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Rick Andrews Films
Canada
Приєднався 10 тра 2022
I'm a wildlife conservation film maker from Alberta, Canada, and for me time never goes more quickly than when I’m watching and filming wildlife. By sharing my videos it’s my hope that viewers will be introduced to species they perhaps have not seen before, or maybe learn something new about those they have. Because the more we understand about wildlife, the more we will begin to understand the importance of maintaining wildlife habitat and biodiversity, to ensure their continued survival, as well as that of our own.
I hope that you enjoy watching my short films, and if you do, then please feel free to share them so that I can reach a wider audience. And don't forget to "comment," "like" and "subscribe" to enjoy more. Thanks again ~ Rick.
I hope that you enjoy watching my short films, and if you do, then please feel free to share them so that I can reach a wider audience. And don't forget to "comment," "like" and "subscribe" to enjoy more. Thanks again ~ Rick.
Moose
#documentary #wildlife #moose #rickandrewsfilms
This largest member of the deer family stands up to 2 metres tall at the shoulder and is the tallest mammal in North America. They are also superbly adapted to their habitat. View this short video to learn more about these fascinating animals.
This largest member of the deer family stands up to 2 metres tall at the shoulder and is the tallest mammal in North America. They are also superbly adapted to their habitat. View this short video to learn more about these fascinating animals.
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American Bison
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#documentary #wildlife #wildbison #bison #buffalo #rickandrewsfilms Filmed in Canada and the U.S. over a 2 year period, this short video documents both the history and behaviour of the two sub-species of American Bison.
Sandhill Cranes
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#documentary #wildlife #sandhillcranes #cranes #rickandrewsfilms Follow this bonded pair of Sandhill Cranes on their spring migration, from their wintering grounds in southwest Arizona to a southern Alberta wetland, where they mate and raise a young colt.
Our Lethbridge
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#lethbridge #alberta #canada #rickandrewsfilms Lethbridge has been my home for 45 years. It's been a great place to live, work, play and raise a family, seems like there is always something to see and do here. This little video is my tribute to "Our Lethbridge."
Crane Calls
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Sound up for this one! Don't know about you, but I LOVE the sound of Sandhill Cranes, so prehistoric and unethereal. They use these calls to reaffirm their bond with each other as well as protect breeding habitat. Here they're probably doing both.
Pronghorn
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#documentary #wildlife #pronghorn #antelope #rickandrewsfilms Did you know that Pronghorn (aka Antelope) have directs links all the way back to the last ice age? Check out this short video to learn more about the unique adaptations of these extraordinary animals.
Snow Goose Migration
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#documentary #wildlife #snowgeese #rickandrewsfilms In early Spring each year, snow geese fly into southern Alberta, Canada, on their way to their arctic nesting grounds. Stopping here to refuel, they provide one of the most amazing wildlife spectacles in all of North America.
Wildlife of the Oldman River Valley
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#documentary #wildlife #lethbridge #rickandrewsfilms This was my first full length wildlife video, it follows a variety of native wildlife throughout a year in the Oldman River valley of southern Alberta, Canada. This river valley is located entirely within the city limits of Lethbridge, how luck are we to have so much nature literally at our back door?
The Cantankerous Canada Goose
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#documentary #wildlife #canadagoose #rickandrewsfilms Do you have Canada Geese where you live? Are there getting to be more every year? Do they fly south for the winter? While filmed primarily for a Lethbridge audience, this film will answer these questions as well as a few more you may have, regardless of where you live.
Remarkable River Valley Reptiles
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#rickandrewsfilms #discoverwildlife #reptiles #rattlesnakes #bullsnake #gartersnake #turtle #paintedturtle Shot entirely in Southern Alberta, Canada, this wildlife documentary follows four species of northern climate reptiles - the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta), prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis), bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer sayi) and western terrestrial gartersnake (Thamnophi...
Great Horned Owls
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#documentary #wildlife #owls #greathornedowl #rickandrewsfilms This video follows several Great Horned Owls through the nesting season, until their owlets are ready to fledge, and begin a new life on their own.
House Wrens HD
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#documentary #wildlife #wrens #housewrens #rickandrewsfilms Here's a short video about nesting House Wrens. From nest building until the nestlings fledge, these parents are kept very busy.
Prairie Grasslands
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#documentary #wildlife #grasslands #prairiedog #prairie #owls #burrowingowl #bison #buffalo #rickandrewsfilms One of the most overlooked and threatened ecosystems in North America is the Prairie Grassland. I recently had the pleasure of visiting the grasslands of southwestern Saskatchewan, and here in this short documentary, is what I discovered.
Red Crowned Cranes
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#documentary #wildlife #redcrownedcrane #cranes #hokkaido #japan #rickandrewsfilms To the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, it is known as Sarurun Kamuy, "the god of the marsh,” and to today’s Japanese people as the tanchōzuru, “red head.” To the rest of the world it is known as the Red-crowned crane, Grus Japonensis, one of rarest cranes in the world today. Appearing in Japanese literature...
Behind the Scenes - Sea Wolves of British Columbia
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#documentary #wildlife #wolves #seawolf #coastalwolf #britishcolumbia #canada #greatbearrainforest #rickandrewsfilms A behind the scenes look at the making of the wildlife documentary - "Sea Wolves of British Columbia."
I loved this video! I learned so much. I live outside of mountain bluebird range, but one time I did see a pair, and I was awestruck by the amazing shade of blue. Thank you for making this cool film from inside the nest!
Thank you for watching, I try to make videos that are both entertaining and educational, glad you learned a little from this one. 😄
Great documentary! That aspen forest is absolutely beautiful ❤ I am so happy there are people interested in protecting the land. Thanks for sharing this story!
Thank you, I am thankful and inspired by land stewards like Debbie who care more about the future of the land, than in developing it for profit. I understand from Debbie that since this video was made, she has made a deal with the Nature Conservancy of Canada to maintain the land in its current state in perpetuity.
@rickandrewsfilms1667 That is wonderful news! Thanks for the uodate :)
Great video! Really well done. Thanks especially for the hopeful bit at the end. I remember when I was a kid, seeing so many prairie dog villages down here in the prairies of the US. Sad to see the decline :( Thanks for making these films!
Thank you for watching, so very glad you enjoyed it. 😃
Just happened upon this!!! Really love the cinematography. You certainly learn something new every day. Thank you!
Thank You Joey, yes it was an amazing experience, glad you're enjoying the video. If you're interested there is also a "behind the scenes" video too. Thanks for watching.
Another Rick Andrew’s gem: artistically shot, flawlessly edited, expertly narrated. All you need now is a six-second intro/ musical jingle synonymous with your productions (similar to the National Geographic intro) for viewers to think your productions have a comparable film-crew and budget (even if “One Man Band Productions” kind of gives it away).
Thanks you so much, great idea, I'll see what I can do.
Thanks for sharing this video. Would you please let me know where this place is?
You're very welcome. Most of this was video was filmed in Southern Alberta, Canada.
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Superb. Your dedication to cinematic art and documentary storytelling is superb. That killdeer mom! I can only guess at the number of field hours that each ten seconds of footage represents. I have a good idea, though; and my guess is every ten seconds represents about ten hours in the field.
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! And yes I think your field work/footage equation is pretty close. On average it takes me about two years of filming to create one of these documentaries. But for me, its time well spent. ☺
I equate my being the 900th subscriber to this channel with my mother’s founding member status in the Cousteau Society back in the early 1970s.
Well I'm no Jaques Cousteau although I do remember watching his TV programmes. But regardless welcome to my UA-cam channel, hope you enjoy the content.
Loved this! My daughter & I see these geese every January in Northern California & it is an amazing sight!
Thank you Laura, I'm very glad you enjoyed the video. Snow goose migration is an amazing thing to witness, glad you are able to see them where you live.
We thoroughly enjoy your films. Thank you for the natural history of the birds and animals that you film. Thank you for capturing the beauty of Alberta! We truly admire your skills and artistic sensibility!
Thank you kindly, I'm very glad you enjoy my passion for wildlife, thanks for following along. 😁
Fantastic video Rick, thank you from far away NZ.
Thank you Vincent, glad you enjoyed it. 😃
Excellent video Rick! I really enjoyed this.
Thanks Devaughn, glad you enjoyed it. ☺
Very good….heading to State Forest State Park in CO in a couple of weeks in hopes of seeing some Moose….thanks for sharing….
Thanks Don, glad you liked it. Enjoy your trip to CO, I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you 🤞🏻
GREAT video!!!
Thanks Mike, glad you enjoyed it.
Wonderful video. I always learn something.
Thanks Barbara, I try to make my films both entertaining and educational. Glad to see it may be working. 😄
those annoying little rats
Beautiful! I've been to that wetland in Alberta. Next time I'll have to look for the sandhill cranes!
Absolutely! Im told they nest there every year.
Well done Rick!! Glad I got to see you in action in NE and the finished product is terrific…thanks for sharing Don
Thanks Don, it was indeed a memorable experience and one I greatly appreciate being a part of. Great to meet you and Mark in NE this spring, good look on your future wildlife adventures.
Excellent tribute to Lethbridge Rick! Enjoyed it.
Thanks Devaughn, it was a fun little project, glad you enjoyed it.
A bison is any cattle that constitutes the genus Bison, there are fifteen known bison species, only two of which are still with us in modern times, the fifteen bison species are †Iberian Bison (Bison voigtstendtensis), the †Menner's Bison (Bison menneri), the European Bison (Bison bonasus), the †Italian Bison (Bison deguilii), the †Taman Bison (Bison tamanensis), the †Georgian Bison (Bison georicus), the †Caucasian Bison (Bison caucasicus), the †Bengal Bison (Bison sivalensis), the †Steppe Bison (Bison priscus), the †Chinese Bison (Bison palaeosinensis), the †Siberian Bison (Bison schoetensacki), the †Antique Bison (Bison antiquus), the †Occidental Bison (Bison occidentalis), the †Long-Horned Bison (Bison latifrons), and the American Bison (Bison bison), the closest living relative of the bison (genus Bison) is the Yak (Poephagus grunniens), which is the sole extant representative of the genus Poephagus, the genera Poephagus (Yak Lineage) and Bison (Bison) split from a common ancestor in Europe during the Pliocene.
Did you know that there are over fifteen extant species of crane under six genera and three subfamilies?
I did not know that, thanks for sharing.
Yep, the three subfamilies of cranes are Balearicinae (Crowned Cranes and Fossil Relatives) with only two extant species: the Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) and the Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina), Anthropoidinae (Fairy Cranes and Wattled Crane) with three extant species: the Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus), the Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus), and the Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo), and Gruinae (True Cranes) with ten extant species: the Siberian Crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus), the Australian Crane (Antigone rubicundum), the Sarus Crane (Antigone antigone), the White-Naped Crane (Antigone vipio), the Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis), the Common Crane (Grus grus), the Black-Necked Crane (Grus nigricollis), the Hooded Crane (Grus monachus), the Red-Crowned Crane (Grus japonensis), and the Whooping Crane (Grus americanus).
absolutely beautiful documentary thank you for sharing
Thank you, very glad you enjoyed it.
Wonderful!
Thank you.😀
Cool documentary!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Thank you.
good
Thank you.
Well done, Rick. This film was excellent!
Thank you Debby, glad you enjoyed it. 😄
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Thanks for your continued support of my films! 😄
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Two winters ago i witnessed the southward migration of geese along the colorado river. By accident, i was driving across a bridge and was met with the waves of them silhouetted before an orange sky.
Must have been an incredible sight.
What a lovely film, thank you for sharing it 🙏
What a lovely film, thank you for sharing it 🙏
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it.
Pakicetus knows how this turns out...
Thanks for making the video. We've got a few bluebird houses and love watching each brood grow up!
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed the video and good lick with your bluebirds.
Thank you for these eggciting insides in my favourite bird! Truly inspirational
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it.
The actual video starts at 2:59
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this! Thank you for your time and effort!
Thank you so much. I'm very glad you enjoyed the video.
Mountain Bluebirds are the inspiration of the Twitter Logo!
Cool! I did not know that.
Fantastic Rick! Thank you for sharing! ❤️
Thank you and thanks for watching. Lots to see and do in the river valley. 😃
I photographed them for the 1st time yesterday in Lethbridge. Seeing this awesome local documentary makes it all that much better! Thanks for sharing! 😁👌🏻
Thank you, glad you got to see and photograph them for yourself.
What a great video
Thanks you so much, I'm very glad you enjoyed it. 😄
Hello! I live in Michigan and I’ve seen a few snow geese pass over a couple times! Great footage!
Thanks Kelly, keep an eye out for them when they pass back through in the fall.
Nice video once again. So loevly presentation liked the video.
Thank you Sandip, glad you enjoyed it.
Amazing ❤.
Thanks for posting this. My sister was just talking about hearing some the other day and now I can know what they sounded like to her
Yes they’re remarkable birds, once you’ve heard them you’ll know that sound anywhere. Thanks for watching.
beautiful as always, thank you.
Thank you too!
Beautiful❤
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video.
The sea wolves?? Give it a rest. They are wolves. They eat what they can get. Living on an island, what else are they going to do but look for food along the shore ? Go to MacDonald's?
Thanks for watching.
Wonderful video! Even with a short attention span, it was easy for me to watch and very pleasant! The music is fitting, your voice is calm and you give exactly the information I wanted to learn.
Thank you so much, your comments help me stay on track with my videos. I'm glad you enjoyed this one.
It's amazing how such a large gathering of birds ( snow geese ) just 'peel' in lift-off from one side of a gathering spot, from a seemingly perfectly, prearranged flight plan, to an absolute, 'free-for-all' jumble once in flight, that somehow, also to some sort of arrangement, as collisions don't appear to happen. As always, Rick has done another amazing job of bringing his audience to the very brink of nature, as only a person with his experience can. Wayne Anderson/ Emma Ciavatta
Thank you so much for your kind comments. Yes indeed snow geese are amazing wildlife to watch, I don't know how they do it either, flying in such close formation without colliding with one another. All I know is its an amazing spectacle to watch.