Movie, "Winged Migration" on STARZ this Sat

There is an excellent web site dedicated to the migration of Whopping Cranes
and Canadian Geese www.operationmigration.org .
They make an annual trek across the USA from Canada to Florida to teach
hatchlings the migration habit.

Happy Holidays
Larry


"Martin Hellman" wrote in message
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I just noticed that the highly praised movie "Winged Migration" will
be aired on STARZ this Saturday, Dec 13 at 8:45 as well as five other
times (once more Sat then twice each on Tues and Wed of the following
week). I've scheduled it to record and thought a number of others
might appreciate knowing of this.

Enjoy.

Martin


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That film was loosly based on the true story of Bill Lishman (sp) -
known as "Father Goose"

He DID successfully train a family of Canada Geese to
follow his microlight and successfully "taught" them to migrate in
the absence of the parents..

Heck of a story..

AMAZING close up flight shots of the birds..

If only we could fly as well.....

Dave


Then there's "Fly Away Home" which is semi ficticious and is about a
guy who, with his daughter and flying in two ultralights, leads a
small flock of Canada geese from Canada to a winter home near the
Virginia/Chesapeake area. In this movie, the father has a wire snap
during the "migration" and he spirals down to a crashish type landing
and breaks his arm.

The movie was based on the inital attempt to lead geese to their
winter grounds using an ultralight. It worked. Flying with the geese
was documented in the film "C'mon Geese", which pops up in Public TV
every so often.

Corky Scott

Well, madam came through and gifted me the 'Winged Migration' DVD (and
coffee-table book!;^) The 'Making of Winged Migration' on the DVD was as
interesting as the feature. We cuddled up and watched both this evening.

Frank Whiteley
Colorado
PS: Just NE of here in the Pawnee National Grasslands there's a pathway for
something like 182 species of sub-tropical migratory birds.

F.L. Whiteley wrote:

Well, madam came through and gifted me the 'Winged Migration' DVD (and
coffee-table book!;^) The 'Making of Winged Migration' on the DVD was as
interesting as the feature. We cuddled up and watched both this evening.

Frank Whiteley
Colorado
PS: Just NE of here in the Pawnee National Grasslands there's a pathway for
something like 182 species of sub-tropical migratory birds.

Speaking of winged migration.
I was in the Denver area Tuesday and it was rotten with sea gulls. Its
a normal migration pattern, but sea gulls and pelicans (in spring) just
seem so odd in Colorado.

Cheers,
Shawn