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