Time and horseshoe harvesters have been very cruel to Red Knots. In May 1977 on Fisherman's Island along the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, I witnessed the spectacle of a flock of Red Knot we estimated as containing 10-12 thousand birds. All knots.
Tom Stock
Silver Spring, MD
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From: Art Drauglis <lwsyrup...>
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Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 08:54:36
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Subject: Re: [MDBirding] DE Shorebirds, Red Knots?
I was there on Tuesday as well (Bombay hook, Port Mahon, Pickering Beach, etc.) and saw maybe a dozen red knot total.
I did see hundreds if not thousands of ruddy turnstone. Not that I mind turnstones, I was just hoping to see the well-publicized red knot spectacle.
Art D.
DC
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