After watching the three-eyed ravens on Game of Thrones, it seems some other members of the bird kingdom want a piece of the small-screen action. To wit:
A lingering Snowy Owl plopped down right outside a television news station in Vermont.
The BBC’s Winged Planet and Earthflight programs are now available on DVD.
And last but not least, a Norwegian TV channel has created what just might be the first bird reality show, complete with a squirrel as the annoying neighbor. It’s apparently airing online all day, every day, so you can get your Scandinavian bird fix anytime. (Euro readers, can you ID the coffeeshop “customers” above?)
The lowly Red-winged Blackbirds in suburban New York triggered Meredith Mann's interest in birds. Five years later, she's explored some of the the USA's coolest hotspots, from Plum Island in Massachusetts to the Magic Hedge in Chicago to the deserts of Fallon, Nevada. She recently migrated from the Windy City (where she proudly served as a Chicago Bird Collision Monitor, rescuing migrants from skyscrapers and sidewalks) to Philadelphia, where she plans to find new editing and writing gigs; keep up her cool-finds chronicle, Blog5B; and discover which cheesesteak really is the best. And she will accept any and all invitations to bird Cape May, NJ.
They look like Great Tit and European Magpie!
“I find this appalling. You are actively promoting those who are actively abusing wild birds for fun and profit.
I’ve been in wildlife television for over 23 years. My list of stories of abusive producers will fill a small book.
Instead of taking time to find someone or a series of producers who are ethically producing shows, and highlight what they are doing and the incredible ordeal of doing good in the midst of a society- ignorant of our peril and continuing to do many of the wrong things because they are cheap and easy – you have taken the low road too.”
@Clare: Thanks for the ID!
@Timothy B.: I’m sorry my post rubbed you the wrong way. My response would be a combination of “don’t shoot the messenger,” and that if there is a real debate to be had, I’m glad to at least be the instigator for it. Maybe you could consider writing a guest post to further give readers the inside scoop on your view of bird-related TV programs?