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           High Definition Stock Footage        
         

         You know us for our flight work and intimate close-ups of even the smallest
birds.  Now see it in high definition.  Hi-def gives photographic quality to video,
producing images that even the jaded eye can't stop looking at.  With birds that
means feather-detail down to individual barbs, eyes that glow like jewels, and
colors so intense that you wonder if they are real.  Even when heavily compressed
for web viewing, you can tell you are looking at HD. 
                   We started building our HD library in 2008. It has quickly grown to
encompass birds from from the Southeast to the Great Plains, and soon will
include Alaska.  Please check the alphabetical species list for stock footage of birds,
and what they are doing. High definition available where marked, but there is always
more than is shown.  Contact us with your specific needs.   Prices for high-def  are
the same as for standard definition.  We shoot with Canon instruments, using the
XL-H1 camcorder and usually a 100-400 zoom.

 

        Below are some sample videos.  Click on the links to watch.

 

 

   
   Sample Video.  Florida Birds on a Spring Day. The detail of high definition.
                            Canon XL-H1.

    

 

 

 

Sample Video.  Among the Prairie Bells. Courting Sharp-tailed Grouse and
                         Western Grebes highlight this video shot on the Dakota prairie.
                         This production won "Best of Class" in the 2008 Videomaker
                         Magazine Short Video Contest.

 

   Sample Video A Busy Morning at Brigantine.  A foggy dawn gives way to
                           clear skies.  But death patrols the heavens.  Shot hand-held
                           with a palm-sized Canon HV-20.  The quality isn't that of a
                           bigger camcorder, but this one is fun to watch.