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.