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The season premiere of NATURE, White Falcon, White Wolf, premiered Sunday at 8pm on PBS (check local listings for repeat information). After you watch, log on and tell us what you think.
What was your favorite moment?
Did things turn out the way you thought they would for the wolf pack and gyrfalcon family?
What’s your favorite Arctic animal in the show?
Use the comment form below to discuss the show with your fellow NATURE fans.
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I loved it!! Thank you for sharing this beautiful, secret animals lives!!
my favorite was the musk ox
Didn’t know wolves could swim so well. And I felt for the chicks learning to fly. A very cool show.
What a wonderful program. It was a pleasure to watch these amazing animals, but at the same time i’m always worrying about their habitat and future existance due to global warming. I would appreciate if Nature would sponsor petitions for us to sign and be delivered to our lawmakers to protect wildlife from the extreme damage we have done to our/their planet.
The scene where the female wolf and her family reunite was wonderful – the wolves running by the water, the golden light.
It was hard to say which are my favorite animals, they were all fascinating.
Just watched Nature with my dogs. They love it, especially when the wolves howl! I love the gorgeous snow owls and the fox babies.
this is an amazing video by nature i really like it
I just wanted to say how much I appreciated this rather intelligible program. So seldom is there anything on television worth viewing (reality programing tends to dominate, it seems). It was incredibly refreshing to witness the complexity of these animals’ existence. I have passed on the word regarding tonight’s episode with two thumbs up. Thank you.
I really liked learning about the wolves! I’ve always loved all kinds of dogs. I can’t wait to watch the next episode, and I’m so glad PBS has such good quality TV shows like this one to watch!
Wonderful program. Thank you. My father was on Ellesmere Island in the late ’40’s, part of the US-Canadian weather program. He spoke of the Arctic fox and the musk ox. He would have loved this program. Again, thanks!
I loved watching this, its been awhile, but I thank you. This was a very interesting episode, I was surprised how the father gyhrfalcon would slack off, and let its chicks starve. I guess, even animals laze off. Probably the moment for me, is when the young female pup was left behind, because she was to busy looking at her reflection (typical, LOL) but I was glad when her pack found her. My favorite part, is when she was trying to get the chicks, as they were ducking for cover. Thank you again for showing this, I enjoyed it : )
I loved the program. My four year old son joined me on the couch to watch most of the show. He was thrilled with the fox pups and the funnly owlettes. Thank you for showing this. It is so important to teach the next gerations about the wonders of the animal kingdom.
I loved the scene with the Arctic hares jumping around. It was so unexpected and fun.
This program was so beautiful and had a real lyrical story-telling quality. I’m curious what viewers thought of that? I feel like so much natural history programming today is comprised of fast cuts and over-the-top shock drama that I enjoyed watching a show with subtle dips & turns, and a story line that really brought me into the experience.
Wow!! This was quite simply one of the finest episodes of Nature that I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. The photography was absolutely breathtaking! I can only imagine how sophisticated and expensive the equipment must be. The lack of a narator was not missed. The scenery and the animals spoke eloquently for themselves. What a fantastic program. Thank you!!! GO PBS!!!
A very affecting show. I called and recommended it to other family members. The photographer was amazingly patient and prescient. I don’t think I’ve ever had a nature show reach me at the level this one does, and we love nature (and Nature) programs universally over everything else. Arly Helm, MS, Nutrition & Food Science, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and Roger Burger, PhD, Immunology (MS Animal Nutrition, BS Ecology)
Simply amazing! If you want to learn about global warming and how it could possible affect animals like above, go to http://www.lstw.weebly.com
Fantastic and unique photo shots. Narration is superb, informative, and not unnecessarily chatty. The insightful information is beautiful to hear and enables one to gain more insight into the animal world. Today, as my spouse and I were walking in a park and we came upon a group of small deer feeding. As we approached, they did not startle or move away. Suddenly, a large buck appeared and scattered them off. From what I learned from your program, I believe, but am not sure, that the buck disrupted the group for the purpose of protecting them. Keep up the good work.
I recently watched the new episode of Nature: White Falcon White Wolf and I loved it. (Especially the Wolf parts :wink: I was so glad the yearling wolf reunited with her family!!) So much in fact we did a review on it. Keep up the great work Nature!
http://www.heartofthewolf.org/WhiteFalcon-WhiteWolfReview.htm
Mike Wagner
Founder and Director of Heart of the Wolf Organization
http://www.heartofthewolf.org
Nature is what my family will sit down and watch as a family. And as the seasons go by your shows get better. Cant wait to see whats on the next horizon for Nature Thank you
It was a fascinating look into life up north. However you identified a Long-tailed jaeger as a skua. Is that correct? According to my field guides it is not.
This is the single most exciting, interesting, informative hour I’ve ever seen on TV! My congratulations to everyone involved…..This is the very best that TV can be….I will think of this hour and these magnificent animals and this pristine setting often. Thanks for this wonderful window into this fascinating world . BRAVOS and BRAVAS!!!!
I was holding my breath awaiting the outcome of the mother gyrfalcon’s long-distance journey for food, fearing the worst, but so glad it turend out for the best. Could not believe that Mother Nature has its share of dead-beat dads, too, and that “slacker” in the nest with her sat there and preened while his kids starved.
Such a beautifully shot film…one that hopefully will show people that in regions where there seems to be “nothing” to the naked eye, there’s really “something”…an entire eco-system at work. And we need to protect it.
Absolutely fantastic cinematography – the photographers had to be a couple of kilometers away to capture their natural antics – and the cycle of life and death to illustrate the food chain on the tundra. Enjoyed the young falcon’s first solo flight.
As usual, Nature does not disappoint. An absolutely beautiful saga on the Artic Wolf and the Gyrefalcon along with the other animals that share their home. The episode gave a reason to care for these animals and to do everything we can to stop the advance of global warming and the loss of their habitat.
My dream is to become a photographer of animals such as these and this program was one of your best thank you
who is the artist and song title of the theme music on Nature? It’s stirring!
White falcon white wolf was awesome i loved it i wish i could have it in dvd or something but you know whats sad that wolves are being hunted so i think it is better to adopt a wolf and i have a website that you can adopt endagered species espeacially wolves
Secure.Defenders.org it is a real website and to me wolves are the best.
It was a pleasure and a surprise to see this excellent program. My family had the good fortune to spend a week in Alexandra Fjord about 15 years ago and to visit Sphinx Island where the gyrfalcons were filmed. There were three babies in the aerie when we were there. It may be of interest that a short distance away is Skraeling Island where Viking artifacts have been discovered among the ancient Pre-Inuet structures.
Thank you for all your nice comments about the show – I am the executive producer. Often we get asked about the Nature theme music –well, the theme was written specifically for the series by a talented composer named Alex Lasarenko. I was in the studio while he was working on the score and it is very thrilling to listen to such beautiful music paired with wonderful nature photograpy —especially when it is played on big speakers! Thanks and please look for our next special on monkey intelligence called CLEVER MONKEYS -airing on Nov.9th.
I love it every minute of it. I loved the show. I was so sad to see how they ate the lemmings, but that is how it is in the wild. Great show, I can’t wait ’till the next Nature show. Wonderful
As always, it was another fantastic show. Kudos once again.
This is one of the best episodes of Nature I’ve seen in awhile. The footage of these emotional moments awed my four year old daughter and my two year old son. Thank you for the hard work.
It was full of great stories. Love the Gyr Falcon & Wolves. Best moment was watching the Gyr Flacons take on their first flight. Would have loved to have seen Wolf pups though. Keep up the excellent work.
Fantastic! It was great to see the snowy owl taking care of her chicks since I own a print by famous bird artist Roger Tory Peterson. Best moment was when the falcon chicks survived after all and all the hard work the female falcon had to do in carrying the load of food to the ledge. Great photography on the wolves, too. This is one of the best Nature programs I have seen. I plan to buy this film!
I was sucked right into this episode. It’s funny in a sad sort of way how the male falcon didn’t take care of his family. Sounds like a dead beat dad, yet society thinks that we as a race are better than all the animals. Obviously we have not learned anything by observing the mistakes of other creatures.
Thanks, for picking up the slack of a boring football afternoon, with such a winderful show. The owl was a most beautiful creature that we hardly get to see. The falcons in flight truly fascinated me. Thanks again.
I happen to have a small dog whose temperament and looks are much like that of the lost female wolf. The ducklings hiding underwater from her were classic. This episode had many breathtaking moments…the owls and falcons in flight, for example. Wonderful episode.
WOW An Extremely Beautiful show. The best parts was when the female wolf found her pack and when the Mother Falcon decided to take over feeding her young. Makes me wonder with all the Beauty how people can kill sich animals with no remorse. This was fabulous movie. Thank you for letting us live with them in their enivornment.
What a wonderful-awesome gift from your talented photographers. Thank them for their dedication!!!!
The episode drew you in to the dramas of the two types of wildlife that were featured in the show. I particularly liked the landscape photography and the musical score.
It was very very very very very good,you know I watched the show and turned on my computer & post this.Where did you get the lost female wolf scene? I loved every second of this show.Please make more fantastic shows!!!!!!!!!
For those of you who asked questions about the difference between jaegers and skuas: North Americans make distinctions between jaegers and skuas, while in the UK both are referred to as skuas.
Absolutely incredible show! It was riveting, stunning, and heartwarming. I fell in love with all the creatures and was fascinated by their struggles for survival. Truly memorable show, and I hope to watch it many more times. Thank you for a superb broadcast.
This wolf is most wounderful white wolf i had ever seen, please take of god creation he give us those beauitful anmials THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT PBS!
From:angela mancera
To:you
Have a good day!
unfortunately i didnt get to see it because i dont get pbs but i was wondering if there was any sites that had this video on it? i would really like to see it!