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Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs are a delicate balance at the shore - Delco News Network
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Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs are a delicate balance at the shore Delco News Network A key component of the Red Knot diet is the eggs of Atlantic horseshoe crabs. Every May and June, in a coincidence of timing that only nature could orchestrate, these prehistoric creatures leave the ocean depths to spawn on the moonlit beaches. Horseshoe Crab Sex Lures Students to the Beach |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:33:03 PM
Beach party: Horseshoe-crab mating draws crowds in Delaware - The Seattle Times
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Beach party: Horseshoe-crab mating draws crowds in Delaware The Seattle Times In one of nature's longest-running — and oddest-looking — spring flings, spawning horseshoe crabs have been coming ashore in Delaware every May and June since prehistoric times. By J. Freedom du Lac Mia Cellini, 9, left, and Tiara Ritter, 12, ... Marine Science Majors Conduct Field Research with Horseshoe Crab Census |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:33:03 PM
'Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms,' by Richard Fortey - New York Times
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 New York Times | 'Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms,' by Richard Fortey New York Times The horseshoe crabs, velvet worms and other venerable creatures he encounters are Earth's true conservatives. “We've devised a system that works very well for our niche,” they would tell us. “No big changes necessary. |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:33:03 PM
How to save horseshoe crabs and red knot birds - Washington Post
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How to save horseshoe crabs and red knot birds Washington Post Regarding the May 12 front-page article “A G-rated spring fling”: Readers should know that the horseshoe crab's future remains uncertain, as does that of the red knot and other shorebird species dependent upon excess crab eggs for food. |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:33:03 PM
Volunteers report horseshoe crab population increase - Delmarva Now
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 University of Delaware | Volunteers report horseshoe crab population increase Delmarva Now Charlie Taylor of the Center for the Inland Bays conducts a horseshoe crab count at Tower Road, south of Dewey Beach, with help from Peggy Hepburn, Kathy and Ernie Smith and Sarah Kelly. / CHUCK SNYDER/DELAWARE COAST PRESS REHOBOTH BEACH -- Volunteers ... Horseshoe crabs yield more questions than answers The Most Magical Time in the Bay |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:33:03 PM
Horseshoe Crab & Shorebird Festival comes to Milton and Prime Hook May 26 - Cape Gazette
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Horseshoe Crab & Shorebird Festival comes to Milton and Prime Hook May 26 Cape Gazette The Ninth Annual Horseshoe Crab & Shorebird Festival will take place in Milton and at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, May 26. This family-friendly, ecofriendly festival stretches from Prime Hook National ... |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:33:03 PM
No Moonbird, but plenty of red knots - Sussex Countian
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No Moonbird, but plenty of red knots Sussex Countian This statue of a rufa red knot, complete with the famous B95 band, was the closes anyone got to spotting Moonbird during the Peace, Love and Horseshoe Crab Festival at the DuPont Nature Center near Milford on Saturday. By Scott Goss If Moonbird was ... |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:33:03 PM
In Westport, Blumenthal floats plan for Long Island Sound preserve - Westport-News
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In Westport, Blumenthal floats plan for Long Island Sound preserve Westport-News Photo: Andrew Brophy / Westport News contributed Rindy Higgins, director of the Nature Center at Sherwood Island, shows a unique horseshoe crab with two tails during Sunday's annual meeting of the Friends of Sherwood Island. |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:33:03 PM
Horseshoe crab festival this weekend - The News Journal
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Horseshoe crab festival this weekend The News Journal Education displays is one of many features at the Peace, Love and Horshoe Crabs Festival near Slaughter Beach. / News Journal file The third annual Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crabs Festival, celebrating the annual migration of shorebirds and spawning ... |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:33:03 PM
Mark Sampson: Getting to know nature can help - Delmarva Daily Times
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Mark Sampson: Getting to know nature can help Delmarva Daily Times Though knowing about the different types of whales, dolphins, sea grasses, corals, sponges or even the lowly horseshoe crab may not have the direct result of getting a finicky tuna to take your bait,or rockfish to bite your bucktail, such knowledge ... |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 07:33:03 PM
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