Bird of Prey

Bird of Prey, the multi award-winning feature-length documentary from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, weaves a remarkable story of the world's rarest eagle species and the heroic individuals working tirelessly to save it. Since its release in 2018, Bird of Prey, has screened to countless audiences around the world and throughout the Philippines where the film has become an invaluable tool for raising awareness and support for conservation of the critically endangered Philippine Eagle.

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The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) is a private non-profit organization dedicated to conserving the critically endangered Philippine Eagle, preserving its rainforest habitat, and working with the communities that share its home. In addition to scientific research, public education, and culture-based conservation, they operate the only breeding and rehabilitation facility for the species in the world — the Philippine Eagle Center (PEC) in Davao City.

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[theschwarz]

The Philippine Eagle doesn't just symbolize power and strength, but the health and status of our environment as well. Being the apex predator in its habitat, it plays a very vital role in balancing the ecosystem. Protecting this magnificent bird of prey is more than just wildlife conservation.

[algrand]

Just an update for the team that created this video: from the 50 pairs that was known to have existed when you made this film, it's now grown to 400 documented pairs. Much work still needs to be done to conserve the habitat and to further propagate this magnificent creature. Thank you for spearheading the effort.

[cracksomeskull]

"If we lose the Philippine Eagle, the world loses..." I will never forget this line. Thank you for uploading this.

[prototropo]

I am profoundly grateful to the makers of this documentary.
Now at the age of 71, I had opportunities in my childhood, teens and 20s to have seen things that may not be possible again to behold; or then again, maybe they will--but only with our determination. To round the side of a sandstone rise in the Great Basin and come eye to eye--no farther than 15 feet--with a lithe, muscular mountain lion; to sleep under the milky glow of our own galaxy, a spinning slice of heaven now invisible to kids living near the all-night streetlights of suburbs and mini-malls--those moments should not be relegated to a memory of the innocent 1950s.
We all deserve to see the Milky Way, without the glare of artificial lights; hikers who are informed of wildlife safety deserve to glimpse a live mountain lion, safely but surely, with their own eyes, and not in the last moment that the last mountain lion was filmed, sometime later in this century. Isn't that an awful sentence to read!? YES--yes, of course; it should be terrible even to consider.
Will 2054 be the year we bid goodbye to the Sumatran rhinoceros? Will 2044 be the last year on Earth for the Black-Footed ferret of the High Plains of Wyoming? The last year for the majesty we all love and now know as the Philippine Eagle?
Early in this film the researcher Neil notes the power of images to change hearts and minds. I totally agree--change is not only possible but we know how and why human beings change, why they take note, listen, and act from intentions that nurture our world, not only our own selfish needs, or the convenience of the moment.
When we are motivated by lofty ideas with deep meanings, obstacles wither and hopes become necessities. The best lesson we learned in the 1980s was that authoritarian governments do not care about eagles, trees or the workers who work the land. Marcos, Pinochet, Somoza, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Reagan and Thatcher cared only for wealthy friends and their corporations. We are still repairing the damage left by monumentally selfish leaders like those, and we are still at risk from the threats of nationalists like Trump and Bolsinaro, Orban and Putin, Erdogan and Duterte, Lukashenko and Assad. Only democratic leaders will respect the earth beneath our feet.
Thank you to the researchers, teachers and environmental advocates who worked on this project. Thank you especially to the Pilipino people, for sharing your country and for conserving for the whole world these incredible creatures! I'm sharing this inspiring documentary with everyone I know.

[bravofoxable]

Respect to every person involved to save the Phillipine Eagle! 🙌🏻 Really NOT an easy job.... Godspeed

[TimDBarnett]

Can’t believe I’ve never seen this video. Birds of prey have been my obsession since I was young. I became an amateur wildlife photographer after being an avid weekend birdwatcher and after moving to Southern California in 1991. The first time I saw Red-Tailed Hawks in the sky, and saw my first Osprey dive into a bay to pull out a fish nearly its same size, I could never see them enough. Ive always wanted to see a Philippine Eagle and a Harpy Eagle but probably never will. Thank goodness for YouTube for allowing me to see videos like this! I was fortunate enough to be waiting under a tree after an Osprey went fishing and he brought it directly above me to eat so I got to be up close and personal for an experience of a lifetime.

[shanzuuu]

I miss Pag-asa. He was the childhood Eagle of my generation.

[euricequeen]

The Haribon aka Philippine Eagles are in my prayers most of the time. I pray to God that they will never go extinct. I just know that if i see one even in captivity I will cry.

[jonathancatunao]

Lost my job and have very few money left. But I am donating to the Philippine Eagle Foundation. I will also do it regularly once I get a job again. This is a tremendous Christmas gift for me. Thanks to the people behind this project.

[Hwjqabaja]

When I finished my college, I will donate regularly in PEF 🙏🏻 I want the next generation to have a chance to see the philippine eagle.

[leitaoruimfp]

What a magnificent bird. It's expression is different from any other species of eagles or birds of prey.
These are the Apex guys in the skies and it would really be a shame if we'd loose them, like so many species we've already lost.
Congrats to all involved in this project and others with the same purpose.

[johnjun]

감동적인 밀림으로 귀환. 필리핀인들의 노력 좋아요. 나무를 없애는 상업의 해악 막아야합니다.

[MayingRaymundo]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. I am from Davao City, in Mindanao the land of the Philippine Eagles. This will be a great documentary to show students of this new generation.

[zatoichiable]

I always have teary eyes whenever i watch documentaries about the philippine eagle... so precious to us...

[maea]

Magnificent creatures! Kudos to our indigenous rangers and the community around it who are willing to protect the Philippine eagle

[futureofscienceanddiscover]

I do wish that when ever we make release is the Philippine Eagle it should be shown live in national television for better awareness of wild Thanks to all effort to save the rarest eagle....

[vjsaradhib]

Kudos to the entire team! The best line I ever heard " even though they live here, they are the property of the world". Means alot with very few words. By the way iam from India but iam a part of this world!

[Mj-kbig]

When he said why doesn't the Philippines have any of the "majestic" animals of South Asia, I felt that. I'm Salvadoran and we're devoid of so much natural wildlife compared to the other neighboring countries. It's sad we don't have jaguars, sloths, or wild monkeys. At least the Philippines has some of the most unique wildlife on earth.

[tamiacena]

Beautiful story, beautiful film, beautiful people, honoring the most beautiful bird. Forever changed by this. Thank you!

[Yorkshirewild]

The best documentary I have ever seen about birds. This is magnificent. A huge thank you from the UK