Hi all

I just read an article in a Frederick newspaper regarding the "possible 
extinction" of the red knot by the year 2010.  The article was 
unbelievable!!  What a sad thing to happen.  It stated that the probable 
cause was the overharvesting of the horsecrab.  The article states that 
"17,600 birds were counted in Tierra del Fuego in February--13000 fewer 
birds than last year at the same time".  Also noted in the article--"once 
100,000 red knots flocked to the Delaware Bay but last year there were 
only 13,315". I am sadden by the fact that yet another bird is joining the 
endangered/extinct list.

Good birding to all,
Janelle Dietrich
Bowie, MD
Anne Arundel Bird Club