Birders,
I know a lot of us would not want to miss this. I copied and pasted
this and, for some reason, the script next to the photos did not
copy, too. Doesn't matter, all the information needed for viewing is
here.
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Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:38 AM
Subject: [Birdwire] Sunday - Watch the PBS Documentary on the Red Knot

Watch the PBS Documentary on February 10!
Disastrous Decline of Red Knot Population Highlighted
This Sunday, February 10, at 8pm EST, the award-winning PBS series
“Nature” will feature migratory Red Knots and the horseshoe crab.
Crash: A Tale of Two Species examines the amazing relationship
between these two threatened species; check local listings at: http://
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/.



As an American Bird Conservancy supporter, you will be familiar with
the work ABC has done to try to save the rufa Red Knot from
extinction (Click here to view a Bird News Network video on this
topic). The knot migrates from the tip of South America to its
breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic, and stops off briefly at
Delaware Bay. Here it relies almost completely on horseshoe crab eggs
to refuel for the second leg of its arduous journey.
Since the 1990s, over-harvesting of horseshoe crabs has caused the
density of its eggs to plummet, which has affected the Red Knot's
ability to find and consume enough eggs to survive. As a result, the
knot has declined from a high of more than 100,000 birds in the 1980s
to fewer than 15,000 today. Scientists warn that unless this trend is
reversed, it could go extinct as early as 2010.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection recently
announced its intention to continue a moratorium on horseshoe crab
harvest in Delaware Bay to give the species a chance to rebound.
However, the state agency is under heavy pressure from fisheries
interests to lift the ban. A final decision on the New Jersey
moratorium is expected in the next few weeks.
Please watch the Nature show on PBS.

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