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00:00PBS Kids opens worlds of possibilities for all children.
00:03Thanks to PBS stations and viewers like you.
00:08That's me, Fred the house cat.
00:10When my family leaves for the day, I don't just sit inside watching the world go by.
00:15I become...
00:19Nature Cat! Backyard explorer extraordinaire!
00:25Tally-ho!
00:27Tally-ho!
00:28We're climbing out the trees now!
00:30We're swinging through the breeze now!
00:32We're getting muddy knees now!
00:34Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:36Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:38So what are we waiting for?
00:40We're so excited to explore
00:42All that nature has in store!
00:44With Nature Cat! Go, go!
00:46Tally-ho! Go, go, go!
00:48Tally-ho!
00:49We're the favorite nature guide!
00:51We just can't wait to get outside!
00:53We're swimming through the trees now!
00:55We're jumping in the leaves now!
00:57We're getting muddy knees now!
00:59We're getting muddy knees now!
01:00We're getting muddy knees now!
01:01Tally-ho!
01:02Tally-ho!
01:03Tally-ho!
01:04Tally-ho!
01:07Woodpecker pick the place!
01:09Oh, yeah. Dig it, man. We sound amazing.
01:20What she said.
01:22Yep. We sound so sweet we haven't missed a beat.
01:26Nothing can stop us now.
01:31Hey, wasn't me. I'm keeping this rhythm like a dog keeps a bow.
01:39Man, oh, man. I don't think we can practice with whatever that is.
01:45Oh, yes, we can.
01:46Just play louder.
01:52Hey, look who I found. It's Senor Screechy's shoe.
01:59Como estas, amigo? Bien?
02:01Yes, muy bien.
02:04What is that noise? It's ruining our practice.
02:06Only one way to find out, gang.
02:09Tally-ho!
02:14Aha!
02:16A woodpecker!
02:18Hey, woodpecker?
02:19Dude, I'm sorry. You gotta move it out, man.
02:24You saved my house.
02:26Thanks, Squeaks.
02:28That was nothing, big guy.
02:30And now it's back to bad practice.
02:32Oh, no, he's back, he's back, he's back.
02:37Man, oh, man. What are we gonna do now?
02:40No worries, my friends.
02:42We just need to scare him away properly.
02:45Bally-ho!
02:46Is he gone?
02:55Uh, well, not so much.
02:58Good try, though, Nature Cat.
03:00We need a plan B, you guys.
03:03Plan B?
03:04Hmm, okay.
03:05How about plan B nice?
03:09That's always a good plan.
03:10Go for it, Hal.
03:13Hi, Mr. Woodpecker, sir.
03:15I am Hal.
03:18Say, could you maybe stop making that noise, please?
03:24Pretty please?
03:26Pretty please with sugar on top!
03:31So, uh, plan B nice, gal, bud?
03:35Not great.
03:36Well, it's almost like he can't stop.
03:38Like he has to do it.
03:39Hmm.
03:41Like he has to do it.
03:44Curious.
03:46Time for a little scientific observation!
03:50Oh, yeah!
03:52Agreed!
03:53To the bird observatory!
03:54Tally-ho!
03:59He taps and he taps.
04:02And then he looks at the sky.
04:04Taps again, and hey, looks up at the sky again!
04:09Hmm, yes, yes.
04:10Almost like he's looking for someone.
04:13Or some thing!
04:15Like maybe a UFO?
04:18An unidentified flying object.
04:20Quink, quink.
04:21Or another woodpecker.
04:24See?
04:25Our woodpecker looks like a yellow-bellied sapsucker.
04:28His red throat means he's a boy.
04:32Females don't have red throats.
04:34And it says here he makes loud drumming noises in the spring to attract a lady friend.
04:41Oh, he's making all that racket for true love!
04:47For true love!
04:49Oh, but it's not working.
04:52Look!
04:54Poor little woodpecker guy.
04:57Oh, no one's coming.
04:58Then what do you say we help him find his true love?
05:03Quick, everyone!
05:04Make a banging noise!
05:05Tally-ho!
05:14Ow!
05:20Look!
05:21Hi, Mrs. Woodpecker!
05:30It's me, Hal!
05:31Uh, Hal, they're having a moment.
05:34Right.
05:35Got it.
05:42Aw!
05:43True love wins!
05:45And I get my house back!
05:47Time to get back to band practice!
05:51A one, a two, a one, two, three...
05:55Ah!
05:57Huh?
05:58True love?
05:59What about true love?
06:02Well, it certainly looks like they're still in love.
06:05But they're also in love with banging on my house!
06:09And two woodpeckers are twice as noisy.
06:12What do we do?
06:14Time for some more scientific observation!
06:17If we could just get close enough to get a better look!
06:21A bird's eye view, perhaps?
06:25Hey, guys!
06:26How you like me now?
06:28Whoa!
06:28You certainly look just like a woodpecker!
06:32Thank you, thank you.
06:33Okay, let's do this!
06:34Voice me up!
06:36Oh, yeah!
06:38Oh, hey there, fellow woodpecker who's just like me, also a woodpecker, just pecking away next to each other.
06:44What are the odds?
06:45Can you see why she's doing that?
06:50Shh, nature cat, I got it!
06:53So, uh, my fellow woodpecker friend, I was, uh, I was kind of wondering...
06:59Oh, you're pecking for food and your food is a beetle?
07:05Of course you're pecking for food.
07:06I knew that being a woodpecker myself, you know?
07:10Anyway, gotta go, bye!
07:13Whoa!
07:14You guys!
07:15They're pecking for food!
07:17Oh!
07:19Yeah, there's all sorts of beetles and bugs up there, wah!
07:23Ew!
07:24Fun fact!
07:25They also drink the sugary tree sap they find as they drill!
07:29Oh, sap suckers!
07:31Of course!
07:32But that's the problem!
07:34It's too bad we can't just make them a little food place away from my house so that we can practice!
07:39That's it, Hal!
07:41You're a genius!
07:43Mwah!
07:44Okay, hooray for me!
07:46A genius!
07:48What is it?
07:49I still don't know.
07:50Daisy, is it possible to make a special bird feeder for woodpeckers?
07:55Yep!
07:56It's called a suet feeder!
07:58Follow my lead!
07:59Onward and yonward!
08:01Oh, I always wanted to say that.
08:07Ooh!
08:09Nicely done, Daisy!
08:11Nailed it!
08:13I got the woodpecker food!
08:17Hey, you woodpeckers!
08:19Come and get it!
08:26They're eating!
08:27They love it!
08:28You know what this means, you guys?
08:30We're getting the band back together!
08:33Oh, yeah!
08:33Oh, yeah!
08:34Oh, yeah!
08:34Oh, yeah!
08:36A one, a two, a one, two, three, four!
08:39Goodness sakes!
08:40They're back!
08:46Man, oh, man!
08:47You gotta be kidding me!
08:50My poor, poor, poor, Hal!
08:52The woodpeckers found each other, have plenty of food.
08:56Why are they still pecking on Hal's doghouse?
08:59Oh, there's so high maintenance!
09:02Time for a little...
09:04Scientific observation!
09:06Oh, yeah!
09:11Observe quickly, please!
09:13I don't know how long I can stay like this!
09:15Okay, okay.
09:17They're pecking in one spot.
09:20They're starting to bore a hole in Hal's doghouse.
09:23No!
09:23Whoa!
09:24Whoa!
09:24What's up, guys?
09:25I love you!
09:27Huh.
09:27That was close.
09:29Good observation, Squeaks.
09:31Now let's see what it means.
09:34Uh-oh.
09:34What?
09:35What is it?
09:35Who, why, why, where, and where?
09:37Says here, woodpeckers also peck to make a shelter.
09:42A place to nest.
09:43Oh, that makes sense.
09:44Now that they're an item, they're setting up a house.
09:46Oh, I wonder where they're registered.
09:48I have to get them something.
09:49Oh, but this is my house!
09:55You have to admit, the newlyweds do need a home.
10:00They sure do.
10:01But I don't think Hal's doghouse would work for them.
10:04What she said!
10:06We can't keep chewing them away.
10:08They always come back.
10:09What are we supposed to do?
10:10How about we make them a better offer?
10:13About a one-way ticket to Orlando?
10:16No, we'll make them a birdhouse.
10:19Way on the other side of the yard, near their food.
10:22Oh, that's a win-win, baby!
10:24They get to stay in the yard.
10:26I get my house back.
10:28And we get to enjoy watching true love flourish.
10:31Looks like a win-win-win!
10:34Oh, sweet!
10:35This says that woodpeckers love living in holes in dead trees.
10:40Like that?
10:42Ha-ha, yes.
10:44But it needs a little sprucing up for the newlyweds.
10:48Tally-ho!
10:53How can we get the woodpeckers' attention so they'll go over there?
11:01The same way they got our attention!
11:09Look, it worked!
11:10He found a hole and now he's making it bigger!
11:12Ha-ha!
11:14We did it!
11:15Hooray!
11:17They sure do look happy together.
11:25No way!
11:26Is that...
11:27Is that what I think it is?
11:28No!
11:30It can't be!
11:31We haven't heard from them in weeks!
11:33It is...
11:35The book!
11:44Seems like the woodpeckers want to show us something.
11:47What could they possibly want to show us?
11:49Baby woodpeckers!
11:55We're so excited for you!
11:58Oh, how cute!
12:00Your new home is perfect for your new family!
12:04Ah, adorbs!
12:07True love gets me every time!
12:10Here comes the sun!
12:22Woo-hoo!
12:24Canyon Falls!
12:25What's he said?
12:30Nature can!
12:32It's time for fall!
12:41Whoa!
12:41Whoa!
12:42Whoa!
12:42Whoa!
12:43Whoa!
12:43Whoa!
12:44Whoa!
12:44Whoa!
12:49You called that right, Nature Cat?
12:51What a fall!
12:52Well, yes, I kind of planned it.
12:55Anyway, it's a big day today, my fellow adventurers!
12:59The first day of fall!
13:02Man, oh, man!
13:04I just love the fall!
13:06The sights!
13:09The sounds!
13:11And don't forget the smells!
13:15Mmm!
13:17The crisp air with the sweet smell of leaves with a hint of hay!
13:22It's the fall!
13:24If I could just piggyback on all this fall, love,
13:26something amazing is going to happen today over in the canyon!
13:31Amazing?
13:32Well, I love amazing!
13:33Ask anyone!
13:34What's going down over there, man?
13:36Okay, so when the sun is positioned just so, around noon,
13:40the sunlight will fall through rock gaps into a cave to reveal...
13:44the golden sunstone!
13:47Sweet!
13:48And it can only be seen on the very first day of fall!
13:54Today!
13:55Whoa!
13:56What exactly is this, Nature Cat?
13:58It's a calendar carved into stone hundreds, nay, maybe even thousands of years ago!
14:04People have used it to tell when fall begins!
14:07Which is also the equinox!
14:09Oh, fun fact, guys!
14:11That's when daytime and nighttime have the same number of hours!
14:14Whoa!
14:17I know!
14:18A must-see!
14:19In the last few years, I've set out early on the first day of fall to the canyon to see this!
14:23But...
14:26Got bad directions one year!
14:28Ha-ha!
14:35Slightly veered off course another year!
14:38Ho-ho!
14:40And then there was the time I got totally lost!
14:43Hee-hee!
14:50I'm not gonna miss it this year!
14:52It's still early enough to get there before noon!
14:54Come on!
14:55This way!
14:56Onward and yawnward!
14:59Or...
15:00Wait, maybe it's this way?
15:02No, scratch that.
15:03I think it's this way...
15:06Yeah, I can see why you got lost!
15:08I think I'm lost!
15:09Hey!
15:10I hear ya!
15:11I get lost in my closet!
15:12Heh!
15:13Which direction again?
15:15Nature Cat!
15:16How are we supposed to get to the sunstone?
15:19Hee-hee-hee-hee!
15:20You just head north!
15:22Or north!
15:23Uh, I mean north!
15:24Ugh!
15:25I can see why I get lost!
15:27Well, this is what you need!
15:29Oh, a circle!
15:30It's a compass, Hal!
15:31A compass!
15:32Oh, yeah!
15:33We use it to follow Bad Dog Bart's treasure map!
15:37Yep!
15:38Remember, the way the compass works is I hold it very flat on my hand and move myself until
15:43the end on the compass lines up with the needle!
15:47So, according to the compass, this way is north!
15:51North is the way we need to go!
15:54Okie dokie!
15:55And just in case, the compass shows the other directions, east, south, and west!
16:00I know how to remember directions!
16:03Never eat soggy worms!
16:05Soggy worms?
16:07Bleh!
16:08Yeah, yeah!
16:09It helps me remember the order of directions!
16:11Never starts with N for north, H starts with E for east...
16:16Oh, oh!
16:17I get it!
16:18Soggy starts with an S for south, and worms starts with a W for west!
16:22Never eat soggy worms!
16:25Soggy worms!
16:27Oh, this map can help, too!
16:31Head north in the direction of the compass needle point, through Sunset Park, the forest,
16:36the prairie, and then to the canyon!
16:38It's easy as cheesy pie!
16:39Sure is!
16:40Between my nature's survival skills and the compass's directional ability, we'll be at
16:45the sunstone in no time!
16:48Tally-ho!
16:50Ow!
16:51Onward and northward!
16:52Yeah!
16:53Halt!
16:54Hey, guys!
16:55Why are we stopping?
16:56This is where I think I got really lost the past few years, so we need to proceed with caution.
17:13Copy that!
17:14Now let's move on out!
17:15The most important thing to do is keep following our trusty compass northward!
17:20Yeah, yeah, compass, compass, now we can go!
17:22The compass!
17:24This remarkable navigational tool has led explorers to new worlds, guided pirates to buried treasure,
17:31directed nature adventurers to wild destinations!
17:35Wow!
17:36No way!
17:37And this same tool will lead us to a beautiful sight!
17:41Here for the compass!
17:43Onward and northward!
17:45Whoops!
17:46Slipped!
17:47Well!
17:48There goes the compass!
17:49We're doomed!
17:50See?
17:51No worries, gang!
17:52Good as new!
17:53Huh!
17:54It's okay, guys!
17:55Don't panic!
17:56I have a directional app!
17:57Oh...
17:58No signal!
17:59Maybe we should panic now?
18:00I don't know.
18:01Just a suggestion...
18:02Oh no!
18:03We're gonna run out of time!
18:04I'm going to miss the golden sunstone again!
18:05That's it!
18:06Oh!
18:07The sun!
18:08The sun always rises in the east!
18:12Always?
18:13Wait, really?
18:14Yep!
18:15Always!
18:16Always!
18:17But what good is that, Daisy?
18:18We need to go north, not east!
18:19Hey!
18:20Remember this?
18:21Oh, it's so cool!
18:22Since this way is the sun, we're going to go north!
18:24Oh no!
18:25We're gonna run out of time!
18:26We're gonna run out of time!
18:27I'm going to miss the golden sunstone again!
18:28That's it!
18:29Oh!
18:30The sun!
18:31The sun always rises in the east!
18:32Always?
18:33Wait, really?
18:34Yep!
18:35Always!
18:36But what good is that, Daisy?
18:37We need to go north, not east!
18:39Hey!
18:40Remember this?
18:41Oh, it's so cool!
18:42Since this way is the sun, it's so cool!
18:45Since this way is east, we can figure out the other directions!
18:50Okay!
18:51The opposite of east is what?
18:53So...west?
18:59Yep!
19:00West!
19:03Yeah!
19:04Oh!
19:05And now remember?
19:06Never eat soggy worms!
19:07Yuck!
19:08Eat soggy worms!
19:10So soggy south is here!
19:15So guys, that means north is here!
19:18Opposite of south!
19:20So if I wanted to head north...
19:23You point to the sun out from your right side!
19:27And my nose points north like a compass needle!
19:31We're back in business!
19:33Onward and northward!
19:36We're gonna make it!
19:41Golden sunstone, here we come!
19:43Nothing can stop us now!
19:45Nature Cat, watch out!
19:46Whoa!
19:47Whoa!
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20:09Whoa!
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20:11I...
20:12Fun.
20:13Down.
20:14Had.
20:15There.
20:16Now that's an adventure!
20:17Whoa, Mama!
20:18Again!
20:19Again!
20:20Again!
20:21Again!
20:22Hey guys!
20:23Look at the sun!
20:24The higher it gets in the sky, the closer we are to noon!
20:27Oh no!
20:28We're really running out of time!
20:30What he said!
20:31Right arm east!
20:32Follow my nose north!
20:33Onward!
20:34And nose-ward!
20:35We're getting there team!
20:36Golden sunstone!
20:37Here we come!
20:38Go!
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20:44Go!
20:45Go!
20:46Go!
20:47And!...
20:48Get forward that video!
20:49Uh..
20:50Uh...
20:51Where's the sun?
20:52Hey!
20:53Where did the sun go?!
20:54Where did it go?!
20:55Where did it go?!
20:56Oh...
20:56Now which way is north?
20:58Oh no!
20:59Without the sun we don't have help with our directions...
21:01This is a flawed system!
21:02Uh...
21:03what'd we do now, guys?
21:05We're gonna miss the Golden Sunstone!
21:08Whiiiiiiiiiiiii!
21:10Hey, Nature Cat, it's okay. There's always next year.
21:14Gosh, it would have been so amazing to see the Golden Sunstone.
21:20I'm sorry, Nature Cat.
21:25Wait, stop! We can't quit, guys.
21:27We will see the Golden Sunstone today.
21:30It's our fate. It's our destiny.
21:35Uh, Nature Cat?
21:37Yes, nature can be unpredictable.
21:39Just hold one second, Nature Cat.
21:41And you never know when the rain will fall,
21:43when the wind will blow,
21:45or when the sun will shine.
21:47So we'll keep trying and trying
21:50the sun!
21:52Yay! We're back, baby!
21:56What she said, baby!
21:58Pointing right hand east, heading north.
22:03Tally-ho!
22:07The canyon!
22:08We made it!
22:10This way, Team Luxure!
22:14Huh. This is the spot.
22:17The Golden Sunstone should be right here.
22:19Uh, where?
22:31Here!
22:32But nothing's happening!
22:33Did we miss it?
22:34Did we miss it?
22:34Did we?
22:35I don't know.
22:35Did we miss it?
22:38But it's not noon yet.
22:39The Golden Sunstone!
22:51I hereby proclaim, it is now officially fall!
23:00Picture time!
23:02Picture time!
23:06Say fall!
23:08Fall!
23:09Fall!
23:09Fall!
23:10Fall!
23:10Fall!
23:11Fall!
23:11Nature Cat, Squeaks, Daisy, and Howl are cartoon characters and not real animals.
23:22To keep all of our animal friends safe, check with a grown-up before you bring a pet on your next nature adventure.
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