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Life Along The Delaware Bay: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

What I didn’t know was how this relationship actually works: the mechanics of Red Knot migration, the reduced digestive systems necessary for their long flighta, the need to fatten up quickly so they can fly to the Arctic and breed, how they compete with other shorebirds and gulls and, it turns out, humans, for horseshoe crab eggs.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

I walked into an enormous dining area filled with rehabbers, and they were all eating lasagna and talking about the kind of animal medical issues that would send most people running from the room. And don’t forget, I’m the one coming out of solitude and ready to rejoin humanity in March of 2020. I thought, “Finally!