Nature: Red-headed woodpeckers
"Sunday Morning" takes us this week among some red-headed woodpeckers at Knox Farm State Park in western New York. Videographer: Carl Mrozek.
Nature: Black sea bass
"Sunday Morning" takes us among black sea bass in the waters of La Jolla, California. Videographer: Lance Milbrand.
Nature: Jekyll Island’s live oaks
"Sunday Morning" takes us to the stately live oaks of Jekyll Island, Georgia. Videographer: Alex Goetz.
Nature: Zion National Park in Utah
"Sunday Morning" takes us to Zion National Park in Utah. Videographer: Brad Markel.
Nature: Yosemite's Vernal Falls
"Sunday Morning" takes us to Vernal Falls in California's Yosemite National Park. Videographer: Lance Milbrand.
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Nature: Javelinas
"Sunday Morning" visits Big Bend National Park in Texas, home of some peccaries. Videographer: Carl Mrozek.
Nature: Foxes
"Sunday Morning" takes you this morning to Massey, Maryland, where a mother fox spends quality time with her young. Videographer: Jeff Reisly.
Nature: Baby geese
On this Easter morning, "Sunday Morning" takes you to the company of goslings – baby geese – at Stow Lake in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Videographer: Lance Milbrand.
Nature: Rain forest
"Sunday Morning" takes us to the very damp Quinault Rain Forest in Olympic National Park in Washington State. Videographer: Nedra Gurry.
Nature: Macaques
"Sunday Morning" takes us to a nature reserve on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a safe home for monkeys known as Crested Black Macaques. Videographer: Mauricio Handler.
Nature: Superbloom
"Sunday Morning" takes you to a desert in bloom, at Southern California's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Videographer: Lee McEachern.
Nature: Cardinals in the snow
"Sunday Morning" takes us to Loganville, Pennsylvania, where cardinals prove to be true standouts. Videographer: Brad Markel.
Nature: Frozen Niagara Falls
"Sunday Morning" takes us to an icy Niagara Falls. Videographer: Carl Mrozek
Nature: Grand Canyon in winter
"Sunday Morning" visits a snow-swept Grand Canyon National Park. Videographer: Phil Giriodi.
Nature: Sea nettles in Monterey Bay
"Sunday Morning" takes us to Monterey Bay in California, where Pacific sea nettles are the stars. Videographer: Lance Milbrand.
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