Nature is not only clean air and trees. To really experience nature is to be an explorer. Birdwatchers are explorers. To others, birdwatchers may be difficult to understand, even irritating. But birdwatchers do not disturb the birds, they don't look for nests or approach feeding flamingos. Birdwatching starts with a curiosity and wonder; gradually the wonder becomes a passion, a desire to see more birds and to protect them. Birdwatchers travel wherever there are birds — to steppes, mountains, forests, valleys, and wetlands — just to see different species. They travel far, visit every habitat and experience nature. They are birdwatchers...
2005, Turkey, 20 min.
Dir.: Behiye Yilmaz,
Script: Behiye Yilmaz, Serkan Yilmaz,
Dir. of Phot.: Serkan Yilmaz, A. Gemal Gucu,
Prod.: Serkan Yilmaz
She is an author of several environmental documentaries. Her films have participated in several national and international festivals.
Filmography Hurmetci Marsh (2004), Migration (2005), Birdwatching Time (2005), In Pursuit of a Pair of Wings (2005), Water (2007), The Shore of Life (2007)