Filmmakers Travel to Poland to Capture "Coolest" Woodpeckers
Clip: Season 41 Episode 3 | 2m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Filmmakers Ann Prum and Mark Carroll traveled to Poland to film an elusive woodpecker.
Producer Ann Johnson Prum and cinematographer Mark Carroll travel to western Poland to film the nest of the elusive Black Woodpecker. Working with local Biologist Romuald Mikusek they find a nest over 50 feet high. Using climbing gear Mark ascends the tree to mount cameras to film inside and outside the nest.
Major support for NATURE is provided by The Arnhold Family in memory of Henry and Clarisse Arnhold, The Fairweather Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Charles Rosenblum, Kathy Chiao and...
Filmmakers Travel to Poland to Capture "Coolest" Woodpeckers
Clip: Season 41 Episode 3 | 2m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Producer Ann Johnson Prum and cinematographer Mark Carroll travel to western Poland to film the nest of the elusive Black Woodpecker. Working with local Biologist Romuald Mikusek they find a nest over 50 feet high. Using climbing gear Mark ascends the tree to mount cameras to film inside and outside the nest.
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