red knot

She became concerned because the red knot is an endangered species.

It took a few minutes for Wesley, who had a red knot on his forehead, to get up.

She recalled how thickly red knots covered the beach 25 years ago.

In recent years, though, bird-watchers have found the red knot population declining drastically.

Red Knots can double their weight prior to migration.

The Red Knot nests on the ground, near water, and usually inland.

In the strict algebra of the red knots' survival, the variables are numerous.

Red Knots are also able to change the size of their digestive organs seasonally.

"The red knot population declined by 50 percent in the Western Hemisphere between 2000 and 2002," he said.

This bird is closely related to the more widespread Red Knot.

He had a red knot on his forehead about the size of an egg, but didn't look too worse for wear.

A new study supports the ecological reliance of red knots on horseshoe crabs.

Precipitous declines in the population of the red knots have been observed in recent years.

There were about a thousand sanderlings along a point on a stretch of closed beach, but no red knots.

But last week two species in which populations are declining, the red knot and the black-crowned night heron, were added to the threatened list.

The area is important staging area for brent goose and Red Knot.

They also asked that beaches scheduled to reopen today remain closed, while the migrating red knots remain in the bay.

While that will probably not affect the fly-through of the red knot this year, Mr. Watson said it would be a problem in years ahead.

In most cases, astronomers said, red knots in the spiral arms pinpointed rich star-forming regions.

The red knots are near extinction, and environmentalists think a moratorium on harvesting horseshoe crabs will improve chances for survival.

Low horseshoe crab populations in the Delaware Bay is hypothesized to endanger the future of the red knot.

Red Knot, a wading bird (simply called "Knot" in Europe)

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During spring, thousands of Red Knots stop to rest and feed along the shores of Porsangerfjord.

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