FLIGHT PATH SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT ~ PLYMOUTH MA 2008

Last year, I was afforded the opportunity to be an Artist in Residence
at the Goldenrod Foundation cottage on Plymouth Long Beach in Plymouth
Massachusetts. This wonderful location allowed me to be innately in touch with what was occurring on the beach and surrounding areas constantly literally at any given moment while I was there.

This year, Plimoth Plantation will host an exhibit of migratory
shorebirds, terns and Piping Plovers which use this barrier beach
throughout the year....be it for breeding and raising their young,
resting and refueling stops on their season migrations, etc. Hundreds of
hours were spent observing how the birds related to the weather, tides
and food sources and photographing these activities.

As I was granted a permit by the Town of Plymouth to work in the dunes,
it gave me an up close and personal opportunity to observe the mating
rituals, nesting activities and offspring raising of Least, Common and
and Arctic terns, Laughing Gulls and Piping Plovers.

The exhibit was developed in partnership with the Manomet Center for
Conservation Sciences, the Goldenrod Foundation and the Massachusetts
Audubon Society and was produced with financial support from a number of foundations and organizations.

The exhibit features 85 framed images, wall murals up to 14' x 9',
several different films, lectures by noted bird specialists regarding
migration routes and population status / struggles and activities are
being planned at the beach proper in conjunction with Plimoth Plantation
and MA Audubon.

The show opens to invited guests the evening of May 1, the general
public May 3 and it will continue through the close of the Plimoth
Plantation season of November 30. If you'd like to attend the invited
guests opening, drop me an email and I will forward your contact
information to the folks at Plimoth. (There is a charge, but I don't honestly know what it is?)

I think that this will be a great take for all birders and non birders
alike....and definitely nature photographers.

My greatest hope is that by showing intimate details of these
wonderful birds, that we can educate both the youngsters and adults by
showing them things they wouldn't typically see on a day trip to the
beach and by doing so, bring an appreciation and respect for these vital
areas and the birds which depend on them.

The following is a link to a small poster announcement which the folks
at Plimoth Plantation have provided:

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Thanks...and if you're in the Plymouth MA area this summer and have the time, I do think that you would enjoy this show :)