Red Knot/State Migratory Bird, the official text

SPONSOR: Rep. Phillips & Sen. Hansen
                                                                 Rep. Carson

                                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                          153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

                                                 HOUSE BILL NO. 189

    AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE MIGRATORY BIRD.

1   WHEREAS, Red Knots are a sandpiper with an unmistakable red plumage on its chest; and

2   WHEREAS, Red Knots are migratory birds, traveling up to 9000 miles per year; and

3   WHEREAS, the Delaware bays are a critical stop on the annual migration of Red Knots; and

4   WHEREAS, up to 90 percent of the Red Knot subspecies Rufa can be found along the Delaware bays in a single

5 day during the spring migration; and

6   WHEREAS, horseshoe crab eggs are an important food source for Red Knots; and

7   WHEREAS, the Red Knots are synonymous with Delaware’s bays and wetlands during the Spring; and

8   WHEREAS, Red Knots are an important part of Delaware’s history and ecology.

9   NOW, THEREFORE:

10  BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

11  Section 1. Amend Chapter 3, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and

12 insertions as shown by underline as follows:

13  § 334. State migratory bird.

14  The Red Knot is the official migratory bird of Delaware.

                                                             SYNOPSIS
    This Act designates the Red Knot as the State migratory bird.

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