Arts & Entertainment
Westborough Land Trust Stunning Nature Video: 'Epic Journeys'
Westborough Community Land Trust shorebirds video event Monday, June 15 at 7 PM
For a special treat, attend a showing of the stunning nature video, “Epic Journeys.” Also meet its maker, well-known bird and wildlife photographer and video producer Shawn Carey, and hear about his experiences. The Westborough Community Land Trust (WCLT) invites the public to this event on Monday evening, June 15, 7:00 PM, at St. Luke’s Parish Hall (1 Ruggles St.) in Westborough. There is no charge.
Find out about three shorebirds that we can see every year on Massachusetts’ coast – the Piping Plover, Red Knot, and Semipalmated Sandpiper – and their amazing annual long-distance migrations between the northern and southern hemispheres and the challenges they face along the way.
The Piping Plover breeds in Massachusetts, in places such as Plymouth Beach and South Beach, and is currently surviving despite heavy skunk and fox predation and human disturbance of its nesting areas. “Epic Journeys” shows how improved beach management in Massachusetts has aided the plover’s comeback in the last 20 years.
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In spring Red Knots travel from south to north, stopping by the thousands in the Delaware Bay area in New Jersey where they fuel up on Horseshoe Crab eggs, and then passing through Massachusetts. The film examines how the decline in Horseshoe Crab populations has impacted the survival of this species.
“Epic Jouneys” also features Semipalmated Sandpipers, which gather in massive numbers in New Brunswick’s Bay of Fundy in Canada before taking off to fly 3000 thousand miles to South America.
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The film includes interviews with experts and conservation workers and footage shot on Plymouth Beach and South Beach in Massachusetts, as well as other locations. It explores questions about what is being done to help protect shorebirds and their habitat, how the public can help, and where people can see these species.
Shawn Carey and good friend Jim Grady founded Migration Productions more than 20 years ago and have been making presentations and natural history for events and running photo workshops ever since.
