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
The Conference of the Birds x 11,4 cm. The Conference of the Birds The Conference of the Birds or Speech of the Birds (, "Manṭiq-uṭ-Ṭayr", also known as "Maqāmāt-uṭ-Ṭuyūr"; 1177) is a celebrated literary masterpiece of Persian literature by poet Farid ud-Din Attar, commonly known as Attar of Nishapur. The title, which is in Arabic, is taken directly from the Qur’an, 27:16, where Sulayman (Solomon) and Dāwūd (David) are said to have been taught the language, or speech, of the birds ("manṭiq al-ṭayr"). In the poem, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their sovereign, as they have none. The