[obol] Red Knot news

[Ann Chamberlain]

Wow!  Something done right for a change!

One of the great moments of my life as a teenager was seeing the 
thousands and thousands of Red Knots along the beaches of Delaware Bay, 
just northwest of Cape May.  It was a sight to see.  The last time I 
went down there before moving to OR, the difference in bird population 
was shocking.

I have watched the decline of both horseshoe crabs and red knots for 
many years in NJ and it was very disheartening, to say the least.  All 
my life we had horsecrabs in our estuary but they had virtually 
disappeared by the time I moved.

I am so thrilled to hear that the ban on taking horseshoe crabs is 
semi-permanent.

One for the good guys!

Ann outside Myrtle Creek