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Red Knot – Horseshoe Crab Census Underway

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Scientists in the New Jersey area are underway with their yearly census of the the red knot migratory birds and the horseshoe crabs that they depend on for life.

Scientist capture and tag many red knots and other shore birds to  help keep an eye on how well the birds are doing. The last decade has been challenging to these birds due to the reduction of the horseshoe crab population along the New Jersey beaches.

The preliminary results coming in seem to indicate that the horseshoe crab population is rebounding from the over harvesting and the red knots are getting enough horseshoe crab eggs to fatten up for their continued journey to their breeding grounds.

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Delaware is for lovers – Horseshoe Crab style

Monday, May 18th, 2009
horseshoe crabs coming to shore to spawn

horseshoe crabs coming to shore to spawn

This is the time of year when the weather gets nice and love is in the air in Delaware. At least for the horseshoe crabs.

From now until about the middle of June the Delaware bay area beaches will be covered with horseshoe crabs as they come to spawn as they have done for thousands of years.

Delaware bay area beaches have more horseshoe crabs by far then any other place on the east coast. The horseshoe crabs love Delaware’s quiet protected beaches to lay their eggs by the millions.

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Horseshoe Crabs and Shore Birds Everywhere

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

It’s getting that time of year. The next couple weeks is when the horseshoe crabs come to the beaches in Delaware area to spawn and the shore birds gather in huge numbers to get their fill of horseshoe crab eggs before continuing on their annual migration journey.

If you’ve never seen this, this is something that you should experience.

Also the Horseshoe Crab/Shorebird Festival starts this Friday and runs through Sunday  on the Broadkill River at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge  in Milton, Delaware. You can enjoy barbecue, tours of the refuge and entertainment while learning about the shore bird and horseshoe crab connection. If you want to come join the festivities you can get times and more information by visiting  www.retiretomilton.com

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