Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Resource Management Field Summary for May 12 – May 18, 2011
(Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Districts)
Piping Plover (PIPL) Observations:
|
Observations |
Thurs |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
Mon |
Tues |
Weds |
|
5/12 |
5/13 |
5/14 |
5/15 |
5/16 |
5/17 |
5/18 | |
|
Oregon Inlet |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cape Point* |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
|
South Beach |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Hatteras Inlet |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hatteras Overwash |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
N. Ocracoke |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
S. Ocracoke |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
*Totals do not include chicks
PIPL Summary: On Cape Point we have one brood, one nest in the process of hatching (2 eggs and 2 chicks), and three active nests. On South Beach we have one active nest and scraping continues to be documented. We currently have four active nests on Ocracoke. One nest is on North Ocracoke and three nests are on South Point. Scraping continues to be documented on South Point.
|
Nest # |
Location |
Date Found |
Hatch Date |
Total Eggs Hatched |
Unfledged Chicks |
Chicks Lost |
Fledged Chicks |
|
HI01 |
Cape Point |
4/15 |
5/15 |
1 |
1 |
NA |
NA |
|
HI02 |
Cape Point |
4/18 |
5/18 |
2 |
2 |
NA |
NA |
|
HI04 |
Cape Point |
4/27 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
HI05 |
Cape Point |
5/5 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
HI06 |
Cape Point |
5/8 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
HI07 |
South Beach |
5/10 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
OI01 |
South Point |
4/28 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
OI02 |
South Point |
5/6 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
OI03 |
South Point |
5/9 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
OI04 |
North Ocracoke |
5/16 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Wilson’s Plover (WIPL) Summary: We currently have one active WIPL nest on South Point.
|
Nest # |
Location |
Date Found |
Hatch Date |
Total Eggs Hatched |
Unfledged Chicks |
Chicks Lost |
Fledged Chicks |
|
WIPL OI01 |
South Point |
4/30 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
American Oystercatcher (AMOY) Summary: We currently have 4 AMOY broods, 1 nest in the process of hatching (two chicks and one egg), and 15 active AMOY nests. Bodie-Hatteras District has one AMOY brood, five active nests and one pair on a scrape territory. Hatteras District has two AMOY broods, one nest in the process of hatching and six active nests. One pair is intermittently incubating the “abandoned” nest but it is also actively scraping within its territory. Ocracoke has one AMOY brood, four active nests and one pair on a scrape territory.
|
Nest # |
Pair # |
Location |
Date Found |
Hatch Date (Loss Date) |
Total Eggs Hatched |
Unfledged Chicks |
Chicks Lost |
Fledged Chicks |
|
GI01A |
GIAM01 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
4/22 |
5/17 |
2 |
2 |
NA |
NA |
|
GI02 |
GIAM02 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
4/29 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
BH01 |
BHAM01 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
4/21 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
BH02 |
BHAM02 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
4/22 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
BH03 |
BHAM03 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
4/23 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
BH04 |
BHAM04 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
5/5 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
HI01 |
HIAM01 |
Hatteras |
4/15 |
5/14 |
1 |
1 |
NA |
NA |
|
HI02 |
HIAM02 |
Hatteras |
4/18 |
5/14 |
2 |
2 |
NA |
NA |
|
HI03 |
HIAM03 |
Hatteras |
4/19 |
5/18 |
2 |
2 |
NA |
NA |
|
HI04 |
HIAM04 |
Hatteras |
4/21 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
HI05 |
HIAM05 |
Hatteras |
4/24 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
HI06 |
HIAM06 |
Hatteras |
4/27 |
(5/8)* |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
HI07 |
HIAM07 |
Hatteras |
5/2 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
HI08 |
HIAM08 |
Hatteras |
5/7 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
HI09 |
HIAM09 |
Hatteras |
5/14 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
HI10 |
HIAM10 |
Hatteras |
5/16 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
OI01 |
OIAM01 |
Ocracoke |
4/18 |
5/18 |
3 |
3 |
NA |
NA |
|
OI02 |
OIAM02 |
Ocracoke |
4/23 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
OI04 |
OIAM04 |
Ocracoke |
4/30 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
OI03A |
OIAM03 |
Ocracoke |
5/2 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
OI05 |
OIAM05 |
Ocracoke |
5/8 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
*Eggs presumed to be non-viable. Last observed being incubated on 5/7 and then resumed incubation on 5/16 and 5/18.
Colonial Waterbirds (CWBs): LETEs, COTEs and BLSKs have been observed in and near historic colony locations. In the Bodie-Hatteras District one mixed colony (LETE, COTE) is forming on Bodie Spit, another mixed colony (COTE, BLSK) is forming on Green Island, and four LETE colonies have been documented between Ramps 23 and 30. Four active LETE colonies have been documented in Hatteras District. Two mixed colonies have been documented on North Ocracoke and one LETE colony and one mixed colony have been documented on South Point.
|
District |
Colony ID |
Location |
Species |
Active |
Comments |
|
Bodie |
BICO01 |
Bodie Spit |
LETE, COTE |
Yes |
Scrapes and nests |
|
GICO01 |
Green Island |
COTE,BLSK |
Yes |
Scrapes | |
|
Bodie-Hatteras |
BHCO01A |
0.1 mi S of R27 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes and nests |
|
BHCO01B |
0.7 mi S of R27 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes and nests | |
|
BHCO02 |
0.2 mi N of R23 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes | |
|
BHCO03 |
1.5 mi S of R23 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes | |
|
Hatteras |
HICO01 |
Cape Point |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes and nests |
|
HICO02 |
North of Buxton |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes and nests | |
|
HICO03 |
South Beach |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes and nests | |
|
HICO04 |
1.0 mi S R38 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes and nests | |
|
Ocracoke |
OICO01 |
North Ocracoke |
LETE, COTE, BLSK |
Yes |
Scrapes and nests |
|
OICO01A |
North Ocracoke |
COTE, BLSK |
Yes |
Scrapes | |
|
OICO02 |
South Point |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes and nests | |
|
OICO03 |
Ocracoke Spit |
LETE, BLSK |
Yes |
Scrapes |
Sea Turtle Nests & False Crawls:
|
District |
Date |
Species |
Activity Type |
Location |
|
Bodie |
|
|
None |
|
|
Bodie-Hatteras |
|
|
None |
|
|
Hatteras |
5/15 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.1 mi N of R43 |
|
Ocracoke |
5/15 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.8 mi N of R72 |
|
5/16 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.2 mi S of R59 |
Sea Turtle Nest & False Crawl Summary:
|
Total Nests to Date |
Active Nests |
Total Nests Hatched |
Total False Crawls |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
Sea Turtle Strandings:
|
District |
Date |
Species |
Stranding Location |
|
Bodie |
|
None |
|
|
Bodie-Hatteras |
|
None |
|
|
Hatteras |
5/13 |
Loggerhead |
2.5 mi S of R49 |
|
5/15 |
Loggerhead |
Hatteras Village | |
|
Ocracoke |
5/14 |
Kemp’s ridley |
1.2 mi N of R67 |
|
5/17 |
Loggerhead |
2.0 mi S of R72 |
Marine Mammal Strandings:
|
District |
Date |
Species |
Stranding Location |
|
Bodie |
None |
||
|
Bodie-Hatteras |
None |
| |
|
Hatteras |
5/12 |
Bottlenose dolphin |
Avon Village |
|
5/14 |
Bottlenose dolphin |
Hatteras Inlet | |
|
Ocracoke |
None |
Closures – additions/modifications/removals:
|
District/ |
Location |
Species |
Date Installed (or Removed) |
|
Bodie |
|||
|
None |
|||
|
Bodie-Hatteras |
| ||
|
BH-11-004 |
1.4 mi S of R23 |
LETE |
5/16 |
|
Hatteras |
|
| |
|
HI-11-001-H |
0.2 mi S of R44 |
PIPL |
5/13 |
|
HI-11-006-A |
Sandy Bay |
AMOY |
5/14 |
|
HI-11-009-A |
2.6 mi S of R38 |
AMOY |
5/14 |
|
HI-11-001-I |
R44 |
AMOY, PIPL |
5/15 |
|
HI-11-006-B |
Sandy Bay |
AMOY |
5/17 |
|
HI-11-001-J |
0.1 mi S of R43 |
AMOY |
5/18 |
|
Ocracoke |
|
| |
|
None |
Closure Intrusions:
|
District |
Date |
Type of Intrusion |
Comments |
|
Bodie |
5/16 |
Pedestrian |
One set of barefoot tracks in CWB closure 1 mi S of R4 |
|
Bodie-Hatteras |
5/18 |
Pedestrian |
Multiple sets of barefoot tracks in CWB closure 0.1 mi N of R23 |
|
Hatteras |
5/12 |
Pedestrian |
Two sets of barefoot tracks entered Cape Pt closure at Ramp 44 and exited the closure at R45. |
|
5/12 |
ORV |
One ORV drove through the string of the Cape Point pre-nesting closure just S of R 44, drove S ~85 m, then exited the closure. | |
|
5/12 |
Pedestrian |
Three sets of pedestrian tracks entered the Sandy Bay closure. | |
|
5/15 |
Pedestrian |
One fisherman with a bucket/cooler coming ashore at the southernmost tip of the Cape Point closure. | |
|
5/16 |
Pedestrian |
Two sets of barefoot tracks out at tip of Cape Point closure. | |
|
5/17 |
Pedestrian |
Four fishermen with fishing gear on the sand at the southernmost tip of the Cape Point closure. | |
|
Ocracoke |
5/14 |
Pedestrian, Dog |
One set of dog tracks and barefoot tracks in closure 0.6 mi S of R72. |
Deliberate Violations: None
