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| Birds, Birds, Birds! An Indoor Birdwatching Field Trip DVD Video Bird and Bird Song Guide | 
| Director: John Feith
Studio: Caculo
Category: DVD
Buy New: $24.95
New (2) from $24.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 43603
Format: Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 90 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 643157340492
EAN: 0643157340492
ASIN: B0006U6KIU
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: December 1, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Anatomy of Birdsong June 20, 2005
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
With Birds, Birds, Birds John Feith reaches a whole new audience, especially of young people who didn't have the patience to sit through a whole CD without visual accompaniment, such as his wonderful compilation, Who Cooks For Poor Sam Peabody?
I recommend this DVD to anyone who enjoyed Sam Peabody, for now you can see the actual birds who made the memorable mnemonics in the CD (not all of them, but enough to make you sit up and take notice). The whole point is to get to recognize the song and be able to identify it, and with this one-two punch you should be able to attain that objective without ever leaving your house. Here in California we are lucky enough to get regular visitors from the upper Midwest, and among them are the migrating birds. And yet viewing the fabulous color photography of BBB, I found myself wishing that I lived in Wisconsin. It's so beautiful and it almost seems you can hear the birds more clearly than you can in the California fog.
Feith provides essential support to the burgeoning community of those who would like an easy, refreshing way to fix the song of your favorite winged friend in your mind. Here you see them sing, you hear them sing, and you remember their song, the most precious and puzzling gift in the universe
Exceptionally well done! March 27, 2005
56 out of 56 found this review helpful
I love this DVD! The pictures are pristine and show both sexes, the video footage sprinkled thoughout is excellent, and the sound recordings are first rate as well. The mnemonic approach is original and "fixes" the sounds more easily in your memory. I find the female narrator's voice very pleasant and easy to understand. A treat for anyone who wants to learn just which bird it is whose song and calls fill the air, especially in the spring. Oh, and another wonderful plus: Great entertainment for my two lovebirds! It cracked me up when my male belted out the song of the Indigo bunting in near-perfect imitation. A companion CD is also available so you can listen to bird songs anywhere (or entertain your birds).
Please note: this DVD has but one aim: to familiarize the viewer/listener with birds and their songs and calls. If you want to learn more about these birds, I recommend Stokes' Field Guide to Birds, simply because it packs the most information on the same page of any guide that I own. For identification purposes and range, Sibley's Guide to Birds, in my opinion, is unsurpassed. And once your interest in birds leads you to ask more questions, by all means, treat yourself to Sir David Attenborough's marvelous The Life of Birds. I have both, the DVD set and the book, and I can only urge you to get the companion book as well since it is so wonderfully written. I found that I learned even more by reading the book after I had first watched the series on PBS. Sibley's Guide to Bird Behavior is also highly recommended.
There is a wealth of information out there on these feathered wonders, but for sheer beauty and clarity of sound, this DVD is worth every penny!
Any birder will love this DVD March 23, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Birds, Birds, Birds! isn't really a film or a documentary, per se, because it doesn't have a narrative storyline. Instead it's a fascinating, well-made guide to a wide range of common North American birds, with excellent footage and sound recordings for each. As eye- and ear-training for birders, it's great, and for just general enjoyment, it's a treat for all bird-lovers. Personally I liked it better with the spoken soundtrack turned off, because the actress who was voicing the birdcall mneumonics was trying a little too hard to put interest into her line readings, to the point that sometimes the way she enunciated the phrase didn't show any similarity to the bird call in question. But that's just me.
The photography and video footage on this DVD are excellent, the recordings are top-notch, and it's a terrific way to either work on your call recognition for a birding trip, or just to relax and enjoy the beauty and songs of the feathered ones. I give it four solid stars.
 Disappointed March 23, 2005
2 out of 12 found this review helpful
Unless you are an avid bird watcher and need resource material for north american bird sounds, this DVD is otherwise a waste of money. Spend the extra money and buy "the Life of Birds".
Any birder can't go wrong with a John Feith publication. February 11, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I agree...I can always look forward to putting on this DVD after a stressful day and feel comforted and happy. Not only is the DVD as a whole very complete, compelling, interesting and infomative, the photographs, videos and sounds of all the various birds are exquisite. Such a great team of artists and professionals have contributed to the DVD and watching it is such a wonderful experience. These are birds that appear all across the country from the West to the East and John Feith's CD "Who Cooks For Poor Sam Peabody" is such a great learning tool in and of itself, and now Mr. Feith has come out with this great DVD to have such great images to accompany the bird sounds from the CD...plus with many new surprises added along the way! I'm looking forward to watching again and again and again!
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