Earthflight: South America

View South America through the eyes of condors & macaws, petrels & hummingbirds & vultures

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Earthflight: South America Nature

Premiered September 25, 2013

Earthflight: South America

Condors and scarlet macaws take us to the Andes and the Amazon. Giant petrels in Patagonia shadow killer whales. Hummingbirds feed at Iguazu Falls, vultures ride the thermals over Rio de Janeiro, and black vultures target turtle eggs in Costa Rica. (Airs Wednesday, September 25 at 8 p.m.)

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A long-legged buzzard goes after a flock of pigeons, desperate for a meal.

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Buzzard Hunting Pigeons

An Andean condor teaches its six-month-old chick to fly in Patagonia.

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Condor Flight School

Watch as Japanese cranes perform stunning and intricate courtship dances.

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Japanese Crane Courtship Dances

Premieres Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.

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Program Specials & Extras

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Does Nature Have Rights? | WILD HOPE

An unlikely alliance is giving the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker a new lease on life.

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Woodpecker Wars | WILD HOPE

WILD HOPE highlights the intrepid changemakers who are restoring our wild places.

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Series Trailer | WILD HOPE

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