The Importance of the Delaware Bay
Highest weight gains ever reported
bird arrive at very low weights, less than 120 g unlike other stopovers where they arrive at weight g
Notes:
The horseshoe crab eggs help the red knot especially because they arrive in such poor condition. After a nonstop flight from Brazil, they arrive at weights as low as 90 grams, down from weights as high as 225 grams when they leave Brazil. In just a few weeks they must rebuild their weights for the flight to the Arctic.