Water Birds is a 1952 American short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. In 1953, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) at the 25th Academy Awards.[1] The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the True-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries.[2] It was shot in Technicolor by more than a dozen cameramen and was created in cooperation with the National Audubon Society and the Denver Museum of Natural History.[3]
^"The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
^Cynthia Chris (2006). Watching Wildlife. University of Minnesota Press. p. 29. ISBN 0-8166-4547-7.
^""The Story of Robin Hood" (1952)". The New York Times. June 27, 1952. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
considered waterbirds. The term waterbird is also used in the context of conservation to refer to any birds that inhabit or depend on bodies of water or wetland...
focuses on the different species of waterbirds and their habitats, showcasing the beauty and variety of these birds. Winston Hibler as Narrator "The 25th...
"perching" birds. Birds have wings whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings...
Drinking birds, also known as dunking birds, drinky birds, waterbirds, or dipping birds are toy heat engines that mimic the motions of a bird drinking...
waterways. It is an excellent swimmer and hunts fish, frogs, invertebrates, waterbirds, and other types of aquatic and amphibious prey. Due to its apparently...
The Anatidae are the biological family of waterbirds that includes ducks, geese, and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on...
Vision is the most important sense for birds, since good eyesight is essential for safe flight. Birds have a number of adaptations which give visual acuity...
British Birds is a natural history book by Thomas Bewick, published in two volumes. Volume 1, Land Birds, appeared in 1797. Volume 2, WaterBirds, appeared...
aquatic birds, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water. Ducks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated waterbirds with similar...
(/iːkwɔːrˈnɪθiːz/, from Latin aequor, expanse of water + Greek ornithes, birds), or core waterbirds, are defined as "the least inclusive clade containing...
Coots are medium-sized waterbirds that are members of the rail family, Rallidae. They constitute the genus Fulica, the name being the Latin term for...
aquatic insects, fish, crustaceans, mussels, snails, frogs, bird eggs and small waterbirds. Rakali have a body length of 231–370 mm (9.1–14.6 in), weigh...
View of Vedanthangal bird sanctuary from Watch Tower List of birds of South India List of birds of Tamil Nadu "Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary". Ramsar Sites...
effect on the breeding of land birds. Keoladeo National Park is an important wintering ground for large numbers of migrant birds; the most common waterfowl...
indicus, by Pamela Rasmussen in her Birds of South Asia (2005). Her treatment has gained acceptance, and is followed in Birds of Malaysia and Singapore (2010)...
than 20,000 waterbirds congregate in and around Nagi Dam Bird Sanctuary in winter. The sanctuary is not only popular for the migrating birds but also resident...
long lake attracts migrants and waterbirds. The Purbasthali area has a fairly high level of arsenic in the ground water. And this place was popular for...
A bird bath (or birdbath) is an artificial puddle or small shallow pond, created with a water-filled basin, in which birds may drink, bathe, and cool themselves...
anhinga), sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a waterbird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes...
Swans are birds of the genus Cygnus within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely...
Pelicans (genus Pelecanus) are a genus of large waterbirds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat...
Moorhens—sometimes called marsh hens—are medium-sized waterbirds that are members of the rail family (Rallidae). Most species are placed in the genus...
The Lakes WaterBird, sometimes known as the Avro Curtiss-type, is remembered as the first consistently successful British seaplane, developed by the Windermere-based...
Diving birds are birds which plunge into the water to catch fish or other prey. Such birds may enter the water from flight, such as pelicans, gannets...
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of...
Bird migration is birds’ regular and annual seasonal journey between their breeding and wintering grounds. Birds that migrate usually travel along north...
birds that feed in the shallow waters. Millions of birds visit the bird sanctuary in winter and spring. It harbors over 250 species of wetland birds....
the desert — rely exclusively on metabolic water. Migratory birds must rely exclusively on metabolic water production while making non-stop flights, facilitated...
Kingdom. In warmer locations, most birds are permanent residents; northern populations, including many European birds, migrate to Africa and southern Asia...
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