The Dark Side of the Loon

A docuscience film by Gail Osherenko.

Film Showing 

Filmmaker will be present at event

Thursday, April 30, 2009, 7pm

Real Cheap Sports

36 W. Santa Clara Street

Ventura, CA 93001

Phone: 805-648-3803

This event is free and open to the public.  Please call for directions.

 ”As loons face the perils of winter, scientist seek ways to ensure their survival – and ours.”  

Docuscience Film, by Gail Osherenko

Learn how scientists in the field and laboratory unlock the mysteries of a bird that has survived for 60 million years. Discover how loons are helping scientists to understand the perils loons face in winter, and how humans can help ensure their survival – and ours. This film features the works of conservation biologist and ornithological expert Dr. Paul Spitzer, who works with loons on the east coast at North Carolina’s Cape Lookout National Seashore, biologist and aviculturist Darwin Long, who conducted the only long-term and detailed study of wintering common loons in Morro Bay, and wildlife veterinarian Dr. Mark Pokras, who has recropsied dead loons for 20 years to understand the causes of their mortality, both natural and human-caused. 

www.darksideoftheloon.com

 

The Dark Side of the Loon. A film by Gail Osherenko. Available at Real Cheap Sports, Ventura's Outdoor Store. All profit goes to loon scientists.

~ by Real Cheap Sports Ventura's Outdoor Store on April 21, 2009.