Hawaii Birds - DVD - Jim Denny *FREE SHIPPING!*

From the graceful seabirds at Kilauea Point and the precious honeycreepers of the Alaka`i Swamp to the windswept plains of Kohala and the native forest of Mauna Kea, Hawai`i is home to some of the rarest and most beautiful birds in the world. This DVD presents over 90 species in crisp digital video. It is accompanied by the music of gifted slack key guitar artists Paul Togioka and Hal Kinnaman and is appropriate for both the visiting birder seeking to indetify our local birds and as a relaxation video for those who simply enjoy the diverse avifauna of The Hawaiian Islands.

Jim Denny has lived in the islands for 35 years. He began photographing birds about 20 years ago and has been working on this video documentary of them for about 8 years. His work is currently on display at the Kokee Natural History Mueseum and has been exhibited at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. His photos also hang in the Hawaii State DNLR building in Honolulu and at the Waiola Medical Center on Kauai. Jim's work has been published in many outstanding publications including National Geographic, Smithsonian, Audubon, Wild Bird, Hawaii, and Aloha Airlines magazines. He is the author of two books on Hawaii’s wildlife:  The Birds of Kauai (University of Hawaii Press, 1999),  a book which received two “Awards of Excellence“ from the Hawaii Bookseller’s Association, and co-author of The Butterflies and Moths of Hawaii (Mutual Press, 2002). In addition to being aired on local news networks, his video has been purchased by the video producion companies Working Dog Productions,NYC and Sunrise Productions, IN for use in broadcast television specials on Hawaii birds. He is the producer of three videos on Hawaii birds: Birds of the Rainforest, a narrated guide to the birds of the Alakai Swamp on the island of Kauai; A Predator in Paradise, a narrated documentary funded by the USFWS about the threat of introduced rats to Hawaii’s native birds; and Hawaii Birds, a non-narrated guide to the birds of the Hawaiian Islands. Jim frequently guides visiting birders into the rainforest of Hawaii in pursuit of species they wish to see and is often consulted by government and private agencies to help find rare birds and assist with their field work.