Scientists jumped to the rescue with some distinctly shaky evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to control them.

科学家们急忙介入，但提出的然站不住脚，其大意是，如果鸟类不能控制昆虫的数量，昆虫便会吞噬我们人类。

Others were decimated by animals like rats that arrived on ships.

其他的鸟类也因老鼠等舶来物种而大量死亡。

Birds have some pretty unique ways of seeing the world.

鸟类看世界的方式则非常独特。

The breast of each stuffed bird was adorned with a piece of white silk.

每种鸟类的胸前都用一块白色的丝绸装饰。

Gross! Even grosser? Birds' eyes. Clarence Birdseye, to be precise.

恶! 更恶心的？鸟类的睛。确切地说，Clarence Birdseye。

Way up north in the Canadian Arctic, seabirds are picking up dangerous chemicals in the ocean and delivering them to ponds near where the birds live.

在加拿大北极的北部，海鸟正在海洋中拾起危险化学品，并将其运送到靠近鸟类生活地的池塘。

Hummingbirds are the smallest birds. But what type of hummingbird is the smallest?

蜂鸟是最小的鸟类。但是哪种蜂鸟最小呢？

If there's a lot more non-native birds, there's a lot more non-native bird nests.

“如果非本土鸟类的数量增多，那非本土鸟类的巢穴也会增加。

In the field we track down the Bee Eaters and find their favourite feeding spots, you know, the places where the birds usually feed.

我们跟踪这些鸟，找到它们最喜欢的觅食点，也就是鸟类通常进食的地方。

The researchers are currently conducting experiments with birds...which often prey on iridescent insects.

研究人员目前正在对鸟类进行实验，这些鸟类的饮食中经常含有彩虹色的昆虫。

And to help him – a bird-scaring kite.

协助他的道具是一只用来吓走鸟类的风筝。

They are the most numerous bird species on Earth, ravenous for grain.

它们是地球上数量最多的鸟类，贪嗜谷物。

While my wife was back home shacking up with a twobit ornithologist who lives on a sailboat and likes to wear bootcut jeans!

而我妻子却在家跟个穷酸的鸟类学家同居了。那人住在艘帆船上，还喜欢穿牛仔喇叭裤！

The humming-bird is the smallest and the ostrich the largest of birds.

蜂鸟是最小的鸟类，鸵鸟是最大的鸟类。

But for the giant flightless birds that once roamed the Australian outback, it was an omelet station what did'em in.

但对于一种曾经在澳大利亚生活无法飞行的鸟类而言，该物种灭绝的原因是它们成为煎蛋的材料。

Haters might say that competition's for the birds.

讨厌这一活动的人可能会说这个比赛是专门给鸟类准备的。

It's a good place for spotting unusual birds, isn't it'?

那是个看罕见鸟类的好地方，对吗？

Our final species is the finest of bird singers, the song thrush.

我们最后一个物种是最好的鸟类歌手，画眉。

LAURA FRANCOEUR: My name is Laura Francoeur and I'm the Chief Wildlife Biologist for the Port Authorities Wildlife Programs. Birds are the major concern.

我的名字是 Laura Francoeur，我是港口管理局野生动物项目的首席野生动物学家。 鸟类是主要的问题。

But this latest bird photobomb is far from the first.

但这种鸟类抢镜头的发生远非第一次。