Episode #065: Life Along the Delaware Bay
Book Cover “Life Along The Delaware Bay.” @ Jan Van de Kam All Rights Reserved.
Here is the archive of the Aug. 5, 2012, BirdCallsRadio show with Dr. Lawrence Niles, Dr. Joanna Burger and Dr. Amanda Dey, authors of “Life Along the Delaware Bay: Cape May, Gateway to a Million Shorebirds.”
Dr. Joanna Burger, holding an adult Great Egret in Barnegat Bay, ©Michael Gochfeld All Rights Reserved.
Take a listen as the authors discuss the inner workings of the book that features several chapters about different aspects of life at the Delaware Bay. Of special interest in this show are shorebirds and, in particular, the relationship between Horseshoe Crabs and Red Knots.
Dr. Amanda Dey holding an american oystercatcher caught with a cannon net at Brigantine NJ. © Lawrence Niles. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Lawrence Niles banding a red knot, caught on the Delaware Bay shorebird stopover in spring of 2011. ©Jan Van De Kam. All Rights Reserved.
Of course the conversation veers in different, and interesting, directions so give it a listen and, as always, thanks for supporting BirdCallsRadio. Listen to the show here. bcr 8-5-12 Niles,Burger,Dey