For Paul and all of you following this story, B95 WAS seen again yesterday! That make about four times in a little under a week. Moonbird was found last Thursday at Mispillion, and then the next morning was in New Jersey were he has been seen on-and-ff at various beaches since then. Yesterday he was photographed at Fortescue, a banding sight just outside Cape May County by New Jersey Shorebird Project team members.
B95 was banded as an adult in Argentina in 1995 (this puts him at likely being 20/21 years old). He has been captured several times and spotted at various locations between southern Canada and Tierra del Fuego at least 50 times.
I have attached the better of the two photos that I received from Larry Niles, the team leader.
Good Birding!
Mike H.
Baltimore City
From: Paul Noell
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 7:58 PM
To: MdBirding
Subject: [MDBirding] Ol' 95 (Red Knot).
A birding trip to Delaware Bay, led by Walter Ellison, in admittedly dim hopes of spotting this doughty bird banded some 20 years ago. It's estimated it has flown over the years the equivalent of the distance to the moon and half way back. By my rough calculations (approx. 240,000 mi. avg. dist.) that comes out to 360,000 miles!
Of course, we did see Red Knots and all were highly prized. Who knows? Maybe we DID see ol' 95, but the attached pic at Mispillion Light will have to suffice. At the other end of the spectrum, there were TONS of Osprey, among lots of birds. Well done, Walter.
Paul Noell
Balto MD
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