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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Another birder in the film which basically celebrates the comings and goings of our avian buddies across four seasons in Central Park, and the nuts who are out there every day watching them is Chris Cooper.

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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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