This Knot was one of Howards birds seen at Hest Bank 2 February. The bird was ringed in the East Dutch area of the Wadden Sea in November 2018, and was the first sighting since then.
Howards amazing encounter with the Knot at Heysham recently, has prompted me to be reminded of Moonbird who has featured on Birds2blog before. If you'd like to be reminded, or maybe never heard of him as the toughest 4 ounces on the planet, please read Here
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This is the last known sighting of Moonbird, it was made along the Delaware Bay on 28 May 2014 at Reeds Beach, New Jersey, USA. Unfortunately, I haven't succeeded in getting any more up to date on this.
Recommended reading....MOONBIRD. A YEAR ON THE WIND WITH THE GREAT SURVIVOR B95. Phillip Hoose.
Thanks to Barry for his excellent header image of the Little Gulls seen at Knott End 11 February, displaced by the recent storms Ciara and Dennis....Stand by for Storm Ella, coming to and area near you soon!....And I'm still not back into the birding scene yet.
This is the last known sighting of Moonbird, it was made along the Delaware Bay on 28 May 2014 at Reeds Beach, New Jersey, USA. Unfortunately, I haven't succeeded in getting any more up to date on this.
Thanks to Barry for his excellent header image of the Little Gulls seen at Knott End 11 February, displaced by the recent storms Ciara and Dennis....Stand by for Storm Ella, coming to and area near you soon!....And I'm still not back into the birding scene yet.
I would be over the moon if Moonbird was sighted again, Pete, but I guess the odds are against it - particularly as Red Knot in the Arctic are giving such concern with their body-mass decreasing.
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