Red knots and horseshoe crab Delaware

Several gray, brown and white birds--red knots--stand in the edge of the water. The shell of a horseshoe crab is visible in front of them.

Photo By/Credit

Gregory Breese/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

05/20/2009

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Red knots and horseshoe crab.

Ecosystem

Coastal

Species

Calidris canutus rufa

Subject tags

Birds

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Migratory birds

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