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
Thunder Birds (1942 film) censured than prettied, about an American instructor and a British flying cadet at the field who, in love with the same American lassie, vie to see which one can be the nobler goof." Audiences, however, were thrilled by the aerial scenes, which Crowther noted: " (contained) ... many shots of basic trainers rolling and zooming on yellow wings against the blue. Those are the only exalting glimpses in the whole film." Film historians consider "Thunder Birds" a classic aviation film. Notes Citations Bibliography Thunder Birds (1942 film) Thunder Birds (subtitled "Soldiers of the Air" and also known as Thunderbirds) is