About Anne Martin
Since the mid 1970s, producer/host, Anne Martin, has been bringing stories to life through the medium of television. She thrives on tracking down the unusual and her work has encompassed history, geology, heritage and a positive outlook on the world around us. Read more about Anne Martin.
Tag Archives: birds
Ontario: Long Point World Biosphere Reserve – Bird Observatory & Forest
Our exploration of Ontario’s Long Point World Biosphere Reserve continues with a visit to the Bird Observatory where the health and behavior of over … Continue reading
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Tagged Bacchus Woods, banding, Biosphere Reserve, Bird Observatory, Bird Studies Canada, birds, Black Gum, Canada, Carolinian Forest, dyke system, Long Point Provincial Park, migratory birds, Ontario, Oven bird, sand dunes, Sassafrass tree, songbirds, Spruce Bud Worm, Swainsons thrush, Sycamore, thrush, Tulip trees, Wetlands, wildlife, yellow warblers
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Ontario: Long Point World Biosphere Reserve – Park & Wetlands
Long Point Provincial Park straddles Lake Erie and while it is one of Ontario’s lesser-known parks it has gained international recognition as a World … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Creek, Biosphere Reserve, birds, Canada, dyke system, fish, frogs, insects, Long Point Provincial Park, Ontario, sand dunes, snakes, turtles, Wetlands, wildlife
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Manitoba: Legacy of a Lake
Thousands of years ago, what is now the province of Manitoba in Canada was covered by the world’s largest fresh water glacial lake. When … Continue reading
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Tagged aboriginals, architecture, arctic tundra, beavers, beluga whales, birds, Canada, Chicago, Churchill, ecological conservation, elk, Explorers, farmland, forests, Gimli, glaciers, Hecla, Hudson’s Bay, Iceland, Inuit carvers, Islendingadagurinn, Lake Aggasi, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, marrin grasses, mink, muskrat, Oak Hammock Marsh, ornithology, polar bears, Portage, prairies, Richardson squirrels, sand dunes, snowstorms, soapstone carvings, Spirit Sands, Spruce Woods, Steamship Coldwell, sunflowers, tamarack, tundra buggy, Vikings, volcano, wetland, Willow Point, Winnipeg
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Florida — Wet and Wild
Our search for wildlife takes us to Florida to visit one of the largest zoos in North America. Here at Tampa Bay they built … Continue reading
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Tagged alligator, America, Audubon Society, barrier islands, birds, Busch Gardens, chimpanzees, Clearwater, Florida, giraffes, gorillas, hippopotamus, Homosassa Springs, Honeymoon Island State Park, Lions, manatees, Myombe Reserve, ospreys, Serengeti Plain, snakes, Sunshine State, Tampa Bay, turtles, USA, wildlife, woodpecker, zebras, zoo
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Northern Ireland: Cruising the Shannon-Erne Waterway
It’s what they call “seeing Ireland from the inside out” – a tour on the longest waterway in Europe. A cabin cruiser is your … Continue reading
The Boreal Forest: 7. A Model Project
While filming in the boreal forest, we connected with a project started in 1992, when a national park, a logging company, aboriginal communities, environmentalists … Continue reading
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Tagged aspen, aspen trees, birds, boreal forest, Canada, clear cuts, climate, deer, ecologists, environment, First Nations, global warming, harvesting, industry, International Model Forest Network, logging, Naturalists, nature, pine trees, preservation, Prince Albert Model Forest, Prince Albert National Park, recreation, regeneration, Saskatchewan, scientists, sustainability, transpiration, Waskesiu, Weyerhauser Canada, white spruce, wild life, wolves
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The Boreal Forest: 4. Call of the Wild
“Call of the Wild” features the animals and wild life that make Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan, Canada their home. With the help … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, boreal forest, Canada, deer, eagles, elk, grassland, horsetail, mice, moose, mushrooms, otters, pine needles, predators, Prince Albert National Park, red fox, sapling twigs, Saskatchewan, sedge meadows, snow-shoe hare, squirrels, voles, wapiti, white-tailed deer, wild bison, wildlife, wolves
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England: Scotney Castle Gardens & Bayham Abbey
Scotney Castle Gardens is situated in the Weald of Kent in South East England and has an amazing collection of azaleas. The gardens are … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, azaleas, Bayham Abbey, birds, Bratisaurus, Britain, eco-tourism, ecology, fossilized remains, horticulture, Middle Ages, monks, National Trust, quarry, Reformation, River Teise, Scotney Castle gardens, Stately Homes, Tunbridge Wells, wildlife
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