Nature: Yellowstone River
We leave you this Sunday morning along the Yellowstone River at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Videographer: Mauricio Handler.
Nature: Aspens in Utah
We leave you this Sunday morning with shades of autumn – aspen trees at Fishlake National Forest in Central Utah. Videographer: Leo McEachern.
Nature: Sunflowers in South Dakota
We leave you this Sunday morning among sunflowers in Highmore, South Dakota. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard.
Nature: Monument Valley
We leave you this Sunday among the towering rock formations of Monument Valley along the Arizona-Utah border. Videographer: Brad Markel.
Nature: Wildflowers of New York State
We leave you this Sunday among wildflowers at the Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary in the Hudson Valley of New York State. Videographer: Elijah Bhagat.
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Nature: Beavers in New Jersey
We leave you this Sunday morning among some busy beavers in New Jersey. Videographer: Jeff Reisly.
Nature: Egrets and chicks
We leave you this Sunday morning with egret chicks and their moms at a rookery in Dallas. Videographer: Scot Miller.
Nature: Prairie chickens
This Sunday morning we visit prairie chickens in Nebraska, doing their mating dance just south of the town of North Platte. Videographer: Justin Grubb.
Nature: Spring in the Great Smoky Mountains
This Sunday morning we visit Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. Videographer: Scot Miller
Nature: Geese in Massachusetts
We leave you this Sunday morning with geese and goslings gallivanting in the green grasses near Princeton, Massachusetts. Videographer: Doug Jensen.
Nature: Billfish in Mexico
We leave you this Sunday morning swimming with billfish in waters off Quintana Roo in Mexico. Videographer: Mauricio Handler.
Nature: Bison in Utah
We leave you this Sunday morning with Bison still enjoying the snow at Utah's Antelope Island. Videographer: Lee McEachern.
Nature: Cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C.
We leave you this first Sunday of spring in our nation's capital, where the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Videographer: Victor Ulloa.
Nature: Galápagos Tortoises
We leave you this Sunday with giant tortoises on Santa Cruz Island, in Ecuador's Galápagos National Park. Videographer: Alan Golds.
Nature: Yosemite's "firefall"
We leave you this Sunday at California's Yosemite National Park (closed by snow this year), where last year's "firefall" – when the falls are lit by the setting sun – was one for the ages. Videographer: Lance Milbrand.
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