time of year and known location are helpful in narrowing which birds might be seen; size and shape of the bird, shape of the bill, and tail shape help with identification; wing shape or use of the wings can also help in identification; unusual behaviors help, too; there are eight basic visual categories in some field guides to help with identification; then field marks on the birds help to identify it; bird song, nesting, and bathing are described and observed; Peterson visits with penguins in Antarctica; dozens of North American birds are given individual identification attention in the second half of this presentation;

OtherIn the studio Allen Morgan, Bill Sweney, Dick Borden, Mildred Morse-Allen, Karl Maslowski, Steve Maslowski, Allen Morgan, Alvah Sanborn, Edgar T. Jones, Robert Booking, Bill Sweney, Herman Kitchen, Noel Buckner, Franz Lazi, Ken Middleham, Cornell Labratory of Ornithology, Sea World, San Diego, Ca., Colin McNab, Jean-Luc Ponty, John Nagy, Missie Ann Stone, Karen Wyatt, Bill Sweney, Richard Jacobson, George Ellard, Doug DeVitt, Lee Wessman, Peter Thomas, Joy McGugan, Bruce Marson, Lynn Long;