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Delaware Bay May 2011 { 35 images } Created 3 Jun 2011

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  • A pair of Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) spawning at the surf line at sunrise participate in one of the great natural spectacles in the eastern US, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SpawningHorseshoeCrabsSunrise1.tif
  • An Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) returns to the Delaware Bay after spawning on the beaches at Port Mahon, Delaware.
    HorshoeCrabReturningToSurfRE2.tif
  • A pair of Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) spawning at the surf line at sunrise participate in one of the great natural spectacles in the eastern US, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SpawningHorseshoeCrabsSunrise2.tif
  • An Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) remains buried in the sand at the surf line at sunrise after an evening of spawning, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SpawningHorseshoeCrabsSunrise4.tif
  • A pair of Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) are almost covered by the surf while spawning at sunrise, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SpawningHorseshoeCrabsSunrise5.tif
  • An Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) returns to the Delaware Bay at sunrise after an evening of spawning, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SpawningHorseshoeCrabsSunrise8.tif
  • A pair of Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) are drawn out into the surf while spawning at sunrise, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SpawningHorseshoeCrabsSunrise3.tif
  • A spent female Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) remains at the surf line at sunrise after an evening of spawning, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SpawningHorseshoeCrabsSunrise10.tif
  • A spawning Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) returns to the Delaware Bay at sunrise after an evening of spawning, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SpawningHorseshoeCrabsSunrise9.tif
  • An Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) returns to the Delaware Bay at sunrise after an evening of spawning, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SpawningHorseshoeCrabsSunrise11.tif
  • An Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) fights to remain upright in the surf as it returns to the Delaware Bay at sunrise after an evening of spawning, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    HorseshoeCrabsSunriseSurfAbstract.tif
  • An Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) returns to the Delaware Bay after spawning on the beaches at Port Mahon, Delaware. Black and white image.
    HorshoeCrabReturningToSurfRE2BW.tif
  • Close-up image of Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) eggs lining the surf line at sunrise.  These eggs unburied by the surf and the digging of subsequent crabs provide crucial food for shorebirds stopping over on their northward migration.
    HorseshoeCrabEggs.tif
  • A pair of ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) sitting on decaying old dock structures are partially silhoutted against the sunrise; with a crab boat on the horizon, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    RuddyTurnstonePortMahonSunrise3.tif
  • A flock of ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) sitting on decaying old dock structures are partially silhoutted against the sunrise, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    RuddyTurnstonePortMahonSunrise2.tif
  • An individual ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) sitting on a decaying old dock structure is partially silhoutted against the sunrise, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    RuddyTurnstonePortMahonSunrise1.tif
  • Each year hundreds of thousands of shorebirds arrive in the Delaware Bay to feed on the eggs of spawning horseshoe crabs.  This semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) was part of a flock of sandpipers feeding on eggs at the Logan Tract of the Ted Harvey Conservation Area, Kitts Hummock, Delaware. A spawning crab is visible in the background.
    SemipalmatedForagingLogan1.tif
  • A semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) preens amongst a group of feeding and resting sandpipers, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpiperPreening.tif
  • A least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) forages for horseshoe crab eggs near a semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), Port Mahon, Delaware.
    LeastSandpiperForaging1.tif
  • A flock of semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) feeding on horseshoe crab eggs take flight in response to an aerial predator, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpipersTakingFlight.tif
  • Each year hundreds of thousands of shorebirds arrive in the Delaware Bay to feed on the eggs of spawning horseshoe crabs.  This semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) was part of a flock of sandpipers feeding on eggs at the Logan Tract of the Ted Harvey Conservation Area, Kitts Hummock, Delaware. A spawning crab is visible in the background. Black and white image.
    SemipalmatedForagingLogan1BW.tif
  • A short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) pauses while foraging on horseshoe crab eggs, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    ShortBilledDowitcher.tif
  • An adult dunlin (Calidris alpina) forages for horseshoe crab eggs along with semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) on the shores of the Delaware Bay, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    DunlinSemipalmated1.tif
  • A semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) chirps a vocal warning at another sandpiper that has come too close to its perch, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpiperWarning.tif
  • An adult dunlin (Calidris alpina) and semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) forage together for horseshoe crab eggs on the shores of the Delaware Bay, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    DunlinSemipalmatedForaging.tif
  • A semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) perches on a rock, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpiperRocks.tif
  • An adult dunlin (Calidris alpina) eats a horseshoe crab egg as it forages along with semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) on the shores of the Delaware Bay, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    DunlinEatingCrabEgg.tif
  • An adult ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) sits on a rock in Mispillion Harbor, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.  Turnstones stopover in Delaware Bay to fuel up on horseshoe crab eggs during their northward migration.
    RuddyTurnstoneMispillion1.tif
  • A semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) shakes out its plumage after bathing in a shallow pool near the Mispillion Inlet, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpiperBathing.tif
  • An adult ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) sits on a rock in Mispillion Harbor, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.  Turnstones stopover in Delaware Bay to fuel up on horseshoe crab eggs during their northward migration.
    RuddyTurnstoneMispillion2.tif
  • Two semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) forage in a shallow pool near the Mispillion Inlet, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.
    SemipalmatedSandpipersForaging.tif
  • An adult ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) sits on a rock in Mispillion Harbor, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.  Turnstones stopover in Delaware Bay to fuel up on horseshoe crab eggs during their northward migration.
    RuddyTurnstoneMispillion3.tif
  • A semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) shakes out its plumage after bathing in a shallow pool near the Mispillion Inlet, Slaughter Beach, Delaware. Black and white image.
    SemipalmatedSandpiperBathingBW.tif
  • An adult laughing gull (Larus atricilla) forages for horseshoe crab eggs along the shore, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    LaughingGullForaging.tif
  • An adult male red-winged blackbird perches on a rock after foraging for horseshoe crab eggs along the shore of the Delaware Bay, Port Mahon, Delaware.
    RedWingedBlackbirdPortMahon.tif