Water Birds

11/30/2025

With some help from Franz Liszt and a lively narration from Winston Hibler, this half hour feature takes us to an ornithologists paradise as we meet a myriad of bird life that live on or near the water. From the tiniest of term chicks, to black albatrosses, pelicans and precision-diving gannets the photography captures much of the vibrancy of their colours, acrobatics and courtship rituals as these often quite aerodynamically magnificent creatures somehow manage to haul themselves off the ground and get themselves airborne. I suppose my favourite from amongst this diverse range has to be the baby pelicans - anyone else think they reminded them of “Jar Jar Binks” only less ungainly and irritating as they half-waddled half-crawled towards the sea? I wonder how many human parents could pick u