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Birdemic: Shock and Terror
Birdemic: Shock and Terror is a 2010 independent horror film by James Nguyen, starring Alan Bagh and Whitney Moore, about killer eagles attacking Half Moon Bay; a sub-$10,000 Sundance-rejected cult 'best worst movie'.
Birdhope Camps
Birdhope Camps: three superimposed Roman temporary (marching) camps near Bremenium (High Rochester) fort on Dere Street, Northumberland; largest 12.3 ha, turf ramparts, gates with tituli and clavicula.
Birdie (Street Fighter)
Birdie is a Street Fighter character, a British punk and chain fighter who debuted as a 1987 NPC, became playable in Street Fighter Alpha, and returned redesigned and comedic in Street Fighter V with the Break Time V-Skill.
BirdLife International
BirdLife International, founded 20 June 1922 in London as the International Committee for Bird Protection, is a global partnership of over 120 national bird conservation NGOs. It is the IUCN Red List Authority for birds and creator of the IBA and KBA site networks.
Birdman (film)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is Iñárritu's 2014 dark comedy starring Michael Keaton as a washed-up superhero actor staging a Broadway play, filmed to look like one continuous take; it won four Oscars including Best Picture.
Birdman (rapper)
Birdman (rapper), Bryan Williams, also known as Baby, American rapper and CEO who co-founded Cash Money Records in 1991 with Slim Williams; known for the Big Tymers, Like Father Like Son with Lil Wayne, and lawsuits over artist payments.
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio is a 1967 NBC Hanna-Barbera animated series designed by Alex Toth, pairing the sun-powered winged hero Birdman (Ray Randall) with the alien superhero team Vapor Man, Gravity Girl, and Meteor Man aboard Condor One.
Birdman of Alcatraz (film)
Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 John Frankenheimer biographical drama starring Burt Lancaster as prisoner Robert Stroud, based on Thomas E. Gaddis's 1955 biography; four Oscar nominations, Volpi Cup, and a disputed, softened portrait of Stroud.
Birdo
Birdo (Catherine) is a pink egg-shooting dinosaur character in Nintendo's Super Mario franchise, debuting as a boss in Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (1987) and Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988); noted for transgender representation and spin-off roles.
Birdpark
A birdpark, or bird park, is a public attraction devoted to displaying live birds in aviaries and walk-through enclosures rather than as part of a general zoo.
Birds (Greece)
Birds (Πτηνά) is a small zoo and tourist attraction in Katerini, Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece, near the Katerini Municipal Park, housing animals such as deer, peacocks, ducks, and parrots.
Birds (Iran)
Birds of Iran: about 491 recorded species, 324 breeding, at a crossroads of Palearctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical faunas; key wetlands, Ramsar host, falconry heritage, and current war and conservation pressures.
Birds Aren't Real
Birds Aren't Real is a satirical conspiracy movement founded by Peter McIndoe in 2017, claiming US birds were replaced by government surveillance drones; confirmed parody, extensive merch, media coverage.
Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight is Travis Scott's second studio album, released September 2, 2016 on Grand Hustle/Epic; it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, was certified platinum, and spawned "Goosebumps" and "Pick Up the Phone."
Birds of a Feather
Birds of a feather: English idiom and proverb ("birds of a feather flock together") meaning similar people group together; earliest English version 1545 (William Turner), modern wording 1599 (Minsheu), often disapproving in use.
Birds of a Feather (Billie Eilish song)
"BIRDS OF A FEATHER" is a 2024 Billie Eilish song from HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, written with Finneas O'Connell. An album track that became the most streamed song of 2024, reaching number 2 in the UK and US and a 2025 Grammy nomination.
Birds of a Feather (TV series)
Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran about two sisters living together while their husbands serve prison terms for armed robbery.
Birds of Passage
Birds of Passage (Pájaros de verano), 2018 crime epic by Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego about a Wayuu family destroyed by Colombia's 1970s marijuana boom; Cannes Directors' Fortnight opener, Oscar shortlist.
Birds of Prey (2020 film)
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), 2020 DCEU film directed by Cathy Yan, written by Christina Hodson, starring Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn; released February 7, 2020, R-rated, 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, $84.1M US gross.
Birds of Prey (team)
Birds of Prey is DC Comics' premier all-female superhero team, created by Gorfinkel, Pittarese, and Dixon, first appearing in Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1 (1995/1996), built around Oracle, Black Canary, and Huntress, with notable runs by Gail Simone and Kelly Thompson.
Birds of Prey (TV series)
Birds of Prey (2002-2003) was a short-lived American WB live-action superhero series developed by Laeta Kalogridis, loosely based on the DC Comics team, starring Ashley Scott, Dina Meyer, and Rachel Skarsten; one season of 13 episodes, canceled after ratings fell from a 7.6-million-viewer premiere.
Birds of Prey Aviary
Birds of Prey Aviary: enclosed facilities housing non-releasable raptors such as owls, hawks, eagles, and vultures for education, breeding, and conservation; examples include Boyd Hill (est. 1986), Radnor Lake, and Antwerp Zoo.
Birds Park
Birds Park (Πάρκο Πουλιών Σάββας), also Savvas Bird & Animal Park, is a small zoo in Kato Pyrgos, Nicosia District, Cyprus, holding birds plus donkeys, goats, deer and an emu; open 09:00-19:00 daily, free entry, distinct from Small Birds Park in Engomi and Birds Park Hambantota.
Birds Without a Nest
Birds Without a Nest (Aves sin nido) is an 1889 novel by the Peruvian writer Clorinda Matto de Turner, generally treated as the first indigenista novel of Latin America.
Birdsey Renshaw
Birdsey Renshaw (1911–1948) was a neuroscientist who demonstrated recurrent inhibition of spinal motoneurons, recorded the interneuron named the Renshaw cell in his honor, and died of polio at 37.
Birdshot
Birdshot is shotgun ammunition made up of hundreds of small pellets, each under 5 mm across, fired in one shell for birds, small game, and clay targets, with smaller pellets than buckshot.
Birdshot chorioretinopathy
Birdshot chorioretinopathy (birdshot retinochoroidopathy, HLA-A29 uveitis) is a rare chronic bilateral posterior uveitis of middle-aged Europeans, strongly linked to HLA-A29, causing cream-colored choroidal spots and progressive vision loss.
Birdsong (novel)
Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks's 1993 Hutchinson/Vintage novel, second of his French trilogy: Stephen Wraysford's Amiens affair and Somme experiences, decoded by granddaughter Elizabeth; over three million copies sold, BBC Two 2012 adaptation.
Birdwatching
Birdwatching (birding): recreational observation and identification of wild birds using binoculars, field guides, and apps. Key facts: eBird has 2+ billion records since 2002; Christmas Bird Count dates to 1901; Peterson's 1934 field guide; Merlin Sound ID (2021); RSPB reports 1,088% Gen Z surge.
Birdy (film)
Birdy (1984) is Alan Parker's drama based on William Wharton's novel, starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage as Vietnam veterans; it won the 1985 Cannes Jury's Special Grand Prix.