Video Productions

Sights and Sounds of the Wild: Building the Macaulay Library -7 minutes ©2003
This film takes you behind the scenes at the Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library, the largest collection of natural sounds in the world, and a growing collection natural history video. Learn about the inner-workings and future goals of this exciting wing of the Lab.
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The Sanctuary – 12 minutes ©2005
Shot in stunning High Definition (HD) video, this brand new production chronicles the changing seasons at Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary, home to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. This is literally a bird’s eye view of the diverse plant and animal life in this marvelous wooded wetland habitat.
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The Mundy Wildflower Garden - 12 minutes ©2005
Go buzzing with the bees as we gather sweet nectar and follow the seasonal changes at Cornell University’s Mundy Wildflower Garden, a part of the Cornell Plantations. You’ll come away with a better understanding of the vital role that trees and flowers play in our complex ecological system, also shot in crystal-clear HD video.

Language of Birds – 10 minutes ©2005
This is an animated feature focusing on the many ways in which birds use their songs and calls to communicate and how we can better understand what they are saying.

Sounds of a Seabird Island – 5 minutes ©2003
Sit back, close your eyes, and feel yourself whisked away to Eastern Egg Rock Island off the coast of Maine. You can almost smell the salty sea as you listen to the haunting cries of gulls and terns floating on the ocean breezes.