Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) and semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla), the crabs are coming ashore to breed at high tide and the

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Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) and semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla), the crabs are coming ashore to breed at high tide and the birds are feeding on their eggs, Delaware bay, New Jersey

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