You’ve Got to See It to Believe It

Every year, thousands upon thousands of horseshoe crabs emerge from the water to mate and lay their eggs at night. The Delaware Bay is one of the primary locations for this amazing natural event.

When it’s time to lay her eggs, a female horseshoe crab will deposit somewhere around 4,000 eggs in clusters. She’ll do this several times, laying up to around 20,000 eggs in one night, and up to 100,000 eggs in each mating season.

As a result, the area is flooded with 2-3 million migrating shorebirds that stay for several weeks to feast, rest, and refuel. In addition, the best weekends to see this wildlife spectacle are the full moon & new moon, giving us opportunities for excellent nighttime photography.

The Workshop

There will be group shooting sessions and time to shoot on your own. In addition, there will be classroom sessions on moonrise and bird/wildlife photography. And we’ll review each other’s work at the end of the workshop.

We’ll take you to our favorite locations for photographing horseshoe crabs and shorebirds - at sunrise, during the day, at moonrise, and at night in the moonlight.

Room and board are included in the price of the workshop. We’ll be staying at a house in Frederica, DE, where participants will have their own bedroom.

How to Register

For more information and to register, follow this link: https://www.wildliz.com/horseshoecrabs

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More Information About Horseshoe Crabs

https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2020/05/19/11-facts-horseshoe-crabs-will-blow-mind/