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Calling all cadets! It's time to earn your wings with Team Top Wing as they work together in these 7 training missions! Swoop in with Swift to save Baddy McBat, get big air with Rod to earn jump badges, find treasure with Penny to get your Map Reading Badge, and work on your navigating skills with Brody to lead geese to safety! Plus, save Shirley Squirrely from a high-flying disaster and rescue Timmy and a rapid river!"--Container.

Spring into action with Team Top Wing in these eight eggciting missions! First, when Sandy Stork mixes up the eggs in her delivery, Swift, Rod, Penny, and Brody must scramble to get them back home before they hatch! Then, team up with the rescue birds in training as they save Cheep and Chirp in two tweeting tales.

State-of-the-art technology and innovative techniques are used in this film that features some of the best footage from the BBCs acclaimed Earthflight series. Viewers can fly along with snow geese dashing through Monument Valley, Macaws racing through the rainforest, vultures soaring miles above the earth, and more.

"Well, how about that, it's a brand new adventure with the Cat in the Hat! Making a bird's nest, hey that's pretty neat! Babysitting an egg? Now that is a treat! Meet a tree expert named Dr. Twiggles, and play games with Fish; there are sure to be giggles! In a collection of natural science adventures, follow along with the Cat, Nick, and Sally as they learn how to build a robin's nest, find the mother of a lost egg, and meet a plant expert who teaches...

Our fascination with the Whoopers and the sandhills partially results from their loud vocalizations and elaborate courtship rituals which help strengthen pair bonds. Courtship behavior consists of calling, wing flapping, and head bowing, and doing tremendous leaps into the air by both birds. This dance begins late winter as a prelude to mating, but may occur at other times as they defend their territories. Whoopers and the sandhills mate for life...

When the adorable fruit bat Stellaluna is separated from her mother, she is adopted by a family of birds, but soon finds that she just can't fit in. Her playmates like to sleep at night; she wants to fly. They whistle and sing; she doesn't even have a beak! But just when it seems like she'll always be an outsider, Stellaluna makes an amazing discovery. Now she'll learn to cherish the things that make her different from everyone else. And she'll see...

This intimate and unprecedented look at butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, bats and flowers is a celebration of life, as a third of the world's food supply depends on these incredible and increasingly threatened creatures. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg, 'Wings of Life' utilizes riveting high-speed, closer-than-close filmmaking techniques to showcase in spectacular detail these unsung heroes of our planet.

All is calm in Old Man Fookwire's yard until new neighbors, Little Old Lady Hu and her cat, Muffins, move in next door. Muffins is one mean dude! He terrorizes the birds, interrupts Fookwire's painting, and ties the squirrels' tails together. Fookwire is upset, but not nearly as upset as the squirrels, who devise an ingenious plan to stop Muffins cold.

Journey deep into the winter woods and meet two snowdrifts, Pierre and Janine. Together they introduce you to their forest friends and reminisce about a time when a mysterious stranger came to visit.

"Alaska has millions of birds - flying, swimming and hatching! From eagles to puffins to ptarmigans - we've captured over 70 kinds of them (with a camera, not a net!) so you can see where and how they live in Alaska."--Container.