In 2020 the shorebirds coming to the bay left early because of delayed horseshoe crabs spawning. We still hope for more birds, but the window is closing fast.
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Water temperature slows crab spawn on Delaware Bay, more red knots arrive
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesNortheasterly winds keeps Delaware Bay water cold and holding back horseshoe crab spawning and making life difficult for migrant shorebirds
In our 24th year of work on Delaware Bay Shorebirds and horseshoe crabs, the year of COVID 19 has brought an ecological lockdown from cold water.
Wildlife work during a pandemic Death and suffering spread across…
Repairing a Damaged Wetland – a photo journal – Restoring Thompson’s Marsh 4
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesA vast tidal wetland frames Delaware Bay. Centuries of farming have left the marsh vulnerible to erosion and unproductive.. We took one step to fix it by filling a containment dike to hold mud dredged from a nearby creek.
Economic class often determines the extent to which the government intervenes against coastal resiliency. Money Island, NJ shows how.