A Red-Knot Celebrity Is Back in Town: To the excitement of bird conservationists, one of the oldest known and lo...

A Red-Knot Celebrity Is Back in Town

A Red-Knot Celebrity Is Back in Town: To the excitement of bird conservationists, one of the oldest known and lo...

Patricia M. González B95, a red knot, is thought to be at least 19 years old and to have logged more than 350,000 miles. On Monday morning, Patricia M. Gonzalez, an Argentine biologist, was standing on the balcony of a house in Reeds Beach, N.J., peering through a telescope at shorebirds. She spotted a bird with an orange band around its leg, possibly suggesting that it had been tagged in South America. It was then that she realized that B95 , a legendary red knot , was walking across the sand in front of her. “My hands were shaking and my heart was beating fast,” said Dr. Gonzalez, who works for the Global Flyway Network and the Fundación Inalafquen in Rio Negro, Argentina, and is collaborating with a local conservation group in Delaware Bay. She rushed for her camera and pressed it against the telescope lens, snapping 10 photos in the hope that at least one would capture...

Full article: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/a-red-knot-cele...

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@DailyBirder » 07 Jun '12, 12am
B95, a 19-year old Red Knot found in Delaware Bay. It has likely migrated 350,000 miles during its life, so far: [link]
@nature_org » 30 May '12, 4pm
From @nytimesgreen: A Red-knot celebrity is back in town! [link] #greennews
@CelebStory » 30 May '12, 3pm
#Celeb News in: A Red-Knot Celebrity Is Back in Town [link]
@DaveMcGlinchey » 30 May '12, 1pm
Ironman shorebird seen in NJ. Six-ounce bird has flown length of the Americas at least 38 times (350,000 miles) [link]
@coaslsj » 30 May '12, 12pm
La vedette est de retour...19 ans, 350 000 miles au compteur (distance entre la terre et la lune) une belle... [link]
@ManometCenter » 30 May '12, 11am
Amazing bird B95 is "an inspiration and symbol of hope for the recovery of his kind and the coastlines they depend on.” [link]
@ManometCenter » 30 May '12, 11am
B95 "an inspiration and symbol of hope for the recovery of his kind and the coastlines they depend on” - Charles Duncan [link]
@WildTigerNews » 30 May '12, 2am
Absolutely! Thanks Kate :) RT @thetoasterboy: @WildTigerNews Agree! This is a nice story [link]
@TheToasterBoy » 30 May '12, 1am
@WildTigerNews Agree! This is a nice story [link]
@DoubleADrew » 30 May '12, 12am
RT @msbreen: Working late to promote Moonbird. Can't complain. This bird is remarkable! [link] @nature_org @nytimesgreen
@diegolunaq » 29 May '12, 11pm
A Red-Knot Celebrity Is Back in Town [link] @ManometCenter
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@GreenePlanet » 29 May '12, 11pm
A Red-Knot Celebrity Is Back in Town - To the excitement of bird conservationists, one of the oldest known and longe... [link]
@CP2E » 29 May '12, 10pm
This bird is a #rockstar-check out my friend @glennswain's piece on the legendary red knot: [link] @nytimes
@DoubleADrew » 29 May '12, 10pm
The Moonbird has landed! Awesome news, @PhillipHoose. [link]
@TheToasterBoy » 29 May '12, 10pm
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@shaniceswift » 29 May '12, 10pm
A Red-Knot Celebrity Is Back in Town - New York Times (blog): New York Times (blog)A Red-Knot Celebrity Is Back ... [link]
@msbreen » 29 May '12, 10pm
Working late to promote Moonbird. Can't complain. This bird is remarkable! [link] @nature_org @nytimesgreen
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@ALEXatSP » 29 May '12, 9pm
350K miles in the air? What is that, Super Elite status? “A Red-Knot Celebrity Is Back in Town” [link] #birding
@lectricmagnetic » 29 May '12, 9pm
A Red-Knot Celebrity Is Back in Town: Filed under: Environment News [link]
@organiclifezone » 29 May '12, 9pm
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A Red-Knot Celebrity Is Back in Town: To the excitement of bird conservationists, one of the oldest known and lo... [link]
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