Brad Harris, Stu Preissler e Kenny Bostick estão a passar por uma crise nas suas vidas. Eles conhecem-se e têm em comum a paixão pelos pássaros, mas se o que une os três é o amor pelos seres alados, o que os vai separar é uma competição de observação onde o trio disputa quem consegue identificar as espécies mais raras na América do Norte. Será que vai correr tudo bem?
A trama acompanha três adolescentes que integram um clube de observação de aves. Quando um deles avista um pato supostamente extinto no bairro onde mora, são instigados por um especialista a conseguir provas de sua descoberta. Para isso, precisarão de equipamento profissional de fotografia. O problema é que ele vem junto com uma garota que não abre mão de participar da aventura. Além disso, a notícia logo se espalha, começando a atrair outros observadores de aves.
Passarinheiros. Observadores de pássaros dos dois lados da fronteira entre México e Estados Unidos compartilham o entusiasmo pela proteção das mais belas espécies do mundo.
A young couple from Merseyside and their off again/on again relationship.
Comedic ornithological series, Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir will follow prolific artist Jim and his wife Nancy as they explore some of Britain’s best beauty spots, joined along the way by a few famous friends. Their challenge? Create an original piece of bird art celebrating the unique species native to that region over the course of a weekend. Accompanied in each episode by local twitchers, artists and conservation experts, Jim, and Nancy will be guided through forest and fen as they venture through wild countryside and local bird sanctuaries to gather inspiration. They’ll spend meditative weekends sketching and painting their feathery subjects, tackling everything from grouse to goshawks and bitterns to bearded tits.
Bill Bailey plays host to two teams of well-known personalities – made up of a keen famous ‘twitcher’ and another who’s really not that interested in ornithology – as they compete against one other in testing twitching tasks. Each episode, the beloved British comedian sets the famous faces six ornithological obstacles, including four distinct birding challenges, and two bonus campsite ones. These range from straight bird races (spotting as many different species in a set time) to drawing, photography and counting contests. Whoever wins the most rounds will be named top twitchers. The series takes Bill and the competing couples to some of Britain’s most beautiful and best birdwatching locations, from the tranquillity of Rutland Water to the sheer spectacle of thousands of migrating geese in the Solway Firth to the rugged beauty of the Isle of Mull.
Birding with Bill Oddie was a British TV programme, about natural history, presented by Bill Oddie. Three series were made. Birding with Bill Oddie was only loosely scripted and a lot of Bill's dialogue was spontaneous - he would start to talk and the cameraman would film him. The reason that the viewer almost feels that they are in the hide or on the site with Bill, is that video was used rather than film.
