tags: Parrots in the Land of Oz, parrots, behavior, Australia, nature, ornithology, streaming video
Okay, if you are like me, you were not able to see the Nature program, Parrots in the Land of Oz, which aired on PBS on 19, 20 and 21 October. So I have dug up a few videos that give you a glimpse of what you did not see. This is a second video includes lots of footage of huge squadrons of flying budgerigars, and several species of stunningly colored rosellas and lories (which I've bred in captivity) [9:24]
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All I could think of for the first 2 minutes was MY GOODNESS, that's a lot of budgies.
For anyone who would like to see the whole documentary at once,
if you're able to access the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentaries/interactive/parrots/
It has a streaming serve of the documentary, not exactly hd tv quality, but passable on a small screen, and the site also has behind-the-scenes vision.