Nature: Dawn in Texas
"Sunday Morning" takes us to Lake O' The Pines in east Texas at sunrise. Videographer: Scot Miller.
Nature: Butterflies in the summer sun
"Sunday Morning" takes us to a meadow near Princeton, Massachusetts, a prime spot for butterflies. Videographer: Doug Jensen.
Nature: Wildflower meadows
"Sunday Morning" visits wildflowers on Mount Rainier in Washington State. Videographer: Mike Griffith.
Nature: Bison and calves
"Sunday Morning" takes us to Yellowstone National Park, home of bison and their calves. Videographer: Brad Markel.
Nature: Sailfin mollies
"Sunday Morning" takes a peek at sailfin mollies courting in waters near Tulum in Mexico. Videographer: Lance Milbrand.
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Nature: Waterfowl
We leave you this Sunday Morning with a front row seat as Egrets, Herons, and Ibises strut their stuff at a rookery in Dallas. Videographer: Scot Miller
Nature: Mount Rainier
We leave you this Sunday Morning among the vistas of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State. Videographer: Jamie McDonald
Nature: Maine
We leave you this Sunday Morning at one of our newest parks: the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, established just last August. Videographer: Scot Miller
Nature: Horses
We leave you this Mother's Day morning at Arizona's Music Mountains, where mares and their foals run free. Videographer: Carl Mrozek
Red River Gorge
We leave you this Sunday Morning of Kentucky Derby weekend at the Bluegrass State's Red River Gorge. Videographer: Jamie McDonald
Nature: Manatees
We leave you this Sunday Morning swimming with the manatees at Florida's Three Sisters Springs. Videographer: Tom Cosgrove
Nature: Redwoods
We leave you this Sunday Morning after Earth Day in a grove of towering Redwoods in California. Videographer: Jamie McDonald
From the archive: The Sound Tracker
Sound recordist Gordon Hempton is an "acoustic ecologist" who has traveled the world recording the sounds of nature, from birdsong to babbling brooks. "Sunday Morning" visited with Hempton for this report, first broadcast on November 18, 1990, in which he describes the process of capturing the natural world, and searches for the optimal position at which to best hear the sound of the ocean's waves.
Nature: Colorado Rockies
We leave you this Easter Sunday Morning in the Colorado Rockies, where Spring is in bloom. Videographer: Phil Giriodi
Nature: Bryce Canyon
We leave you this Sunday Morning at Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah. Videographer: Judith Lehmberg.
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