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ricktas
09-02-2013, 5:47am
National Geographic undertook to record all 39 species of Bird of Paradise. It has never been achieved till now.

After 8 years and 18 expeditions to Australia, New Guinea and the surrounding islands, all 39 species have now been recorded

You can read more here: http://www.birdsofparadiseproject.org/


http://youtu.be/KkMwZgtHVnI

nardes
09-02-2013, 9:45am
Thanks for the link Rick.

Cheers

Dennis

AVALANCHE
10-02-2013, 5:26pm
I imagine this would be the equivilant of a Ferrari for bird watching lovers. Great link thanks Ricktas.

Mark L
23-02-2014, 7:15pm
Came across this today ...... http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/specials/nat-geo-live-specials/laman-scholes-birds-lecture-nglive/
It has the two gents who documented all these birds explaining the birds and how they went about getting some of the videos and photos. An enjoyable, informative 30 minutes.

It's worth checking the link Rick provided in his first post also. Go into The birds section. More amazing video and photos presented in much smaller segments like this ........ http://www.birdsofparadiseproject.org/content.php?page=66

Luwii
23-02-2014, 8:44pm
Always loved the Bird of Paradise since Sir David Attenborough introduced them into our house. Not only are they beautiful, but some of the males have the most interesting courting behaviour. Very suave and showoffy strutters. Thanks for sharing Rick.


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Boo53
26-02-2014, 1:03pm
Thanks for that Rick.

Amazing birds, and good video with some fantastic audio

Glenda
27-02-2014, 6:18am
Amazing birds - so beautiful. Remember seeing what photographers have to go through to get good shots of these elusive birds - they earn their money. Also seeing some of these birds, you can see where the locals got the ideas for their ceremonial headdresses.