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Red Knots Forage for Horseshoe Crab Eggs at Delaware Bay

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Red knots forage for horseshoe crab eggs and other invertebrates on the beaches of Delaware Bay.  The bird on the left has a white leg flag marked with an "EX." It was initially capture in Canada in the fall of 2008.

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