BIRDS OF MAY
(28min)
On the sandy beaches of the Delaware Bay, in New Jersey, a visitor arrives each May from the southernmost tip of South America. Name: Calidris canutus rufa. The rufa red knot. For two crucial weeks, the birds gorge on the eggs of horseshoe crabs as they refuel for the next leg of their journey to the Arctic. The problem is, horseshoe crab eggs are nowhere near as plentiful as they once were...
OFFICIAL SELECTION: International Wildlife Film Festival, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, Princeton Environmental Film Festival, Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival