Horseshoe crabs all around

Grant and I got up early to go to the Deleware shore hoping to see the migrating Red Nut Red Knot who stops in to feast on the horseshoe crab eggs. We had no idea that we would see thousands of horseshoe crabs inthe process of laying eggs. It was pretty incredible. We of course went on a crusade to flip all the up turned crabs. We flipped many but there many more left either get picked up by the tide or become bird dinner. We think we saw the red nut, but can't confirm until we get home. We are headed back to the cabin (a tech free zone) and i'll post pics when we return to DC.

Comments

[Suzanne]

Emily, you're exactly right, it was the red knot that we were looking for. Serves me right for blogging from my phone and writing from memory.

[Emily]

That looks awesome! I think you mean the "Red Knot" bird. There's no "red nut" bird. I've never seen one myself, but being a birdwatcher obsessed with shorebirds, I'm familiar with it.

[dcjay]

Is the red nut a bird?

[Kala]

Wow, that's really cool!