From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters, communities take root in the land and water. We live, work, laugh and grow alongside our human and animal neighbors alike. We may not know their names or always see them, but we recognize their songs, their tracks and, when they’re gone, their absence. When thinking about Delaware Bay, you may conjure an image of brackish, fresh and saltwater lapping at the shore and the thousands of boats passing through each day. It is the second busiest waterway in the United States after the Mississippi River. Some of Delaware Bay’s most important visitors only pass through in the spring. They literally flock to the shores in the hundred-thousands. Image USFWS Meet the Shorebirds of Delaware Bay Whether you are standing on the Delaware or New Jersey shore of the Delaware Bay, residents and tourists alike may see huge numbers of sanderlings, semipalmated sandpipers and ruddy turnstone forage.…