Birdbrain : mystery of bird navigation

Series: Nova Series

Duration: 0:27:00

Creator: British Broadcasting Corporation: Publisher | Time-Life Video: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Focuses on the homing pigeon to explore the phenomenon of bird navigation. Demonstrates, using various experiments, how birds use the sun, stars, and the Earth's weak magnetic field to find their seasonal migratory habits, or in the case of pigeons, home. Suggests hypotheses about both the function and location of the sensory organ or mechanism that enables the pigeon to perceive magnetic fields.

Complete Record: , Focuses on the homing pigeon to explore the phenomenon of bird navigation. Demonstrates, using various experiments, how birds use the sun, stars, and the Earth's weak magnetic field to find their seasonal migratory habits, or in the case of pigeons, home. Suggests hypotheses about both the function and location of the sensory organ or mechanism that enables the pigeon to perceive magnetic fields.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.