The Life of Birds


The Insatiable Appetite (E03)

(episode)
UK, 1998, 49 min

Directed by:

Joanna Sarsby

Screenplay:

David Attenborough

Cinematography:

Michael Male
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This edition focuses on the remarkable variety of feeding habits employed by birds, from the hummingbird, whose long beak can sup nectar from the deepest blooms, to the acorn woodpecker, which peppers the trunks of trees with hundreds of holes to store enormous quantities of food. (BBC)