Calling all citizen scientists....help tag horseshoe crabs on the shores of Delaware Bay!
www.horseshoecrabtagging.org
Join us on New Jersey Bayshore beaches to tag horseshoe crabs and re-sight tagged crabs to collect additional data for the management of horseshoe crabs and their habitat.
The Horseshoe Crab is a fundamental part of the Delaware Bay's ecology and is essential to the life cycle of migratory shore birds. The spawning season of the Horseshoe Crab is the only time they come ashore and unfortunately this season is just a few short weeks in May and June which leaves us with a very small window of time to monitor the health of this species. We need your help tagging and monitoring the Horseshoe Crabs!
Through May and June we will be holding horseshoe crab tagging and tag re-sighting events. These events are being held along the Delaware Bay on the New Jersey side at Dyers Cove, Fortescue, Moores, and Thompsons beaches in Cumberland County, and on south Reeds, Cooks, Kimbles, and Pierces Point beaches in Cape May County.
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Unfortunately they creep me out too much and I couldn't touch one. Something about their legs, maybe too spidery? Anyway, I hope it goes well. In addition to doing something positive for the environment, people would get to exercise out in the fresh air.
