Wednesday 13 September 2017

Banded Knot



I am always excited to find banded birds, for it gives a vision into the travels of these marathon migrants.  My excitement multiplies two fold when the banded bird is a Red Knot.  This threatened aviator has one of the longest migrations of any bird.  Every year it travels more than 9,000 miles (14,000 km) from the Arctic to the southern tip of South America and back.  The most famous banded Red Knot, B95 aka Moon Bird, is over 20 years old and have flown the equivalent of the distance from the earth to the moon and back.
I saw a banded Red Knot on September 8th at River Bay, St. Lucy.  The bird looked healthy and was busy feeding in the decaying Sargassum Seaweed that littered the beach.  The bird was banded at Kimbles Beach New Jersey, United States on May 18th, 2011 and had many sightings since then.
Here are links about Red Knot Migration and banded Red Knot B95

Here is a list of the sightings:
2011
·         5/19/2011 - Kimbles Beach - north, New Jersey, United States
·         5/20/2011 - Kimbles Beach - north, New Jersey, United States
·         5/25/2011 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/25/2011 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2011 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2011 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2011 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/27/2011 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/27/2011 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/27/2011 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/28/2011 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
2012
·         5/23/2012 - Cooks Beach - south, New Jersey, United States
·         5/24/2012 - Fortescue - Raybins Beach, New Jersey, United States
·         7/31/2012 - Little Piskwamish - north flats, Ontario, Canada
2013
·         5/16/2013 - Fortescue - Raybins Beach, New Jersey, United States
·         5/19/2013 - Fortescue - Raybins Beach, New Jersey, United States
·         5/19/2013 - Fortescue - Raybins Beach, New Jersey, United States
·         5/19/2013 - Fortescue - Raybins Beach, New Jersey, United States
 2014
·         5/18/2014 - Reeds Beach - south, New Jersey, United States
·         5/26/2014 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2014 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2014 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2014 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2014 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         8/4/2014 - Little Piskwamish - south flats, Ontario, Canada
·         8/10/2014 - Little Piskwamish - north flats, Ontario, Canada
·         8/10/2014 - Little Piskwamish - north flats, Ontario, Canada
·         8/10/2014 - Little Piskwamish - north flats, Ontario, Canada
·         8/10/2014 - Little Piskwamish - north flats, Ontario, Canada
·         8/23/2014 - Little Piskwamish - north flats, Ontario, Canada
2015
·         5/23/2015 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/25/2015 - Fortescue - Raybins Beach, New Jersey, United States
·         5/25/2015 - Mispillion Harbor Point, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2015 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2015 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2015 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/27/2015 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/28/2015 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/28/2015 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/28/2015 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/28/2015 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/28/2015 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/28/2015 - Mispillion Harbor - Back Beach, Delaware, United States
·         5/29/2015 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
2017
·         5/25/2017 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2017 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2017 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2017 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/26/2017 - Mispillion Harbor, Delaware, United States
·         5/31/2017 - Fortescue - Raybins Beach, New Jersey, United States
·         9/08/2017 – River Bay, St. Lucy, Barbados

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