:12:01
A bird guy...
:12:04
...in North Carolina.
- You're kidding.
:12:06
He knows, like, migratory paths and...
We called him Birdbrain.
:12:12
Yes, but this idea
of using aeroplanes...
:12:15
...to reintroduce
migratory flocks. It's...
:12:19
Look, I'm sorry.
It's absolute nonsense.
:12:22
Can you imagine thousands
of little tiny aeroplanes...
:12:25
...buzzing suburbia at 4 a.m. ...
:12:28
...showing the birds the way south?
:12:31
The birds wouldn't follow a plane.
:12:33
But they do. I've seen them do it.
:12:37
It really works, if it's done right.
:12:39
And if geese can do this
then maybe really rare birds...
:12:43
...like whooping cranes and
trumpeter swans can learn it too.
:12:47
We can start new flocks...
:12:50
...and give them a crack
at a comeback, you know?
:12:59
Do you really think
you can pull this off?
:13:01
Yes, sir. All we really needed
was a place like this.
:13:05
Well, of course, there is a catch.
It's right over there.
:13:09
These 300 acres are all that's left
of what used to be thousands.
:13:14
In the '30s, the government set this
aside as a wild bird refuge.
:13:18
But with fewer birds wintering here,
it's been encroached on.
:13:22
Some people have made a lot of money.
:13:24
If no wild birds show up
by November 1st...
:13:27
...these chaps are
just itching to take over.
:13:30
November 1st? Really?
:13:33
So if we're here by then, it's ours?
:13:35
No, not actually yours.
:13:37
- The birds'.
- Right.
:13:40
It's perfect!
:13:44
I sure hope you're right. I don't
want to find out I'm in trouble...
:13:49
This spot that we found, it's perfect!
It's just perfect.
:13:53
- But we don't have that long.
- Can you land there?
:13:56
- Perfectly.
- Okay.
:13:57
Good, flat surface right near.
:13:59
- Stop moving back. I'm pushing.
- I felt that.