Oregon Field Guide - Season 20 Episode 12 Hummingbird Flight, Malheur Refuge Carp, Return to Mount St. Helens
Hummingbirds aren’t just fun to watch, they're also on the cutting edge of science. The Oregon Field Guide team heads to the University Portland campus to see how scientists are studying hummingbird flight. Their research is being used in both sports medicine, and robotics. In the future tiny robotic vehicles using characteristics from hummingbird flight could be used for surveillance or in search and rescue operations. As the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge turns 100 years old it faces a serious crisis. An invasion by hundreds of thousands of carp threatens this linchpin in the Pacific Flyway. Trumpeter Swan, Whitefaced Ibis and Egret's are just a few of the many birds you can see at the Malheur refuge. Sadly you will not see many birds at Malheur lake as it has been overrun by introduced carp, but efforts are underway to help prevent further habitat loss. After three years of continuous eruption, Mount St. Helens has gone quiet but has not stopped changing. A new glacier has formed in the mouth of the crater and continues to expand. Scientists from the US Geological Survey have deployed a variety of equipment, allowing them to constantly monitor this dynamic environment. Take a rare trip into the crater to see what scientists continue to learn from the Northwest’s most active volcano.
Year: 2021
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
Director: Steve Amen
Cast: Steve Amen
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First Air Date: Jan 01, 1970
Last Air date: Oct 21, 2021
Season: 24 Season
Episode: 244 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 10.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 5.368
Language: English
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20th-Anniversary Special
Saltmakers, Undersea Eruptions, Underwater Fossils
Bagby Hot Springs, Bighorn Pneumonia, Rhododendron Garden, Spirit Lake Photo Essay
Fishers, Reptile Hunter, Terns & Cormorants
Amphibian Disease, Immersive Media, Oregon Garden Update, Vole Holes
Mt Washington Climb, Slugs, Umpqua Fish Watcher
Beeswax Ship, Electric Drag Racing, Native Bumblebees
Celilo Revealed, Effigy Beach
Hut to Hut Biking, Pine Bark Beetles, Stream Temperature
Catlin Gabel Forest Restoration, Condor Nest Search, Deschutes River Recreation
Feral Pigs, Fish Cam, Siletz Photoessay, Wetland Farming
Hummingbird Flight, Malheur Refuge Carp, Return to Mount St. Helens
Cats & Birds, Kayak Fishing, Multibeam Sonar, Spotted Owl Update
Eagle Cap Extreme, Portland Biking, Summer Lake Revisit
Jim Newman Salute