Date: 5/4/25 2:59 pm From: Rajesh Mohan <rmohan26...> Subject: [MASSBIRD] fish and birds - a documentary
Dear all -
While migrating warblers are the rockstars at this time, we also have an ecologically significant migration happening right under our noses - the alewife run. Some of you may have volunteered for the count at Mystic Valley. It took me a few seasons to be able to put together a short feature documenting this phenomenon. While the story is about the fish, the action scenes of birds hunting the fish were filmed with a special camera that can film at 1000 frames per second - basically slow the action by 40 times, which I hope is a visual treat. Most of these scenes lasted just a second or 2 that with super slow motion is slowed to a minute or so. These form the core of the documentary. Most of it was filmed in Mystic Valley/Winchester/Horn Pond and some from Damariscotta mills.
This is entirely a solo production from me - so please feel free to share, watch on TV and the biggest satisfaction for me would be that more people watch it.
