List of Audubon Wildlife Theatre episodes

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

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Season 1: 1968

39 episodes [1]

TitleBroadcast dateEpisode
"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
[24]
"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 [26] "August 10, 1968 (August 10, 1968)19
New England's hills, valleys and sea coasts [27]
"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

A 12-week series [47]

TitleBroadcast dateEpisode
"Land of Oriskany"January 3, 1971 (January 3, 1971)1
[48]
"Spring Marsh"January 10, 1971 (January 10, 1971)2
[49]
"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
[51]
"Living Mountains"January 31, 1971 (January 31, 1971)5
Living Mountains [52]
"Beaver Pond"February 7, 1971 (February 7, 1971)6
[53]
"Costa Rica"February 14, 1971 (February 14, 1971)7
[54]
"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
[59]
"Small World"April 4, 1971 (April 4, 1971)13
Insects [60]
"Mule Deer Country"April 18, 1971 (April 18, 1971)14
[61]
"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
[65]
"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

TitleBroadcast dateEpisode
"Kangaroos and Koalas"January 2, 1972 (January 2, 1972)1
[71]
"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
[73]
"Land of Igloolik"February 13, 1972 (February 13, 1972)5
[74]
"Lobster Country"February 20, 1972 (February 20, 1972)6
East coast of North America [75]
"Micronesia"February 27, 1972 (February 27, 1972)7
[76]
"Quebec Spring"March 57, 1972 (March 57, 1972)8
"West Side Journey"March 12, 1972 (March 12, 1972)9
[77]
"New England Wilderness"March 19, 1972 (March 19, 1972)10
[78]
"Quebec-Iran Adventure"April 2, 1972 (April 2, 1972)11
[79]
"Reptiles - A Misunderstood Species"April 16, 1972 (April 16, 1972)12
[80]
"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
[82]
"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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