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This edition focuses on the remarkable variety of feeding habits employed by birds.

Natural history of bird life, narrated by David Attenborough. This programme focuses on the remarkable variety of feeding habits employed by birds.

The legendary David Attenborough takes another look at the natural history of bird life. This edition focuses on the remarkable variety of feeding habits employed by birds, from the hummingbird, whose long beak can sup nectar from the deepest blooms, to the acorn woodpecker, which peppers the trunks of trees with hundreds of holes to store enormous quantities of food.

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