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Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
The Rite of Spring
Season 1
Episode 113
Every spring, thousands of species participate in rituals with a single goal in mind: breeding. Birds migrate huge distances from wintering grounds. Frogs, each with their own unique voice, call from wetlands. Deer and elk battle with antlers as weapons. McMillan and guests explore the amazing, and often bizarre rituals, of many creatures across the continent and right outside your back door.
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Join Patrick as he explores the Clemson Forest.
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The Clemson Experimental Forest in the Piedmont of South Carolina.
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Join Patrick uncover the seldom seen frogs in the Southeast.
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Join Patrick as he explores the volatile border region of South Texas.
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Join Patrick as he explores a land of Green Jays and Plain Chachalacas in South Texas.
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Join Patrick as he explores the challenges that are happening in the Colorado Rockies.
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Join Patrick as he explores just how life thrives in the Colorado Rockies.
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Join Patrick as he continues to explore the Mexican border region of the Trans Pecos.
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Join Patrick as he explores the strange and exotic life of the Chihuahuan Desert.
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Join Patrick as he continues to explore this land where man and island coexist.
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Catalina Island, A Natural History Fairy tale.
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Few creatures capture our attention and admiration more than hummingbirds