The Life of Birds those birds whose sustenance comes from flesh and their methods of hunting. In New Zealand, Attenborough observes keas, parrots that do not eat meat exclusively, raiding a shearwater's burrow for a chick. However, it is the dedicated birds of prey, such as owls, buzzards, eagles, falcons and vultures, to which much of the programme is devoted. In order to spot and pursue their victims, senses of sight and hearing are very acute. Vultures are the exception, in that they eat what others have left, and once a carcass is found, so many birds descend on it that the carrion seems
Killing Birds Soavi, who had direted "Stage Fright" for him in 1987, to direct "Killing Birds" next. However, Soavi chose to direct "The Church" instead when "Lamberto Bava" decided not to do it as part of his "Demons" series. Soavi's assistant director on "Stage Fright", Claudio Lattanzi, was used as director for "Killing Birds". There are differing testimonies as to how D'Amato and Lattanzi shared in directing the film: The film was released theatrically in Italy through "DMV distribuzione" in 1988 under the English title "Killing Birds" and later on home video: on VHS by "Magnum 3B" under the title "Killing Birds: