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The Cuckoo = Le Coucou

France, 1970
film

A study of the parasitic reproduction of the cuckoo. The cuckoo does not build itself a nest, but lays its eggs in other bird’s nests and leaves them to..

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Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar!

Canada, 1999
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Cuckoo-spit (Froghoppers)

United Kingdom, 1949
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Birds & their young

United States, 1980
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Nest Web Cocoon

Australia, 1971
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Predation of cossid moth larvae by yellow-tailed black cockatoos

Australia, 1980
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The Black swan

Australia, 1959
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Cicada

United States, 1936
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Blackbird family

Germany, 1970
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Woodpeckers

Germany, 1955
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The Bird fancier = L'Homme aux oiseaux

Canada, 1955
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The Robin

United Kingdom, 1972
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Birds that eat insects

Canada
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The Private life of a starling

United Kingdom, 1971
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The Mallee fowl

Australia, 1957
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Carp in a marsh

Germany, 1970
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The Living bird

United States, 1954
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Some Australian birds

Australia, 1962
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Nests in the bush

Australia, 1959
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