endangered animals

In this report I will be reporting on the habitat and type of life of the endangered Red Knot bird. The scientific name of the Red Knot is Calidrus canutus . In Delaware, the Red Knot is classified as an endangered species (red 1). The bird can be found as far north as the arctic islands of Canada and as far south as southern South America on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Its habitats are very diverse. They range from tropical beaches to wintry tidal flats. In the wintry season the Knot relies on feeding on seeds and other plant life in the area. In the summer they scourge the beaches for small crustations and insects (Knot 2). The Knot breeds on wet tundra and lays their eggs in small nests made of beach grass and twigs. Once the baby birds hatch and get a little older they must make their first trip to the south. Recently though the Knots breeding habitat has been overpopulated by the Sprawling population of Canadian Snow Geese (wildlife2 ). The current number of Red Knot is one hundred thousand to two hundred and fifty thousand while there are eight hundred thousand snow geese. The problem with this is that they both reproduce in the same area and the geese devour all the Red Knots food because they are much larger birds (wildlife2). However the main threat to these animals are humans. First of all human beings are constantly invading the birds habitat and destroying it or taking it over. This is a problem since this kills all of their food and leaves them with nowhere to live. To solve this problem we must stop carelessly taking the land that they need and building on waterfront property for ourselves. Also the pollution that mankind makes is destroying habitats. Chemicals and trash in the ocean is killing the small cru stations that the Knots survive on. Actually these pollutants are killing countless numbers of species worldwide. To end this we must find better and cleaner ways of manufacturing and disposing of our goods. Works Cited	Dutch
1. Red Knot. Wildlife Conservation Society. 2000. http://wcs.org/home/18/580/720 2. Red Knot. Audubon. 2000. http://www.audubon.org/bird/watch 3. The Species Spotlight. The Nature Conservancy. 2001. http://nature.org/states/delaware/science/art1022.html
Written by: Jerry Joyce P.7-8	(geschreven door)