I'm wondering if Baker et al. (see below) have backed off their silly
extinction by 2010 claim for rufa Red Knot yet?  NJ Audubon certainly is
still using it in their campaign to halt Horseshoe Crab harvesting in
Delaware Bay.

[Baker, Allan J., Patricia M. Gonzalez, Theunis Piersma, Lawrence J. Niles,
Ines de Lima Serrano do Nascimento, Phillip W. Atkinson, Nigel A. Clark,
Clive D.T. Minton, Mark K. Peck, and Geert Aarts. 2004. Rapid population
declines in red knots: fitness consequences of decreased refueling rates and
late arrival in Delaware Bay. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
(B). 271: 875-882.]

Richard Heil
S. Peabody, MA
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Subject: [SHOREBIRDS] Nassau Sound, FL migration



> Also, at Huguenot Park, on the north side of the mouth of the St. Johns
River near Jacksonville, were two flocks containing a total of approx 800
Red Knots.
>
> Bob Wallace
> New Smyrna Beach FL
>