Birds from the Gods

A Japanese animal photographer Tadashi Shimada captures crucial photographs of wild birds in Oceania This episode of Shimada filmed in highdefinition focuses on the rare and fascinating Birds of Paradise in New Guinea and their beautiful yet humorous courtship behavior In yellow red and hybrid orange the longfeathered Greater Bird of Paradise and Raggiana Bird of Paradise dance together in the air The Paradise Riflebird with its distinctive jetblack body and long blue feathers lives deep in the jungle The program captures splendid images of the Magnificent Bird of Paradises courtship dance thats never been seen on film before Shimadas brilliant camera work creates the supreme art of nature