It's Tough to Be a Bird

Dec 10, 1969

0h 21m

★ 6.3

Overview

Part cartoon and part documentary, this film offers a humorous look at birds and the ways people perceive them.

Genres

Documentary

Animation

Production Companies

Walt Disney Productions

National Audubon Society

It's Tough to Be a Bird Trailers

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Cast

Soprano (voice)

Ruth Buzzi

Narrator

Ricahrd Bakalyan

Life Erikson

Paul Frees

Bird Fancier

Ward Kimball

Bird Fancier

John Emerson

Bird Fancier

Jim Swain

Bird Fancier

Ann Lord

Bird Fancier

Hank Schloss

Bird Fancier

Walter Perkins

Bird Fancier

Rolf Darbo

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