Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection

Feast on the Beach: The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Shorebird Connection is a film produced by the Delaware Shorebird Project to raise awareness and understanding about the ecological connection between horseshoe crabs and shorebirds migrating through the Delaware Bay area, as well as the researchers who study them. Every spring, hundreds of thousands of migrating shorebirds - including the threatened red knot - pass through Delaware’s central Bayshore region and neighboring New Jersey from areas as far away as southern South America on the way to their summer breeding grounds in the Arctic. The Delaware Bay is a crucial refueling stop, where the birds eat horseshoe crab eggs to build their fat reserves before continuing their journey.
The film was produced by Michael Oates of 302 Stories, Inc., who has filmed shorebirds and horseshoe crabs for more than 30 years.