For the love of birds | Washington Wachira

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6 жыл бұрын

From the glorious crested guinea fowl to the adulterous African jacana to vultures that can pick a zebra carcass clean in 30 minutes, Washington Wachira wants us all to get to know the marvelous species of birds that share the planet with us. If you're not already a fan of earth's feathermakers -- or concerned about their conservation -- you will be after you watch this delightful talk.
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@dannyboy9872 6 жыл бұрын

I love this man. He is so pure

@Teekles 6 жыл бұрын

Ted Talks....from new and brilliant ideas to "wow, much birb, soo coool"

@banano4324 6 жыл бұрын

love how enthusiastic he is about birds! great to see how people show and pursue their interests!

@davillamwangi1093 4 жыл бұрын

Your love for birds since your days at Ndururumo is unmatched. Keep doing what you love Washi👍

@shiloh56401 9 ай бұрын

I have a yard full of corvids. They bring me so much joy every single day - I am beyond grateful for them. This speaker is wonderful - thank you so much for this presentation!

@gl1tterp4rty 6 жыл бұрын

I love birds. I’ve come to appreciate them so much after learning more about them recently. They’re amazing!

@binky2819 6 жыл бұрын

Me too! A little over a year ago I knew nothing about them but now I think they are absolutely amazing. My favorites are the birds of paradise!

@waterglas21 6 жыл бұрын

1:42:Butts are my passion XD BTW great Ted Talk.

@throatgorge2 6 жыл бұрын

11:13 we were able to to convert many bad witches!

@28th_St_Air 6 жыл бұрын

I like big birds and I cannot lie.

@AnaraneSeragone 6 жыл бұрын

Beautifully spoken! Thank you.

@svahas 6 жыл бұрын

I would like to mention crows, which live throughout the world; particularly in relation to areas where people live. Crows are sacred in Tibetan Buddhism and they are known as Mahakala (The Great Time). The great time that transcends life, death and the eternal world of spirit. I love all birds, but I have a special appreciation of crows and their higher consciousness.

@cdevine9459 6 жыл бұрын

Abigail Ball Crows are incredible! Ravens are pretty amazing too.

@shiloh56401 9 ай бұрын

The magpies and crows that visit my yard every day are more near and dear to my heart than any birds I have ever known. I look so forward to the young ones every summer with their noisy chatter (I can't speak for my neighbors)! Listening to the magpies sing-speak soothes my soul and gives me a much-needed respite from the human world. Corvids are special.

@svahas 9 ай бұрын

A visually impaired crow lived with me for almost thirty years.@@shiloh56401

@andreapate681 6 жыл бұрын

I have 6 parrots myself, and absolutely adore each one of them. They are my babies ❤ Birds are spectacular creatures. So much smarter than people give them credit for! Parrots are amazing companions. I actually havr one sitting on my head now..lol

@gulugul78 6 жыл бұрын

I'm half Papua New Guinean and Australian 😆 where all the best birds come from.....Paradise. I like when he said the words "uniquely beautiful" it's on the Kumul.

@ShaudaySmith 6 жыл бұрын

it's official. Kenyan accents are hot. When a kenyan speaks in english, they sound close to french accents with a dash of indian, wrapped in silk.... i'll go now.

@lucymccollum7946 6 жыл бұрын

I am a proud Kenyan from hearing this.... smile

@syimimartin6455 6 жыл бұрын

Well it is quite clear that us Kenyans have the best English accents in Africa...that you can't deny.

@syimimartin6455 6 жыл бұрын

Well it is quite clear that us Kenyans have the best English accents in Africa...that you can't deny and i'm not bragging.

@wolfy1612 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely soul, thank you

@Ash-fc4kb 6 жыл бұрын

The love of birds as a gateway to appreciate all forms of nature. Wonderful words from an inspirational man. I also like that they can be called The Feather-makers. Very cool.

@betsjuso 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ted for this video, I love birds and would love to go to Africa and Brazil rainforest to see the beautiful birds that I would never be able to see in the United States.

@ravindranathhospital1362 2 жыл бұрын

I love birds. I am keeping bird feeders and bird baths to help birds in my colony. I also downloaded an app to find what birds are in my colony.

@ultramarinewaters9325 6 жыл бұрын

Birds are such unique creature! Thank you for giving them the spotlight!

@artsynarci77 6 жыл бұрын

He's so passionate about birds i love him

@ashvazdanghe 6 жыл бұрын

Viva Birdman

@Wagmiman 6 жыл бұрын

Birbs are cute 🤗

@danic5208 6 жыл бұрын

I love birds!!!!! Love the delightful attitude of the speaker. Made my day!!

@vogelwachteradriaan 4 жыл бұрын

Great talk Washington!

@animegirl2000 6 жыл бұрын

I recommend The Life of Birds by David Attenborough. I love birds. Specifically the call duck :)

@NearlyNativeNursery Жыл бұрын

Birds rules the world. I truly have a Nature ailment and specifically have Psittacosis.

@TJ31PT 6 жыл бұрын

Wow. What a gift, Washington. Well done!

@shekharimroz408 6 жыл бұрын

Love from India .

@rhiangray9975 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent talk! Really interesting and enjoyable

@imlegend2023 6 жыл бұрын

الطيور مخلوقات جميلة ولطيفة ، تدل على جمال خالِقها. ياربي سبحانك ما أجملَك💗

@monkey-trial...6578 5 жыл бұрын

African owls are my fav. The white faced scops, spot bellied eagle owl and the tiny scops owl! Any many more I’m sure - just can’t think of their species names .

@jjutt87 6 жыл бұрын

Damn, why did I get all emotional at the end? Let us all care for mother nature's gifts and blessings. We are the only hope.

@md.didarhossain7807 6 жыл бұрын

good example of love

@thesunreport 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful message and a great presentation :)

@bonifacemacharia7515 6 жыл бұрын

great work sir.. keep it up

@BClocals 6 жыл бұрын

People are the gods of this planet. After rescuing all sorts of animals, from dogs, cats, horses, guise, birds and I have found that it was one of the most rewarding things to do by nurturing back abused and injured animals and I hope everyone can find the strength to help each other and our animal kingdom. Learn to love and educate yourself and inform others about the impact human development and how to care for this planet and the creatures we share this planet with.

@user-bj9zz3tv4v 6 жыл бұрын

Who else liked without even watching a video just because you like birds?

@Cmunene 6 жыл бұрын

Nice wachira. Will definately join

@FromFiction777 6 жыл бұрын

aw love birds

@cliffchat248 2 жыл бұрын

This is one talk that made way for my being a citizen scientist

@claysavage8047 6 жыл бұрын

I love buds. cool guy.

@ninastone9054 6 жыл бұрын

Clay Savage is your icon a pewb

@wanguimwangi5000 5 жыл бұрын

woow!! interesting talk....

@trenayhansen1 6 жыл бұрын

This was an amazing video. Washington is so inspiring and Im very grateful for your conservation efforts. It is admirable what you have done and the knowledge you are sharing. Thank you. Hopefully you somehow read this:p

@cmd2tuts 6 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@rei7484 6 жыл бұрын

just notes: 1:37 3:05 9:44 1:31 2:03

@arpitadeshmukh3714 6 жыл бұрын

His accent is so cute

@visit_kenya 3 жыл бұрын

🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

@hafizharbi5764 6 жыл бұрын

this man loves birds so much, he used 'colibri' as the typeface for his presentation

@ahmedsarakhouf4072 6 жыл бұрын

Woooooooowwwooo. That's amazing🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

@samarelnady2080 6 жыл бұрын

We raised a lot of feathermakers!

@bayareajokester9456 6 жыл бұрын

A little off topic; I find it antithetical that many people would clip a birds wing to own them as a pets. Being able to fly is arguably the main feature that makes birds so majestic and it is ironic to deprive them the ability to fly.

@DanielFenandes 6 жыл бұрын

Abyssinia Empire It is cruel

@monkey-trial...6578 5 жыл бұрын

Not everyone is so stupid. Falconers don’t do this. There’s many responsible budgie owners who have massive flying enclosures with multiple birds bc they’re social creatures mostly

@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai 6 жыл бұрын

His accent is a bit hard for me to understand, but I can forgive him because he's so darn excited about birds!

@barock8599 6 жыл бұрын

nice

@TweeklyLOVER 6 жыл бұрын

His App is basically Pokemon in real life. Just without the catching and fighting

@bbc7858 6 жыл бұрын

Dont worry be happy 🎶

@user-bq4xl4ii2j 6 жыл бұрын

现在的生活中很少能见到鸟了，偶尔上课的时候看见一只喜鹊会特别高兴

@e.l.a5455 6 жыл бұрын

I'm here for the birbs

@snivygreen2216 4 жыл бұрын

I'm doing this speech in speech and debate

@reid_blackmon 6 жыл бұрын

BA BA BA BADADA BIRD BIRD BIRD BIRD BIRD'S THE WORD I SAID A BIRD BIRD BIRD

@gulugul78 6 жыл бұрын

Reid Blackmon NOOOOOOOO!!! IT'S STUCK IN MY HEAD NOW!! 😡😠😆😅

@Jerome... 6 жыл бұрын

0:24 That haircut!

@ariemayz6551 6 жыл бұрын

I think he meant birbs

@urfavoritehumanbean879 6 жыл бұрын

Let's be honest - nobody really hates birds. There is at least an avian liked by someone.

@vgloveforlife 6 жыл бұрын

What about all the birds that die every day for people's plate?

@Ashlyn.999 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like school presentation

@denisZsuave 6 жыл бұрын

#kenya 😎

@mordu4943 6 жыл бұрын

#MaxBird

@TestMeatDollSteak 6 жыл бұрын

Bahds

@schwarzarbyter 6 жыл бұрын

poor penguins

@andreas0101 6 жыл бұрын

A black guy not talking about race and Africa? Good. Respect.

@joyisaiah98 6 жыл бұрын

That boy ain't right And yet, you brought up race. Seems like you’re a bit obsessed with the whole concept.

@andreas0101 6 жыл бұрын

Too the triggered SJW dorks: the identity politics have been going on for a while now on TED and I'm glad this talk is not about it. So something positive got turned into something negative. Idiots

@aliabrahim315 6 жыл бұрын

Wow!! sure you nature better in your county When the minds in people are a sense of beauty in psychology, you are a positive, .See the masterpieces in wildlife The fact of Africa, which has a fascinating wild nature in the wild world Africa's jungles and the forests on the most important countries, in the wild Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania Equatorial Guinea, and natural beauty Madagascar, and more countries in Africa has nature beauty.e

@i.m.success9133 6 жыл бұрын

I.M. Success

@ItsMe-og6qw 6 жыл бұрын

First to watch

@gulugul78 6 жыл бұрын

😂 windmills slicing birds! BULLSHIT! 😁😃😆😅 I went to school with a ShoeBill....good fella.

@bronescuba 6 жыл бұрын

I love birds, especially when they are deepfried.

@karlcreativename7165 6 жыл бұрын

Del Wioni you deep fry eagles?

@imlegend2023 6 жыл бұрын

Del Wioni 😂😂😂 good one.

@Jerome... 6 жыл бұрын

Turkey > Bald eagle

@samsunggrand1933 6 жыл бұрын

Third comment

@thomaster8870 6 жыл бұрын

Oh no! He said the D-word... d-d-d-diversity

@rozkaz00 6 жыл бұрын

Is this is what TED is now ? Talks for 10 year olds ?

@rozkaz00 6 жыл бұрын

I will not :) Birds are cool. Fine. Glad you liked it. I didn't like the talk. It has nothing to do with what TED advertises. Not in topic nor the intellectual,cultural,etc depth one may expect. Look at their own description. "TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives (...) talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts" Do you see any of that here ? If anything in this talk challenges your intellect, or understanding of the world, please tell me how old are you, and help me understand ? This guy is very nice, I'm sure he could do excellent presentation at any high school. PS What group do you represent when you say us ? Have you been elected for speaking for other people ?