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Season 1 Episode 8: Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird Navigation

51 Seasons Apr 21, 1974 TV-PG 55m 8.7

Birds migrate in search of perpetual summer, sometimes traveling as much as 20,000 miles every year. NOVA uses radar to track and identify migrating birds that travel at night, focusing on how they coose routes tat avoid bad weather and make the best of prevailing winds—information that can aid meteorologists.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Making of a Natural History Film

1. The Making of a Natural History Film

Aired: Mar 3, 1974

NOVA premieres on public television with a behind-the-scenes look at the maki...

Episode 2 Where Did the Colorado Go?

2. Where Did the Colorado Go?

Aired: Mar 10, 1974

This episode takes a look at the Colorado River and its impact on the lives o...

Episode 3 Whales, Dolphins, and Men

3. Whales, Dolphins, and Men

Aired: Mar 17, 1974

NOVA explores the impact of whaling and the goods it produces for the industr...

Episode 4 The Search for Life

4. The Search for Life

Aired: Mar 24, 1974

Does life exist outside this planet? The Viking lander will set down on Mars ...

Episode 5 Last of the Cuiva

5. Last of the Cuiva

Aired: Mar 31, 1974

How does a primitive nomadic tribe of the Amazon basin cope with the encroach...

Episode 6 Strange Sleep

6. Strange Sleep

Aired: Apr 7, 1974

The story honored the men who revolutionized medicine in the 19th century by ...

Episode 7 Crab Nebula

Aired: Apr 14, 1974

In 1054 AD, the Chinese recorded the explosion of a star so bright that it li...

Episode 8 Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird Navigation

8. Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird Navigation

Aired: Apr 21, 1974

Birds migrate in search of perpetual summer, sometimes traveling as much as 2...

Episode 9 Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?

9. Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?

Aired: Apr 28, 1974

The advance of medicine depends inevitably on the testing of experimental pro...

Episode 10 The First Signs of Washoe

10. The First Signs of Washoe

Aired: May 5, 1974

Washoe is a chimp more like a person: she talks with her hands. NOVA visits w...

Episode 11 The Case of the Midwife Toad

11. The Case of the Midwife Toad

Aired: May 12, 1974

When Paul Kammerer committed suicide in 1926, it was taken by most of his fel...

Episode 12 Fusion: The Energy of Promise

12. Fusion: The Energy of Promise

Aired: May 19, 1974

Nuclear fusion offers the promises of an unlimited, clean source of energy. B...

Episode 13 The Mystery of the Anasazi

13. The Mystery of the Anasazi

Aired: May 26, 1974

Who were the people that built the first cities -- complete with apartment bl...

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Valerie Harper Narrator (voice)

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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary

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