Bill > HB189

This bill designates the Red Knot, a sandpiper bird known for its distinctive red chest plumage, as Delaware's official state migratory bird. The bill highlights the significance of the Red Knot to Delaware's ecology and natural history, noting that these birds undertake an impressive annual migration of up to 9,000 miles and are critically dependent on the Delaware bays during their spring migration. Specifically, up to 90 percent of the Rufa subspecies of Red Knots can be found along Delaware's bays in a single day during migration, and the birds rely on horseshoe crab eggs as an important food source. By adding a new section to Chapter 3 of Title 29 of the Delaware Code, the bill formally recognizes the Red Knot's importance to the state's environmental landscape and creates an official designation that celebrates the bird's unique relationship with Delaware's coastal ecosystems.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Government Affairs

https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142404