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Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Above and below: In breeding plumage with Short-billed Dowitchers (griseus subspecies) at Flag Pond SP, Maryland (5/21/2005).
And check out below: the Red Knot is hanging out with the flute-playing fertility god Kokopelli, at left.
Finally some good news for the Red Knot population?
Below two: The endangered Red Knot depends on the Horseshoe Crab eggs on its journey north. Please contact the American Bird Conservancy to help protect this species. Photographed along Port Mahon Road, Delaware (5/20/2006).
Above: Red Knot in focus, third from the right. Below: To the right of a Laughing Gull.
Below: A large flock of Red Knots on Assateague Island, Maryland (9/18/2011). This flock consisted of 62 birds, overwhelmingly juveniles. The total for the northern part of the ORV/OSV zone was 77 birds, a very high count for Maryland in fall. Note the molting adult bird that still retains old coverts and a bit of red plumage on its belly.
Below: Juvenile Red Knot - Note the neat, crisp patterning in the fresh plumage - Assateague Island, Maryland (9/18/2011).
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Below: Juvenile (left) and adult (right) Red Knots - Note the adults retained coverts, fresh scapulars, and retained red on the belly - Assateague Island, Maryland (9/18/2011)
Below: In non-breeding plumage on the Gulf coast of Florida (2/2005).
Below: Photo taken on Assateague Island, Maryland (6/5/2005).
