This footage has become one of my favourites and the white bird is Damn beautiful while the pirate bird's are truly pirates with the ocean and the chase...it was really like a movie!
Does anyone else really appreciate the combination of great photography, natural sound of the birds and the selection of great music to heighten the action? I was on the edge of my chair watching this. I love documentaries like this --- and especially with birds.
I have rewatched this many times and its still exciting as the first time. The music, Davids commentary and of course the birds in flight chasing and trying to get away... just wow 👌🏿👌🏿
Mother nature at her/his/its finest. Beautiful how each are built for extreme aerodynamics, as well as, their roles and responsibilities to their young.
Yes, This shows animals are more than what we think ...that thief bird is so aware of its surroundings that sees the moment the other bird drops the fish...also so accurate catching that fish in the air before falling to the sea
Trust me, they have. F22s and Su 50s are capable of things these birds aren't, but obviously these birds are also capable of things no fighter jet is capable of
Man-o-war birds : "nice catch you got there pip squeaks, gimme that !" red-billed tropic bird : "No!, this is my all day hard work, I got family to feed" Man-o-war birds : ":who cares, this is my territory !!, my rules !!" government : "I found my spirit animal"
In Hawaii they are called "Iwa" birds, pronounced "Eeva", and when I was a fisherman there I watched them glide for hours without flapping their wings. Fishermen in Hawaii use them to catch Pacific Blue Marlin because the Iwa birds follow the Marlin, hoping to snag the small baitfish Marlin push to the surface when they feed. "Follow the Iwa bird, find the Blue Marlin."
The air battle of these birds seems like a reenactment of US and Japan's rivalry during the Pacific War, and what makes it more realistic is the use of thrilling background sounds.
You actually mean, jets look like the White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaeton lepturus). Tropicbirds have been on our planet for millennial eons. Manufactured, operative jets haven't been in our world for one century.
Que vídeo simplesmente fantástico!! Que grandes batalhas no ar ...que metamorfoses, piruetas, razias e estratégias para fugir às aves piratas e ao inimigo...grandes voos!! As crias lindas ...fugiu o pensamento para as grandes batalhas de aviões nas suas manobras....empolgante! mesmo Sir David Attenborough!
