Broad strategies to be taken to address the threats to the survival and recovery of Common Nighthawk are presented in section 6.2: Strategic Direction for Recovery.

→ Finally, visit Parks Canada booths #45, 46 and 47 and explore the migration route of the Red Knot rufa, a species on the edge of extinction.

Habitat loss at stopover sites along the shores of the American Atlantic Coast have prompted a sharp 80 per cent population decline in the North American breeding populations of the Red Knot since 2000.

The Endangered red knot subspecies (Calidris canutus rufa) has suffered a 70 per cent decline since 1982.

The Canadian Wildlife Federation also supports several research projects with its Species at Risk Fund, including projects on the Polar Bear, the Ivory Gull and the Red Knot.

Horseshoe crabs are also important in the food chain, especially for birds like the Red Knott, which rely upon the eggs for fuel over their 16,000 km migratory journey