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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0643157340492
Format: Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Caculo
Manufacturer: Caculo
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Caculo
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 01, 2004
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 13659
Studio: Caculo
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Description:
The DVD can be viewed on the living room TV or on personal computers as a 70-minute bird-filled documentary. It also serves as an audio/visual reference guide-- one can use the easy-to-use menus to quickly find a particular bird (it contains 218 species found in Midwest and Eastern North America). The DVD is full of extraordinary photography, bird songs and with video footage.
Some features unique to the DVD include a collection of 18 quizzes and a section for comparing similar-sounding birds (for example, melodic, buzzy or unmusical). The narration for each bird does not occur immediately, allowing the viewer to guess what bird she is hearing and seeing. This quiz format keeps the viewer in a state of wonder and makes learning to identify birds more engaging and fun.
The focus of the narration is bird song and bird song mnemonics (such as 'Who's awake? Me too' of the Great Horned Owl, or 'Quick, three beers!' of the Olive-sided Flycatcher). Also, a bonus 'Soundscape' track is included without narration to simulate a field trip to different habitats such as marsh, grassland and forest. This creates a very relaxing natural background which, along with the bird photos, can keep bird-watchers of any level, kids, babies, and pets (especially cats) enthralled for hours.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Nature Study
Not an all encompassing view of local birds. Not user friendly interface.
Difficulty in finding specific information.
Rating: - "Quick, three beers!"
Perfect DVD for the bird-brain in your life! Saying "Quick, three beers" is one way they describe the sound of a bird-call in this continuous loop DVD. Lots of great videos, sounds and birds- all your bird-lover needs for those cold winter months when all the real birds have flown south... If you aren't a bird-lover, you may just want to get those three beers for yourself.
Rating:  - Best way to learn bird songs
We use this at Audubon displays - next best to being on a field trip.
Rating: - Useful tool for learning bird calls
I love the DVD, however I was surprised to find that there seems to be many more still photos than video clips included. I previewed this DVD very briefly in a store, and noticed only the video.
Rating:  - Bird songs galore
The DVD provided an image or images of the bird whose call we were hearing. Sometimes photos only, sometimes actual video of the bird. A woman described the call and imitated it, in human terms. She was excellent. First we just started the DVD and for an hour were treated to innumerable bird calls, from all over. Since we were trying to learn birdcalls, it was overwhelming. Then we discovered that there was an alphabetical index and we could choose which bird to hear.
I would have liked to see a better format where birds were grouped by family, perhaps, and a bit more information provided; like migration paths, mating habits and how the families developed and when the chicks went out on their own, for example. Perhaps there's another video that does just that.
But Birds Birds Birds is the first bird call DVD we ever heard or purchased. Holly/Brooklyn
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