Hopeful Red Knots migration

The annual survey of Rufa Red Knots migrating through the Delaware Bay to Artic breeding sites in the spring totaled in the realm of 22,000, a dramatic increase from 6,680 red knots recorded in 2021. Dr. Larry Niles, an independent biologist, told the New York Times that warm ocean waters allowed for a robust spawning of horseshoe crabs, whose eggs are a key food source for the Atlantic coast subspecies. “What I think is happening is that the birds first found there were no eggs, and stayed away,” Niles said. “Then they found there were eggs and they came back. I was elated to see 22,000 birds this year.” In the 1980s and 90s, the shorebird population was, on average, in the range of 90,000 birds. The steep decline has…

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