"SAVING SONGBIRDS" PREMIERES ON NHPTV OCTOBER 5th @ 8 P.M.

PROGRAM EXPLORES SONGBIRD MIGRATION FROM NEW ENGLAND TO CENTRAL AMERICA

(DURHAM, September 29, 2011) – Nearly half of New Hampshire’s breeding bird species are in decline, many of them migratory songbirds that winter in Central and South America. On the premiere of New Hampshire Public Television’s new documentary SAVING SONGBIRDS on October 5th at 8 p.m., travel with outdoor adventurer and host Willem Lange as he takes us from New England to Costa Rica and Jamaica to meet these colorful and melodic birds and the people who are dedicated to SAVING SONGBIRDS. This WINDOWS TO THE WILD special introduces viewers to researchers who employ creative means to assess the health of bird populations, and grassroots efforts by Vermont school children to help re-forest the mountains of Costa Rica. Also featured are scientists in Cape May, NJ, who track large flocks of migrating songbirds in total darkness, and Costa Rican coffee farmers practicing bird-friendly methods of cultivation and processing. Avid bird watchers Samuel Habib of Concord and Andrea LeBlanc of Lee show the personal side of why the survival of songbirds is so important to us all. The documentary is funded by a grant from the Butler Foundation, which also funded NHPTV’s WINDOWS TO THE WILD special, JOURNEY OF THE BROAD-WINGED HAWK. That documentary received a Boston/New England Emmy award for environmental programming, and has been distributed to PBS stations across the country.

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