Red knots and horseshoe crabs at Mispillion Harbor

Red-breasted migratory birds called red knots crowd the water's edge to feed on the eggs of horseshoe crabs in spring in Mispillion Harbor in Delaware.

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Gregory Breese/USFWS

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Migratory birds called red knots feed on the eggs of horseshoe crabs in spring in Mispillion Harbor in Delaware.

Facility

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Coastal

Recreational Activity

Wildlife watching

Birding

Species

Calidris canutus rufa

Limulus polyphemus

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Animal health

Climate change

Coasts

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Marine ecology

Migratory birds

Wildlife viewing

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