Presented by Simon King
"ho would have thought garden birds were so clever? AH over the country, they've been solving intelligence tests faster than they can be designed. Pulling out matchsticks, working levers, Pecking coloured discs, ending on see-saws, pushing Wng-pong balls.
This programme sets out to find the brightest bird of all, Put also asks: 'Is this really Intelligence?' In the countryside, birds display JUst as much cleverness, in their daily search for food.
All the same, the bird which solves the toughest test of all does show remarkable "lgenuity - possibly something more than simply trial and error.
Director ALASTAIR FOTHERGILL Producer MIKE BEYNON BBC Bristol (R)
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