Our team counted 26,626 red knots, 25,360 ruddy turnstones, 10,015 sanderlings, 90,087 semipalmated sandpipers, 60,497 dunlin, and 1078 short-billed dowitchers.
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We are all horseshoe crab people This cartoon by…
The Birds Need More Crabs – Delaware Bay Shorebird and Horseshoe Crab Project Report 6.2.25
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesAs I stare out over a wave-tossed sea, shrouded in…
Shoals and Stewards – Delaware Bay Shorebird and Horseshoe Crab Project Report 5.19.25
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesAt this early stage of the stopover, it’s hard to…
A Hopeful Start – Delaware Bay Shorebird and Horseshoe Crab Project 2025 5.13.25
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesA Hopeful Start for the Delaware Bay Stopover I want…
On May 22, we completed the first boat and ground count of NJ beaches, and the count topped last year’s by at least 8000 knots, coming in at 22,107 red knots. In 2019 we counted over 30,000 red knots, but after the bay’s crab spawn failed to materialize in May 2020, the number crashed to 19,000, then to a disastrous 6000 in 2021. Last year the knot numbers bumped to 12,000, giving us hope for the stopover. The increase to 24,000 is good news that tells us a lot.
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