Did you ever chance to hear the midnight flight of birds passing through the air in darkness overhead, in countless armies, changing their early or late summer habitat? It is something not to be forgotten.

Those words penned by 19th century American poet Walt Whitman described the spectacle that occurs each spring as millions of migratory birds make the arduous journey north for the breeding season.

In Alaska, hundreds of diverse species from tiny songbirds to the much larger sandhill cranes and majestic trumpeter swans all share the same rich nesting grounds. The fact that these shore birds, some weighing in at a fraction of an ounce, travel up to 20,000 miles annually simply gives us humans a profound sense of awe when they arrive each spring, right on schedule.

Celebrating Alaska's Shorebirds chronicles this amazing migration against the spectacular background of Alaskan scenery. Produced over a two and a half year period of field work this stunning film has captured many stunning images in a variety of locations with in Alaska where these birds land to feed, rest, nest and breed.

Producer/Writer Kevin Hartwell
Editor/Associate Producer Terry Tavel
Executive Producer James Mahan
Photographer Skip Gray

Runs: 26 minutes - DVD