Nature of Canada Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Animal Aliens

  Exotic species exist in the wilds of North America.

• The Arctic Fox: Summer Residence

  Arctic foxes occupy a den carved out of an ancient riverbed.

• An Arctic Oasis

  Animal life in the Sverdrup Pass on Ellesmere Island.

• Around the Inland Sea: Lake Superior Country With Tom Sterling

  The vast wilderness around Lake Superior.

• Confrontations With Nature: Animals in Action

  Animal behavior.

• Confrontations With Nature: Bighorns of Beauty Creek

  Bighorn sheep battle one another for leadership.

• Confrontations With Nature: Call of the Loon

  Life story of the common loon.

• Confrontations With Nature: Destroyers of Mountains

  Glaciers of the Columbia icefield grind down the Rocky Mountains.

• Confrontations With Nature: Filming the Fish Hawk

  Ospreys perch at the top of trees several stories high.

• Confrontations With Nature: Giants of the Forest

  Moose and wapiti of North America.

• Confrontations With Nature: Grizzlies of the Great Divide

  The grizzly of the Rocky Mountains.

• Confrontations With Nature: High Arctic Close-Up

  The Canadian high Arctic.

• Confrontations With Nature: Hunters of the Sky

  Hawks and owls of North America.

• Confrontations With Nature: Lure of the Rockies

  Landscape and diverse wildlife of the Rocky Mountains.

• Confrontations With Nature: Survivors of the Short Grass

  America's Western mountains; short-grass Prairie region.

• Confrontations With Nature: The Double Life of the Whooping Crane

  A wild flock of whooping cranes divides its time between Canada and Texas.

• The Eider Duck

  Mating displays of eider ducks.

• Exploring Ontario's Provincial Parks: Quetico: Wilderness Sanctuary

  The historical importance of Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario.

• Exploring Ontario's Provincial Parks: The Teaching Rocks

  A collection of native rock carvings is found in Petroglyphs Provincial Park.

• From the Pacific Rim to the Serengeti: The World of Bristol Foster

  Film depicts Bristol Foster's environmental work in Africa and on the Pacific coast.

• The Gray Seal

  Social behavior of the gray seal.

• High Season of the Moose

  Moose behavior during the rutting season.

• The Horses of Sable Island

  Wild horses of Sable Island off the coast of Nova Scotia.

• Howling With Wolves

  A couple takes a canoe trip through Algonquin Park.

• Images of Galapagos

  Cinematographer John Wilson films the unique species of the Galapagos Islands in their natural habitat.

• In Search of the Hawk

  Joe Milner studies two western species of hawk.

• In Wildness: A Flight of Deer

  Deer inhabit forests, mountains, prairies and land near cities, highways and farms.

• In Wildness: A Pageant of Grouse

  Grouse use strange displays to mark territory, court mates.

• In Wildness: Passage of Migrants

  Arctic nesting birds' migration marks the passage of the seasons.

• In Wildness: The Country of the Musk Ox

  Musk oxen survive rugged winters and thrive during summers.

• In Wildness: The Great Bears

  Grizzlies and brown bears.

• In Wildness: The World of the Wily Black Bear

  The black bear has many images and wily ways.

• Konrad Lorenz's Geese

  Konrad Lorenz studies the behavior and language of greylag geese.

• The Man Who Loved Birds

  John Bax films birds of North and South America in their wilderness habitats.

• Mount Jacques-Cartier: A Mountain Environment

  Tundra vegetation is surrounded by a boreal forest.

• The Musk Ox

  The musk ox is observed in its natural habitat.

• Naturalist With a Camera: The Story of Norman Lightfoot

  Norman Lightfoot's fascination with wildlife.

• Nature in Close-Up

  Jack Carey films metamorphosis; honeybees; cedar waxwings.

• The North American Bison

  The mating ritual of the bison.

• Of Swallows and Men

  Swallows in flight; natural habitats.

• Polar Bear Express

  Every autumn seals lure polar bears to Churchill, Manitoba.

• Rangers of the North

  Inuit volunteers test their survival skills in an Arctic wilderness.

• Seals Spring Break

  Seals journey to the Gulf of St. Lawrence to whelp.

• The Secret Lives of Wolves

  A study of the language of wolves.

• Spirit of the Wilderness

  Interviews and film footage show Bill Mason's wilderness adventures.

• The Story of Suzie and Geogie

  A university student becomes a foster parent to a greylag gosling.

• Tropical Arctic of Yesteryear

  A fossil forest is located on Axel Heiberg Island.

• Unpredictable Prairie

  Myrna and Walter Berlet film the North American prairie.

• The Voyage South

  Migratory shore birds of the Canadian Arctic.

• Whales of the Mingan Islands

  Mingan Archipelago; finback, blue and humpback whales.

• The White-Tailed Deer

  The white-tailed deer adapts to the harsh North American winter.

• Wild Walugas

  Scientists study the Arctic walrus in its habitat.

• Wilderness Magic
• The World of Baby Animals

  Features baby animals, including bobcats and foxes, in their natural environment.