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List of Audubon Wildlife Theatre episodes

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Audubon Wildlife Theatre was a wildlife documentary television series broadcast from 1968 to 1973.

Season 1: 1968

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39 episodes [1]

Title Broadcast date Episode
"Land of the Loon"April 13, 1968 (April 13, 1968)1
Canadian Film Awards - best film for TV. Filmed in Ontario's Algonquin Park by Dan Gibson.[2][3][4]
"The Vanishing Sea"April 20, 1968 (April 20, 1968)2
The wildlife of Utah's Great basin[5]
"From the Mountains to the Sea"April 27, 1968 (April 27, 1968)3
"River of Grass."May 4, 1968 (May 4, 1968)4
The wildlife of the Florida Everglades, filmed by Robert Hermes.[6][7]
"Wildlife Island"May 11, 1968 (May 11, 1968)5
A wildlife sanctuary and an outdoor science school on Toronto's Harbour islands.[8][9]
"Sea, Ice and Fire"May 18, 1968 (May 18, 1968)6
The wildlife, volcanoes and people of Iceland, filmed by Sewall Pettingill.[10][11]
"They Live by the Water"May 25, 1968 (May 25, 1968)7
The microscopic organisms in and around freshwater ponds near Burlington, Ontario.[12][13]
"Land of the Sea"June 1, 1968 (June 1, 1968)8
The spruce and hemlock forests along a small stream in Nova Scotia that flows into Minas Basin where the tides of the Bay of Fundy are filmed in time lapse. Filmed by Robert C. Hermes.[14][15][16]
"Scandinavian Saga"June 8, 1968 (June 8, 1968)9
The wildlife of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. Stork, bear, Reindeer and lynx featured.[17][18]
"Wildlife Sanctuaries of India"June 15, 1968 (June 15, 1968)10
The Gir Forest of India, filmed by Jack Carey.[19]
"Between the Tides"June 22, 1968 (June 22, 1968)11
The creatures of the sea and land filmed and narrated by Robert Hermes.[20]
"Adventure High Arctic"June 29, 1968 (June 29, 1968)12
Ed Jones documents the impact of the Arctic on wildlife and his family.[21]
"Venezuelan Prairie"July 6, 1968 (July 6, 1968)13
The wildlife of central Venezuela[22]
"These Things are Ours"July 13, 1968 (July 13, 1968)14
Animals and events that are common, but rarely noticed.[23]
"Alberta Outdoors"October 26, 1969 (October 26, 1969)16
"Nature's Ways"July 27, 1968 (July 27, 1968)17
"Kenya and Uganda"August 3, 1968 (August 3, 1968)18
Wildlife of Kenya and Uganda[25]
"New England Saga[27]"August 10, 1968 (August 10, 1968)19
New England's hills, valleys and sea coasts[26]
"The Living Wilderness"August 17, 1968 (August 17, 1968)20
Close-ups of moose, elk, bighorn, crizzly, marmot and birds of in the Western U.S.[28][29]
"Land of the Drowned River"August 31, 1968 (August 31, 1968)21
Maryland's Delmarva Peninsula [30]
"Delta of the Orinoco"September 7, 1968 (September 7, 1968)22
The virgin rain forest around Venezuela's Orinoco River[31]
"Red Deer Valley"September 14, 1968 (September 14, 1968)23
The wildlife of central Alberta[32]
"Northwest to Alaska"September 21, 1968 (September 21, 1968)24
Four Seasons in Alaska filmed by Walter Bertlett.[33]
"World of Bees"September 28, 1968 (September 28, 1968)25
Inside a bee hive, showing the life cycle of bees and a battle to the death between to queens. Filmed by Jack Carey.[34][35]
"Waterfowl Wilderness"October 5, 1968 (October 5, 1968)26
Life cycle of Mallard Duck is filmed by Dan Gibson.[36]
"Desert Life"October 12, 1968 (October 12, 1968)27
"Hawaii"November 2, 1968 (November 2, 1968)28
Wildlife of the Hawaiian Islands filmed by Walter and Myrna Berlet [37]
"Queen of the Cascades"June 21, 1969 (June 21, 1969)29
Wildlife of Mount Rainier of the Cascades Range[38]
"This England"June 28, 1969 (June 28, 1969)30
England's game preserves[39]
"Promise of Spring"July 5, 1969 (July 5, 1969)31
Springtime in inland British Columbia filmed and narrated by Wilf Gray.[40]
"Down South Up the Nile"July 12, 1969 (July 12, 1969)32
"Wild Lands, Our Hermitage"July 19, 1969 (July 19, 1969)33
Film maker Dan Gibson makes a special plea for Canadians to be conservationists.[41]
"Wildlife by Air"July 26, 1969 (July 26, 1969)34
A visit to the Bahamas with pilot and photographer Herman Kitchen.[42]
"Living Jungle"August 2, 1969 (August 2, 1969)35
"Where Eagles Swim"August 9, 1969 (August 9, 1969)36
Bald Eagles of British Columbia's northern coast[43]
"Return to Pelican Island"August 16, 1969 (August 16, 1969)37
Pelicans nest and raise their young on islands off the U.S. Pacific Coast. Filmed and narrated by Robert Davidson.[44]
"Soliloquy for a River"August 23, 1969 (August 23, 1969)38
The interdependence of wildlife and a Midwestern river. Filmed by Robert Davidson.[45]
"Wildfowl Sanctuary"August 30, 1969 (August 30, 1969)39
The Kortright Waterfowl Park in Guelph. Filmed and narrated by William H. Carrack.[46]

Season 2: 1971

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A 12-week series[47]

Title Broadcast date Episode
"Land of Oriskany"January 3, 1971 (January 3, 1971)1
"Spring Marsh"January 10, 1971 (January 10, 1971)2
"Mexico, Land of Contrast"January 17, 1971 (January 17, 1971)3
The lives, crafts and celebrations of the people of Mexico.[50]
"Insect World"January 24, 1971 (January 24, 1971)4
"Living Mountains"January 31, 1971 (January 31, 1971)5
Living Mountains[52]
"Beaver Pond"February 7, 1971 (February 7, 1971)6
"Costa Rica"February 14, 1971 (February 14, 1971)7
"Enduring Wilderness"February 21, 1971 (February 21, 1971)8
Baja California area of Mexico filmed by Chess Lyons[55]
"Sounds of Nature"February 28, 1971 (February 28, 1971)9
The sounds of wildlife, including birds, bears and beavers.[56]
"Awareness for Tomorrow"March 7, 1971 (March 7, 1971)10
Toronto Island Natural Science School[57]
"River Run"March 14, 1971 (March 14, 1971)11
Rafting the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.[58]
"Coral World of Bermuda"March 21, 1971 (March 21, 1971)12
"Small World"April 4, 1971 (April 4, 1971)13
Insects[60]
"Mule Deer Country"April 18, 1971 (April 18, 1971)14
"Around the Bay"April 25, 1971 (April 25, 1971)15
Wildlife of Delaware Bay[62]
"Ants and Aphids"May 2, 1971 (May 2, 1971)16
Growths on plants are homes for developing insects. Produced by Fran Hall of Minnesota.[63][64]
"Africa's Curious Naturalists"May 9, 1971 (May 9, 1971)17
"Rattlesnake King"May 23, 1971 (May 23, 1971)18
Frank Young, the Rattlesnake King of New Hampshire[66]
"High Country"May 30, 1971 (May 30, 1971)15
Alberta from the Rockies to the Prairies filmed by Chess Lyons.[67]
"Color It Living"June 5, 1971 (June 5, 1971)19
Portrait of artist Glen Loates, painter of North American wildlife[68]
"Land of the Totem Pole"June 13, 1971 (June 13, 1971)20
Wildlife of British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands filmed by renowned ecologist J. Bristol Foster.[69]
"Africa, Cornerstone for Survival"June 27, 1971 (June 27, 1971)21
Ecologist Bristol Foster, Ph. D on the need for wildlife to adapt to a changing world.[70]

Season 3: 1972

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Title Broadcast date Episode
"Kangaroos and Koalas"January 2, 1972 (January 2, 1972)1
"Wapiti"January 9, 1972 (January 9, 1972)2
"Lands of Two Oceans"January 30, 1972 (January 30, 1972)3
Differences between the Pacific Rim and Gaspé region.[72]
"Water Birds of Australia"February 6, 1972 (February 6, 1972)4
"Land of Igloolik"February 13, 1972 (February 13, 1972)5
"Lobster Country"February 20, 1972 (February 20, 1972)6
East coast of North America[75]
"Micronesia"February 27, 1972 (February 27, 1972)7
"Quebec Spring"March 57, 1972 (March 57, 1972)8
"West Side Journey"March 12, 1972 (March 12, 1972)9
"New England Wilderness"March 19, 1972 (March 19, 1972)10
"Quebec-Iran Adventure"April 2, 1972 (April 2, 1972)11
"Reptiles - A Misunderstood Species"April 16, 1972 (April 16, 1972)12
"Wanderings of a Naturalist"April 23, 1972 (April 23, 1972)13
Gerald Pollock films wildlife in Australia and New Zealand, including Kiwi, Emu, Eyre Bird, Bower Bird and Compass Termites.[81]
"Family in the Wilderness"April 30, 1972 (April 30, 1972)14
"Nesting Time in Southern Ontario"May 7, 1972 (May 7, 1972)15
The beginning of nesting time for different bird species in Southern Ontario[83][84]
"Coyote Country"May 14, 1972 (May 14, 1972)16
A mother Coyote raises her pups in the Utah wilderness.[85][86]
"Day In The Desert"August 27, 1972 (August 27, 1972)TBA
"Untamed Olympics"September 10, 1972 (September 10, 1972)TBA
"Bermuda; Land and Sea"January 3, 1973 (January 3, 1973)TBA

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