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Red Knots Still Need Our Help

By Mia McPherson|May 16th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Red Knots|Tags: adult, bird photography, bird watching, birding, birds, breeding plumage, Calidris canutus, Endangered, Endangered Species Act, feeding, nature photography, Red Knot, Red Knots, shorebird, threatened, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife photography|

I have written before on how Red Knots are a species on the edge because of plummeting populations declines and today they still need our help.

Red Knots – A species on the edge

By Mia McPherson|July 7th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Red Knots|Tags: Calidris canutus, declining, Horseshoe Crabs, long distance flyers, Pinellas County, populations, Red Knot, shorebirds, status, threatened|

Red Knots are on the edge of extinction and without further regulation of Horseshoe Crab harvesting in North America plus additional protection and conservation measures for Red Knots they may well disappear in our lifetime.