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BBC - Flying with the fastest birds on the planet
Small cameras fitted to backpacks allow viewers tosee some of the world's most magnificent birds in flight. Learn how the fastest bird on the planet, the peregrine falcon, keeps control at speeds of over 200 mph. Follow a Northern goshawk, as it flies through dense forest.
 | Horned lark singingA video portrait of a singing horned lark. © 2010 Lang Elliott Running time: 1:54 Published on: 5-12-2010 |
 | Eastern meadowlark singingA video portrait of an eastern meadowlark singing. © 2010 Lang Elliott Running time: 1:25 Published on: 5-11-2010 |
 | View of nest platformHere is a 360 degree view around the osprey nesting platform at Forsythe NWR in Oceanville where the osprey cam will be installed. Running time: 0:57 Published on: 11-15-2012 |
 | Ospreys: A Success Story (NJN video)The osprey was listed as endangered in 1974 after DDT and habitat loss decimated the population. The population dropped from 450-500 nesting pairs to only 53. Since the 70s the population has rebounded to historic levels. Here is a video of the New Jersey Osprey Recovery Project. Running time: 23:09 Published on: 11-13-2012 |
 | Nesting American Oystercatcher along NJ coastAmerican Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) resuming incubation of its egg after a camera is discretely positioned by a Rutgers researcher under Thomas Virzi, Ph. D. The bird in this video was trapped and banded for future tracking and to help study the population in NJ. Running time: 10:00 Published on: 6-18-2009 |
 | BBC - Flying with the fastest birds on the planetSmall cameras fitted to backpacks allow viewers tosee some of the world's most magnificent birds in flight. Learn how the fastest bird on the planet, the peregrine falcon, keeps control at speeds of over 200 mph. Follow a Northern goshawk, as it flies through dense forest. Running time: 3:02 Published on: 3-26-2009 |
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