1:03:03
Just, like, go down...
1:03:05
Just go like:
Here's us, here's Florida.
1:03:08
I'll look at the map
and pick the route.
1:03:10
I'm gonna make a call
because I know this guy.
1:03:14
A bird guy...
1:03:17
...in North Carolina.
- You're kidding.
1:03:19
He knows, like, migratory paths and...
We called him Birdbrain.
1:03:25
Yes, but this idea
of using aeroplanes...
1:03:28
...to reintroduce
migratory flocks. It's...
1:03:32
Look, I'm sorry.
It's absolute nonsense.
1:03:34
Can you imagine thousands
of little tiny aeroplanes...
1:03:38
...buzzing suburbia at 4 a.m. ...
1:03:41
...showing the birds the way south?
1:03:43
The birds wouldn't follow a plane.
1:03:46
But they do. I've seen them do it.
1:03:50
It really works, if it's done right.
1:03:52
And if geese can do this
then maybe really rare birds...
1:03:56
...like whooping cranes and
trumpeter swans can learn it too.
1:04:00
We can start new flocks...
1:04:03
...and give them a crack
at a comeback, you know?
1:04:12
Do you really think
you can pull this off?
1:04:14
Yes, sir. All we really needed
was a place like this.
1:04:18
Well, of course, there is a catch.
It's right over there.
1:04:22
These 300 acres are all that's left
of what used to be thousands.
1:04:27
In the '30s, the government set this
aside as a wild bird refuge.
1:04:30
But with fewer birds wintering here,
it's been encroached on.
1:04:35
Some people have made a lot of money.
1:04:37
If no wild birds show up
by November 1st...
1:04:40
...these chaps are
just itching to take over.
1:04:43
November 1st? Really?
1:04:45
So if we're here by then, it's ours?
1:04:48
No, not actually yours.
1:04:50
- The birds'.
- Right.
1:04:53
It's perfect!
1:04:57
I sure hope you're right. I don't
want to find out I'm in trouble...