I blog most often about the conservation of shorebirds in Delaware Bay and many other places in the hemisphere, from Tierra del Fuego in Chile to Arctic Canada. Shorebird conservation is inextricably entwined with the study of shorebirds because of the complexity of life history. Moving each year from breeding to wintering area requires as much as a 10,0000-mile journey that ties many different places as birds descend to rest and feed. These blogs describe our work and the efforts to conserve shorebirds
In spite of the very spotty horseshoe crab spawn, the…