Many shorebirds nest in the Arctic and winter ... The birds leave their winter home in May, arriving in New Jersey in mid-May. They stop, rest and eat, feeding heavily on the eggs of horseshoe ...

tells NJ Spotlight News’ Jon Hurdle. “We’re trying to improve conditions on our side of the bay, and the birds coming back are evidence of that.” Red knot shorebirds stop in the bay during ...

LACEY, NJ — A $9.7 million grant from the National ... while benefiting native vegetation and critically endangered shorebirds, such as the eastern black rail and saltmarsh sparrow," according ...