Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Resource Management Field Summary for August 12– August 18, 2010 

(Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Districts)

 

 

American Oystercatchers (AMOY):  

 

Location	Total Nests to Date	Active Nests	Nests Hatched	Nests Lost	Total Chicks Hatched	Unfledged Chicks	Chicks Lost	Fledged Chicks
Green Island	3	0	2	1	6	0	2	4
Bodie District	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
Bodie/Hatteras District	5	0	4	1	10	0	5	5
Hatteras District	12	0	9	3	22	0	4	18
Ocracoke District	6	0	5	1	9	1	6	2
CAHA TOTALS	28	0	21	7	48	1	18	29

 

2010 AMOY Breeding Pairs:  Twenty-three confirmed breeding pairs of AMOYs have been documented this year. 

 

Bodie District: All AMOY breeding activity has ended.  8 pairs fledged 9 chicks.

 

Hatteras District:  All AMOY breeding activity has ended.  11 pair fledged 18 chicks.

 

Ocracoke District:  

• North Ocracoke:  One pair has one fledged chick.  
• Other Beaches (Ramp 59-Ramp 72):  Two pairs have fledged one chick.
• South Point:  A pair hatched one chick on Friday 7/16. The chick has been observed daily along the Ocracoke Inlet shoreline and is 34 days old.  The chick was banded on 8/11 and should fledge sometime within the next two weeks.

 

Colonial Waterbirds (CWB):

            Bodie District:  

Colony BIC01- 0.8 mi S of Ramp 4 active with LETE chicks and fledglings. On 8/17, the 3-egg BLSK nest was still being incubated; expected hatch ~8/20.

 

Bodie Hatteras District:

Colony BHC01- 0.3 mi N of Ramp 23 to 0.3 mi S of Ramp 23, active with one LETE chick and fledglings.

 

 

Hatteras District:  

All LETE colonies have ended.

 

Ocracoke District:  

Colony OIC02- 0.1 mi N of Ramp 59 last activity was observed on 8/10.

 

Sea Turtle Nests (New Nests this Week):

Bodie Island Nests:

None this week.

 

Bodie Island False Crawls:

None this week.

 

Bodie Hatteras District Nests:

None this week.

 

Bodie Hatteras District False Crawls:

None this week.

 

Hatteras District Nests:

8/14 - A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 0.5 mi E Ramp 49.

8/14 - A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 0.5 mi S of Ramp 55.

8/17 - A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 0.9 mi S of Ramp 44.

8/18 - A green sea turtle nest was found 2.5 mi SW Ramp 49.

 

Hatteras District False Crawls:

8/14 - A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 1.24 mi E Ramp 49.

8/15 - A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 2.3 mi NE Ramp 55.

8/16 - A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 0.8 mi S of Ramp 44.

8/16 - A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 0.85 mi S of Ramp 44.

8/16 - A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 0.87 mi S of Ramp 44.

8/17 - A green sea turtle false crawl was found 0.8 mi SW Ramp 49.

 

Ocracoke District Nests:

None this week

 

Ocracoke District False Crawl:

None this week

 

New nests this week: 4

Total nests to date:  143¹

New false crawls this week: 6

Total false crawls to date:  110

Nests hatched this week: 15

Total nests hatched to date: 28

 

¹The most nests ever documented on the seashore

Note: Two training sessions were held for the Sea Turtle “Nest Watch” Volunteer Program.  Four nests located in Hatteras, Frisco, and the Tri-Villages are currently being watched.  Many tourists have shown an interest in the program and they have been directed to nests with volunteers.

 

Sea Turtle Strandings:

 

Bodie District:

None this week

Hatteras District:

A dead loggerhead sea turtle was found on the shoreline at Ramp 38.

Ocracoke District:

None this week

 

Marine Mammals:

 

Bodie District:

None this week.

 

Hatteras District:

None this week.

 

Ocracoke District:

None this week.

 

Closures – additions/modifications/removals:

 

Closure #	Location	Species	Date Installed or Removed
Bodie District
BH10-007-R	0.3 mi N of Ramp23	LETE	8/12/2010
BH10-003-C	0.1 mi N of Ramp 23	LETE	8/13/2010
BH10-001-R	0.1 mi S of Ramp 27	AMOY/LETE	8/18/2010
Hatteras District
HI10-002-M	.5 mi W of Ramp 45	LETE	8/16/2010
HI10-007-R	1.6 mi S Ramp 38	LETE	8/16/2010
Ocracoke District
	None this week

 

Closure intrusions:

 

Bodie District:

8/14 - Two sets of pedestrian tracks followed the waterline in the closure 0.1 mi N of Ramp 23.

8/16 – One set of pedestrian tracks walked throughout the entire resource closure along the high-tide line 0.8 mi south of Ramp 4.

8/18 – Twelve sets of pedestrian tracks went throughout the turtle closure and inside the filter fence 1.7 mi N of Ramp 23.

         - Two sets of pedestrian tracks entered the turtle closure above the high tide line 0.6 mi S of Ramp 27.

         - One set of ORV tracks entered the turtle closure and drove around the back of the filter fence 1.7 mi S of Ramp 27.

         - Six sets of pedestrian tracks and one set of dog tracks went into the bird closure at the high tide line 0.1 mi N of Ramp 23.

 

Hatteras District:

None observed this week.

 

Ocracoke District:

8/18 – One set of pedestrian tracks were observed in CWB closure at North Ocracoke along ocean shoreline.

8/18 – One ORV with two people entered the CWB closure at North Ocracoke.  Visitors were informed they were in a restricted area and left immediately.