a list of excellent PBS documentaries

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"Pale Male" and his hawk dynasty over Central Park

Folkin, a beloved Russian puppeteer who worked in Harvard Square

"The Life of Birds", especially the courting rituals of bowel bird in New Zealand

"Christmas at Yellowstone"

"The Queen of Trees" and those tiny male fig wasps live, mate and die inside one fig

"At Close Range" - Joel Santore: 'I like North America, no insect-born diseases.'

"Simon Schama's Power of Art: Rembrandt"

"The Pursuit of Excellence" series:
    Synchronized Swimming - One swimmer watches soap while exercising to study the actors' expressions

    Ferrets - with names like  'Hot & Sultry Zoe', owner confessing that looking at ferrets was 'like looking into a mirror', 'rainbow bridge' believed to be ferrets' version of heaven, a ferret dressed up with black butterfly wings, saving up 25 pounds of ferret bodies to be cremated collectively and each owner getting 2 tbsp of ash.

    Giant Pumpkins - 'ring of fire'  is 3 stacked circles around a pumpkin comprised of 150 mousetraps.

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