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The Life of Birds
Season 1 · Episode 2
The Mastery of Flight
0.050mOctober 28, 1998
The second programme deals with the mechanics of flight. Getting into the air is by far the most exhausting of a bird's activities, and Attenborough observes shearwaters in Japan that have taken to climbing trees to give them a good jumping-off point.