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    The red knot or just knot (Calidris canutus) is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada,...
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    red knot celebrated for its longevity as the oldest known member of its species. The bird, a male of the Calidris canutus rufa subspecies of the red knot...
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    In topology, knot theory is the study of mathematical knots. While inspired by knots which appear in daily life, such as those in shoelaces and rope,...
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    as the great knot, is the largest species of the genus Calidris (sandpiper), in the family Scolopacidae. Its sister species, the red knot, is the next...
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  • Look up knot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A knot is a fastening in rope or interwoven lines. Knot or knots may also refer to: Knot (unit), of speed...
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    population in Delaware Bay is hypothesized to endanger the future of the red knot. Red knots, long-distance migratory shorebirds, feed on the protein-rich eggs...
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    Windsor knot, sometimes referred to as a full Windsor (or misleadingly as a double Windsor) to distinguish it from the half-Windsor, is a knot used to...
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    true lover's knot, also called true love knot or simply love-knot amongst others, is used for many distinct knots. The association of knots with the symbolism...
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    shape having a symbolic meaning. The most common color used in Chinese knotting is red, a color associated with luck in Chinese culture, although any color...
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    Ornithology sandpiper search results RedKnot.org links to shorebird recovery sites, movies, events & other information on red knot rufa and horseshoe crabs....
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    Atlantic horseshoe crab (category IUCN Red List vulnerable species)
    horseshoe crab or red knot populations. In opposition, Delaware environmental secretary John Hughes concluded that a decline in the red knot bird population...
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    red lines slip bight, or as the red working end when tying the non-slip version (A & C). If they end up on opposite sides (B & C), the resulting knot...
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    grey-coloured waterside birds. The genus contain 24 species: Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris Red knot, Calidris canutus Surfbird, Calidris virgata Ruff, Calidris...
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    The Palomar knot (/ˈpæləmɑːr/ PAL-ə-mar) is a knot that is used for securing a fishing line to a fishing lure, snap or swivel. To tie the knot first double...
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    A knot garden is a garden style that was popularized in 16th century England : 60–61  and is now considered an element of the formal English garden. A...
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    Madeleine Vesey Country (2000) as Miriam Jessica (2004 – TV) as Hester Bergman Red Knot (2014) as Lisa Harrow Step Dave (2014 – TV) as Marion Gray Henry (2017)...
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    Sheet bend (redirect from Weaver's knot)
    first knot given in the Ashley Book of Knots. Additionally, it is one of the six knots given in the International Guild of Knot Tyers' Six Knot Challenge...
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    in 1991. Apollo, a grey parrot and subject of a YouTube channel B95, a red knot known for being the oldest known member of his species Barry, a barred...
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    great knots, red knots, red-necked stints, grey-tailed tattlers, Terek sandpipers, pied oystercatchers, greater sand plovers, Oriental plovers, red-capped...
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  • Devil's Knot is a 2013 American biographical crime drama film directed by Atom Egoyan and adapted from Mara Leveritt's 2002 book of the same name. The...
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    In knot tying, a bight is a curved section or slack part between the two ends of a rope, string, or yarn. A knot that can be tied using only the bight...
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    Sanderling (category IUCN Red List least concern species)
    stint, or a sanderling in winter plumage can be mistaken for a dunlin or red knot. It can be told from other small wading birds, given good views, by its...
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  • the flats, which are also frequented by bar-tailed godwit, grey plover, red knot, oystercatcher and redshank. For curlew, dunlin and shelduck, the site...
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    Chinese button knot is essentially a knife lanyard knot where the lanyard loop is shortened to a minimum, i.e. tightened to the knot itself. There emerges...
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    dunlin, Eurasian curlew, grey plover and common redshank. The Algarve hosts red knot, common greenshank and turnstone. The Guadalquivir Marshes region of Andalusia...
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    grey phalarope. The area is an important staging area for brent goose and red knot. The common seal and the grey seal have their main haul-out on the islands...
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    The red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) is a small migratory wader. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle...
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    species that have been recorded include the little bittern, black bittern, red knot, jack snipe and pied avocet (on transient sandbanks). The sanctuary is...
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  • to temperature, BMR also may adjust before annual migration cycles. The red knot (ssp. islandica) increases its BMR by about 40% before migrating northward...
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    in its traditional delimitations and should be restricted to the stout red knot and its allies. The genus Erolia was often used for the stints ever since...
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