The watching of Winged Migration segued into the watching of another documentary about birds, but this time from a different perspective. Jeffrey Kimball’s Birders: The Central Park Effect (2012) tells the stories of people who flock (sorry, had to) to Central Park each year to check out the birds there. During migrations in particular, the…
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‘Winged Migration’ Follows Birds on Their Seasonal Journeys
While flipping through Netflix’s documentary offerings, I came across Winged Migration, which was directed by Jacques Perrin and released in 2001. The cinematography in this documentary is stunning. Filmed over the course of four years, the cameras followed birds of many kinds and most continents through their seasonal journeys. The documentary balances natural beauty and…