Red Knot

 

Red Knots occur on all continents except Antarctica and migrate exceptionally long distances from the High Arctic to wintering spots in southern South America, Africa and Australia.

Their numbers have declined in North America in recent decades owing in part to unsustainable harvest of horseshoe crab eggs. All About Birds.

Look for Red Knots on sandy beaches.

Red Knots are plump sandpipers that turn from a non descript bland grey into a stunningly beautiful shorebird in the mating season.

I catch the lazy ones on the beach at Cape San Blas Florida in late February.