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Audubon Film and DOAS Bird Walk to be featured at Glimmerglass Film Days

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Glimmerglass Film Days will be held November 5-9 in Cooperstown. The third annual festival features films that explore “Sacred Spaces” around the world and close to home. On Saturday, November 7 at 3:15 pm, the film Rara Avis: John James Audubon and the Birds of America will be shown in the Jones Center of The Farmers’ Museum. The film Rara Avis (to be shown on PBS next year) is an ambitious and beautifully-crafted documentation of John James Audubon’s life and career as both an artist and naturalist. The film’s director Al Reinert is a two-time Oscar nominee. (Al Reinert and Cina Alexander, 2015, 91 minutes). The cost of the film is $6 in advance www. glimmerglassfilmdays.org, or $7 at the door. The Farmers’ Museum is located on State Route 80 just north of the Village of Cooperstown.

In conjunction with Glimmerglass Film Days, the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society will lead a bird walk at noon that Saturday.  The walk, led by DOAS Directors Becky Gretton, Bob Donnelly and Charles Scheim with assistance from member Sandy Bright, is appropriate for birders of all levels and will focus on species found in shoreline and forested habitats during fall migration.  Meet on the back patio of the Fenimore Art Museum. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes. The walk is open to all and free of charge.

Glimmerglass Film Days is a program of Otsego 2000, an environmental and preservation advocacy non-profit based in Cooperstown.  Film Days offers a long weekend of films, receptions, filmmaker talks, walks, a companion art exhibit, and more in Cooperstown.  For more information on Glimmerglass Film Days, please visit www. glimmerglassfilmdays.org or call 607-547-8881.

Rara Avis: John James Audubon and the Birds of America
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Why Birds Matter...

Birds are important because of the role they play in the natural world as pollinators and seed disbursers, assisting with the balance of nature by eating insects. They also clean up things that would go unattended otherwise. Birds are important TO ME because of the kinship that I feel with another living species, and the joy that they bring to me year around. Encountering spring migrants feels brand new every time! I feel responsibility for their well-being and take care not to disturb their nesting with unnecessary sounds, disturbance or habitat destruction. I respect the incredible work they do to bring about future generations.
Becky Gretton
Becky GrettonDOAS Co-President
Birds have always been an early warning system for our environment–the “canary in the coal mine.” It was the decline in bird species high on the food chain that tipped us off to the dangers of DDT and other chemicals. More recently, high altitude and high latitude birds are demonstrating the first definitive effects of global change. If science had been more advanced in the 1800s, the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon could have served as a warning about habitat destruction. This not just about protecting the birds–although that is a worthy goal–but all of these threats will ultimately reach the human race.
Andy Mason
Andy MasonDOAS Co-President
In addition to being indicators for environmental health, birds matter because they allow people all over the world to enjoy and appreciate nature. Caring about birds often leads to caring about their habitats and creates a stewardship ethic to protect our natural resources. Birds connect communities.
Susan O'Handley
Susan O'HandleyDOAS Co-President

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