Hard at Work!
On the film and production front it has been a busy spring and summer. After the trip to Gabon in January, I had the pleasure to dive right into the raptor film for National Geographic and Nature. We moved towards finishing it with the documentation of Bob Anderson’s work with raptor recovery, especially the awe-inspiring Peregrine falcon work he continues to spearhead with his team of naturalists.
Our film is all about raptor flight and the challenges of understanding it. We have awesome visuals thanks to the development of a small camera which we fitted to Red tail hawks, Golden eagles and a Peregrine falcon, capturing a 1000 foot stoop!! This film is fast-moving, educational, and a tribute to falconers and anyone helping to save raptors. Besides that, it is cool!! The film will be finished in the next few weeks and we will keep everyone posted as to when it will air.
Discovery called on my services this spring for their very awesome new series Spring Watch U.S.A. It will celebrate the rich spring flora and fauna of America using a combination of live broadcast and previously filmed material. Tiny cameras inside bird and mammal nests will give the viewer a ringside seat into the often-missed details of the world all around us. I had the pleasure of working with nesting kestrels, bluebirds, and barn swallows - all on my farm, so I had no trouble with wars and Malaria or bees on this one. Spring watch will be an ongoing event and we will keep you posted on when it will air on Discovery.
Last week I returned from 21 days in Alaska filming grizzly bears at the awesome Katmi National Park. This is the same area that Tim Treadwell and his girl friend were killed a few years ago. The footage is for a new National Geographic series called Planet Carnivore.
The trip went well. We had a good team from National Geographic and got some fantastic material. One highlight was taping wolves playing with grizzly bears! Our footage will help to provide more insight into bear behavior and allow viewers to see a variety of bear behavior.
All for now!
Neil
Our film is all about raptor flight and the challenges of understanding it. We have awesome visuals thanks to the development of a small camera which we fitted to Red tail hawks, Golden eagles and a Peregrine falcon, capturing a 1000 foot stoop!! This film is fast-moving, educational, and a tribute to falconers and anyone helping to save raptors. Besides that, it is cool!! The film will be finished in the next few weeks and we will keep everyone posted as to when it will air.Discovery called on my services this spring for their very awesome new series Spring Watch U.S.A. It will celebrate the rich spring flora and fauna of America using a combination of live broadcast and previously filmed material. Tiny cameras inside bird and mammal nests will give the viewer a ringside seat into the often-missed details of the world all around us. I had the pleasure of working with nesting kestrels, bluebirds, and barn swallows - all on my farm, so I had no trouble with wars and Malaria or bees on this one. Spring watch will be an ongoing event and we will keep you posted on when it will air on Discovery.Last week I returned from 21 days in Alaska filming grizzly bears at the awesome Katmi National Park. This is the same area that Tim Treadwell and his girl friend were killed a few years ago. The footage is for a new National Geographic series called Planet Carnivore.
The trip went well. We had a good team from National Geographic and got some fantastic material. One highlight was taping wolves playing with grizzly bears! Our footage will help to provide more insight into bear behavior and allow viewers to see a variety of bear behavior.
All for now!
Neil
