Tagging Horseshoe Crabs

Tonight's one of the nights for tagging horseshoe crabs...   The tagging is done timed with the nights before and after the full moon and new moons in mid May and early June as that is when a great number of the Horseshoe crabs come ashore to spwan and lay their eggs on the beaches along the NJ and Delaware beaches of the Dealware Bay.
Last year my sister, Jenny and I along with friends Danielle and Charles and Sherri and Barry all went the same night to help out with the tagging.  Tonight's adventure will not include any of those people but will include another friend, Susan who is also a photographer and nature lover.

Here are several pictures from last year - collecting the crabs and after they were tagged (below)