Melis Birder, a Turkish film-maker who is co-producing a documentary on the team, believes its success can shatter prejudices against Kurds.

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Renton Righelato, from Berkshire Ornithological Club, called it a "birder's bird".

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But the pleasure of "Birders, " elegantly crafted by Jeffrey Kimball, a first-time director and longtime local birder, who previously worked as a music supervisor on films by the likes of Steven Soderbergh, Gus Van Sant and John Sayles, is that the ultimate star is Central Park.

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