Migration

Documentary

Dec 31, 2015

Every year animals migrate to the Canadian East. These incredible journeys bring humpback whales from the tropics to the Bay of Fundy to feed. They also bring Canada geese from the southern United States to Nova Scotia to breed.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 14 episodes

Season 1

Foxes,

Travel to Prince Edward Island to explore the family life of the Red Fox. These sly creatures are adept at living just on the fringes of the human world.

24m Dec 31, 2015

Rivers,

We swim in the rivers of Nova Scotia with two species of fish, the Shad and the Gaspereau. Meanwhile, a colony of Double-Crested Cormorants thrives at the mouth of the Pictou River.

24m Dec 31, 2015

Skies,

Take to the skies to soar with the Bald Eagle. From Cape Breton’s Bras d’Or Lake, to the bird’s overwintering home in the Annapolis Valley, they raise families, hunt and forage for food.

24m Dec 31, 2015

Tides,

Go with the flow and follow the ebb and flow of the tides across the Wild Wild East. Over a hundred thousand sandpipers migrating from the Arctic to South America make a pit stop along the Bay of Fundy.

24m Dec 31, 2015

Pollinators,

The Annapolis Valley is the Wild Wild East’s most important agricultural center. We dive into the hive to explore the complex social structures of hardworking honeybees.

24m Dec 31, 2015

City,

It’s Halifax through the eyes of its wildest residents. During the day, squirrels and chipmunks compete for territory in the city park. At night, Halifax’s raccoons invade backyards and seagulls scour the streets for pizza.

24m Dec 31, 2015

Highlands,

Cape Breton Highlands National Park was established to protect the primeval forest from clear-cutting – but today the park faces a new threat. Moose, beavers and moths have combined to decimate large sections of the Boreal and Acadian woodlands.

24m Dec 31, 2015

Wetlands,

Wetland habitats are essential freshwater ecosystems. They are a refuge for old growth forest and the species that depend upon them, at the core of the second largest biosphere reserve in Canada.

24m Dec 31, 2015

Crustaceans,

The creatures on the ocean floor live in a murky, rarely-visited world. The relationships between species like lobsters, scallops and crabs are numerous and complicated. Changing water temperature is bringing invasive species to the Canadian East.

24m Dec 31, 2015

Horses of St. Pierre & Miquelon,

Off the coast of Newfoundland, St. Pierre and Miquelon is the last remaining overseas territory of France, and the summer home to a semi-feral population of horses and ponies. We infiltrate the herd to explore the horses' power politics.

24m Dec 31, 2015

Invasion,

Non-native species have made their way into eastern Canada and staked their claim on the jagged coast. At White Point Beach Resort in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, bunnies have hopped on in for an extended holiday.

24m Dec 31, 2015

Seasons,

We travel through time and space to show what one year — four seasons — looks like for the wildest animals of Canada’s East Coast. In Spring, Great Blue Heron fish in one of Prince Edward Island’s many estuaries.

24m Dec 31, 2015

Deer,

The North American wilderness is smaller and more fragmented than ever. Yet somehow, the white-tailed deer population has exploded. White-tailed deer were once totally eliminated from some parts of their range.

24m Dec 31, 2015

Migration,

24m Dec 31, 2015