Earthflight airs on GMA News TV

MANILA, Philippines - Discover the magic behind BBC’s Earthflight: Flying High tonight at 10 on GMA News TV.

To fly like a bird, Earthflight not only captured remarkable images of wild flocks but also relied on some extraordinary relationships between people and birds. Filmed over four years, in six continents and more than 40 countries, the Earthflight team used many extraordinary techniques.

For some of the unique flying shots, members of the team became part of the flock. The birds followed wherever they went — even in a microlight over Edinburgh and London. In Africa, paragliders floated alongside wild vultures, while a model vulture carried a camera inside the flock. In South America, wild-living macaws, that were rescued as babies, still come back to visit their “foster mother” as he travels along a jungle river.

In Africa, a radio-controlled “drone” silently infiltrates masses of pink flamingos without disturbing a feather. A tame vulture carried a camera across the African bush and recreated the behavior of his wild relatives. Similarly, in the USA, a flock of hand-reared snow geese followed the migration route of wild flocks, and took in the sights and sounds of New York - managing to get lost in Brooklyn.

Narrated in Filipino by Raffy Tima, BBC’s Earthflight: Flying High reveals the secrets behind the making of this stunning series that showed us the world from an amazing aerial perspective.