A huge thank you to David Busse, a local film producer, who showed his incredible film “Beyond Our Senses: Bank Swallows” after a short meeting on January 8th. The discussion of how he produced the film was just as interesting and entertaining to the almost 50 people who gathered in the clubhouse on a foggy night. We wish him continued success in the future as he presents his film to many organizations.

“Each spring, thousands of Bank Swallows return to the Lake Michigan bluffs to build colonies, mate, and raise their young. Guided by extraordinary perceptions like tetrachromatic vision, magnetic senses, and aerial master, they navigate predators, rivals, and the relentless demands of survival in a hidden world beyond human perception.”

Here are a few reviews of the film:

From Anamarie: My thoughts are quite mixed. One thing that surprised me was that he included footage of exotic animals from Africa, etc. Why?

It was an engaging film. I loved the parallels that he drew between Swallow babies and his own baby.  Very sweet.

I have exceedingly mixed feelings about the “broadcasting” of this amazing natural event.  Our slopes are at such great risk. That puts the birds at the same level of risk. I truly hope that all the publicity doesn’t cause an incident of “loving life to death.” More emphasis should have been made on how fragile the entire system is. Maybe he took measures to limit the amount of damage he did while filming. If he did, he did not speak of it. That was a missed opportunity.