Chick Flick: How Birds Produce and Raise Chicks

Every year birds enter a secretive phase of life - producing and raising chicks. Rarely are casual observers privileged to see their incredible courting rituals, nesting behavior, and parenting. CHICK FLICK uses spectacular video of over 100 mostly North American birds to open a window on this fascinating behavior. You will see astonishing courting behavior- greater sage grouse and greater prairie chickens booming on their leks, pairs of western and Clark's grebes running across water, sandhill cranes leaping in the air. You will observe huge colonies of courting, mating, and nesting Brandt's cormorants. You will be touched by the selfless bravery of a mother mallard duck protecting her chicks from a hawk. Not only does CHICK FLICK reveal the most secretive aspects of bird life, it provides an appreciation of the difficulties birds face and the sacrifices they make to ensure the next generation.

36 minutes and 18 seconds long.
Codec: H264
Resolution: 720x480
Frame rate: 29 frames/second