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Chris Packham - Top Ten Birds

Is it a bird? Is it a hat? Is it science fiction? I huddled in the dark at a lek and when daylight glimmered these lunatics shook my soul. It was awesome. I've never recovered. This is a male Andean cock-of-the-rock perched on branch. Is it a bird? Is it a hat? Is it science fiction? I huddled in the dark at a lek and when daylight glimmered these lunatics shook my soul. It was awesome. I've never recovered. This is a male Andean cock-of-the-rock perched on branch.
I waited for eight hours outside a ladies toilet in Ecuador to see the sword-billed hummingbird. It arrived before the police and hovered for the sum of perhaps ten seconds. Amazing! I waited for eight hours outside a ladies toilet in Ecuador to see the sword-billed hummingbird. It arrived before the police and hovered for the sum of perhaps ten seconds. Amazing!
This wallcreeper thinks it's a beautiful butterfly and has given me the most enjoyable neck ache ever, ooh, when they flick their wings... This wallcreeper thinks it's a beautiful butterfly and has given me the most enjoyable neck ache ever, ooh, when they flick their wings...
An avian design icon with a bold graphic plumage in contrasting black and white and subtle hues. The Egyptian plover in display is superb, something I would love to photograph. An avian design icon with a bold graphic plumage in contrasting black and white and subtle hues. The Egyptian plover in display is superb, something I would love to photograph.
Ross's gull - a bird that should be white but is in fact bubblegum pink! It's far more Juicy Couture, than Chanel but the absurdity of it is wonderful. Ross's gull - a bird that should be white but is in fact bubblegum pink! It's far more Juicy Couture, than Chanel but the absurdity of it is wonderful.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk, the ultimate pocket rocket, so ferocious that it even scares me; fast, fleeting and fierce it's the 21st century's back garden velociraptor. The Eurasian sparrowhawk, the ultimate pocket rocket, so ferocious that it even scares me; fast, fleeting and fierce it's the 21st century's back garden velociraptor.
The resplendent quetzal is a glam rock star that was worshipped by Aztecs and drapes its shimmering finery over mossy boughs in cloud forest . . . Get it ON! The resplendent quetzal is a glam rock star that was worshipped by Aztecs and drapes its shimmering finery over mossy boughs in cloud forest . . . Get it ON!
The male smew is a slice of monochromatic perfection with a coy quiff and cheeky, beaky face that bobs around in the Baltic brine and puts the 'D' in debonnair. The male smew is a slice of monochromatic perfection with a coy quiff and cheeky, beaky face that bobs around in the Baltic brine and puts the 'D' in debonnair.
Wild, remote, princely and hard, this monster synergises good looks with divine purpose. When a gyr falcon flew over my head last summer in the high Arctic a shiver stooped down my spine. Wild, remote, princely and hard, this monster synergises good looks with divine purpose. When a gyr falcon flew over my head last summer in the high Arctic a shiver stooped down my spine.
Okay, the Wanderers are the real McCoy, but when it comes down to which albatross you would ask out...its the light-mantled sooty by a mile. 'Fancy a fish supper?' Okay, the Wanderers are the real McCoy, but when it comes down to which albatross you would ask out...its the light-mantled sooty by a mile. 'Fancy a fish supper?'

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