Fri, Oct 16
|Pender Islands Community Hall
Film Screening: Sandpipers' Last Supper
Sandpipers' Last Supper, a 25-minute documentary by Vancouver-based filmmaker Isabelle Groc, follows that journey up close. After the screening, stay for a panel conversation with Isabelle and estuary ecologist Dr. Pat Baird.
Time & Location
Oct 16, 2026, 7:00 p.m.
Pender Islands Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Rd, Pender Island, BC V0N 2M1, Canada
About the Event
How does a bird no heavier than a few coins fly thousands of kilometres? It eats mud, of course!
Western sandpipers refuel on biofilm, an invisible layer of nutrients coating intertidal flats, and a film coming to the Community Hall this month shows how they do it.
Sandpipers' Last Supper, a 25-minute documentary by Vancouver-based filmmaker Isabelle Groc, follows that journey up close. It's a story with real stakes: shorebirds are among the fastest-declining bird groups in the world, and the mudflats they rely on are easy to overlook and easy to lose. After the screening, stay for a panel conversation with Isabelle and estuary ecologist Dr. Pat Baird.
Admission $10, or what you can pay