The magic in the mud: Sandpipers’ migration superfood. Read my latest story for Canadian Geographic on the invisible fuel that draws thousands of migrating shorebirds to the Roberts Bank mudflats each year.
Many thanks to the Sitka Foundation and the Science Media Centre of Canada’s Messengers of Biodiversity Reporting Grant for supporting the reporting for this piece.
The story of this tiny shorebird’s epic journey, powered by an invisible fuel in the mud, is also at the centerstage of my upcoming documentary, Sandpipers’ Last Supper.
To support the documentary and the campaign to permanently protect the Roberts Bank mudflat from port development, please visit the film website.
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