I just got back from a trip to Delaware Bay-Bombay Hook NWR and Pickering Beach. While there, i saw quite a few red knots feasting on the horseshoe crab eggs. It was quite a sight to see. Here is one image I took of several red knots in flight. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindacullivan/8873169619/
It was quite exciting to see this.
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Norman Famous <nfamous@maine.edu> wrote:
Hi all,This is really good news for the red knot. A friend sent me this link to a summary of this years red knot migration through Delaware Bay. They stop in Delaware Bay for 10-14 days eating horseshoe crab eggs to refuel prior to the final leg of their transcontinental migration from the tip of South America to their Arctic breeding grounds. This stop is critically important because they need to deposit enough fat for both their flight as well as holding them over during cold conditions when they arrive.Conservation effort seem to be benefiting both horseshoe crabs and all species of shorebirds stopping over at the bay. Aside from red knots, significant populations of ruddy turnstones, semipalmated sandpipers, dunlin, short-billed dowitchers and sanderlings feast on horseshoe crab eggs. .If you are into shorebirds or just massive numbers of birds viewed at close range, visit the impoundments at Heislerville Wildlife Management Area in NJ along Delaware Bay where more than 50,000 semipalmated sandpipers, 10,000 short-billed dowitchers and thousands of sanderlings and dunlins rest at high tide at very close range.On a visit 4 or 5 years ago, we saw 5 different curlew sandpipers (based on 4 photographed and a fifth with different plumage characteristics) and over 800 roosting black skimmers on an island in the lagoon. Great spot!Happy shorebirding,Norm---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <daveaeldon@aol.com>
Date: Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:22 AM
Subject: Check out Report from the Bay: Red knots at 26,000
To: nfamous@maine.edu, er4aker@att.net
--Norman Famous, Wetlands and Wildlife Ecologist513 Eight Rod RoadAugusta, ME 04330--
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