{"id":14975,"date":"2014-05-16T04:35:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T10:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14975"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:50:19","slug":"red-knots-still-need-our-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/05\/16\/red-knots-still-need-our-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Knots Still Need Our Help"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RedRed Knot feeding in early morning light – Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I have written before on how Red Knots are\u00a0a species on the edge<\/a><\/span> because of\u00a0plummeting populations declines and today they still need our help.<\/p>\n

Red Knot populations are in serious decline partly due to the over-harvesting of Horseshoe Crabs along the Atlantic coast of the United States, the eggs of which are an important food source for this species.<\/p>\n

Red Knots fatten up on the crab eggs during their long migration north and without the stored energy those eggs provide many breeding adults do not have enough body mass to make\u00a0the journey\u00a0to the Arctic tundra to successfully breed.<\/p>\n

Some states have helped by regulating the harvest of Horseshoe Crabs but these shorebirds still need our help.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed protecting the Red Knot under the Endangered Species Act, and is accepting public comments through May 19, 2014<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Please consider raising your voice\u00a0and send a message to the FWS that imperiled\u00a0Red Knots need\u00a0our support now.<\/p>\n

We have just three days left in the commenting period<\/em>. \u00a0You can easily send a letter of support\u00a0to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through Audubon by clicking here. (Link is no longer valid)<\/p>\n

Thank you in advance for your help.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Red Knot photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25,704,176],"tags":[4004,4021,4053,4150,2253,2542,4040,16676,4523,10209,3975,2540,2541],"class_list":["post-14975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-red-knots","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-calidris-canutus","tag-endangered-2","tag-endangered-species-act","tag-feeding","tag-help","tag-red-knot","tag-red-knots","tag-shorebird","tag-threatened","tag-u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-knot-breeding-mia-mcpherson-7851.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-3Tx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2661,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/07\/07\/red-knots-a-species-on-the-edge\/","url_meta":{"origin":14975,"position":0},"title":"Red Knots – A Species On The Edge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"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.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Flock of Red Knots flying by at Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-knots-flock-flight-mia-mcpherson-8626.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-knots-flock-flight-mia-mcpherson-8626.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-knots-flock-flight-mia-mcpherson-8626.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/red-knots-flock-flight-mia-mcpherson-8626.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":747,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/09\/06\/birds-with-bands\/","url_meta":{"origin":14975,"position":1},"title":"Birds With Bands","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"As a bird photographer it can some times be disheartening when you have great light, a wonderful setting and a beautiful specimen of a bird in front of your lens when you see the \"jewelry\" (bands) that some birds will be wearing.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Banded Piping Plover at Fort De Soto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/piping-plover-with-bands-mia-mcpherson-3385.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/piping-plover-with-bands-mia-mcpherson-3385.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/piping-plover-with-bands-mia-mcpherson-3385.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/piping-plover-with-bands-mia-mcpherson-3385.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6821,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/17\/red-knot-in-early-morning-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":14975,"position":2},"title":"Red Knot In Early Morning Light","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A simple image of a Red Knot taken in Florida in early morning light. 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