Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Resource Management Field Summary for June 9 – June 15, 2011
(Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Districts)
Piping Plover (PIPL) Observations:
Observations |
Thurs |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
Mon |
Tues |
Weds |
6/9 |
6/10 |
6/11 |
6/12 |
6/13 |
6/14 |
6/15 | |
Oregon Inlet |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
Cape Point* |
6 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
South Beach |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Hatteras Inlet |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Hatteras Overwash |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N. Ocracoke |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
S. Ocracoke* |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
*Totals do not include chicks
PIPL Summary: One active nest on Bodie Island Spit. On Cape Point we have five broods and on South Beach we have one brood. On North Ocracoke we have one active nest and one pair actively scraping. On South Point we have one brood and one active nest. Scraping continues to be documented on South Point.
Nest # |
Location |
Date Found |
Hatch Date (lost) |
Total Eggs Hatched |
Unfledged Chicks |
Chicks Lost |
Fledged Chicks |
BI01 |
Bodie Island |
6/12 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
HI01 |
Cape Point |
4/15 |
5/15 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
HI02 |
Cape Point |
4/18 |
5/18 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
HI04 |
Cape Point |
4/27 |
5/23 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
NA |
HI05 |
Cape Point |
5/5 |
6/6 |
3 |
3* |
0 |
NA |
HI06 |
Cape Point |
5/8 |
6/9 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
NA |
HI07 |
South Beach |
5/10 |
6/12 |
4 |
3** |
0** |
NA |
OI02 |
South Point |
5/6 |
6/3 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
NA |
OI04 |
North Ocracoke |
5/16 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
OI05 |
South Point |
5/29 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
OI06 |
South Point |
6/5 |
(6/11) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
* Chicks were presumed lost, but then were observed on 6/15
** Chicks and adults have not been observed since 6/12; status unknown
Piping Plover Breeding Pair Census (June 1st- June 9th): Total=13 pairs, 2 single birds
Bodie: 1 pair (currently 1 active nest).
Bodie-Hatteras: None
Hatteras: 1 single bird, 6 pairs (7 nests to date, currently 1 active nest and 5 broods of chicks)
Ocracoke: 1 single bird, 6 pairs (6 nests to date, currently 3 active nests and 2 broods of chicks)
Wilson’s Plover (WIPL) Summary:
Nest # |
Location |
Date Found |
Hatch Date |
Total Eggs Hatched |
Unfledged Chicks |
Chicks Lost |
Fledged Chicks |
WIPL OI01 |
South Point |
4/30 |
6/1 |
3 |
UNK |
2 |
NA |
American Oystercatcher (AMOY) Summary: We currently have sixteen AMOY broods and five active AMOY nests. Bodie-Hatteras District has four AMOY broods and four active nests. Two UNB pairs are actively scraping. Hatteras District has seven AMOY broods, one active nest, and one pair actively scraping. Ocracoke has five AMOY broods and one pair on a scrape territory.
Nest # |
Pair # |
Location |
Date Found |
Hatch Date |
Total Eggs Hatched |
Unfledged Chicks |
Chicks Lost |
Fledged Chicks |
GI01A |
GIAM01 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
4/22 |
5/17 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
NA |
GI02 |
GIAM02 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
4/29 |
UNK |
2 |
2 |
0 |
NA |
GI03 |
GIAM03 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
6/6 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
BH01 |
BHAM01 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
4/21 |
5/20 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
BH02 |
BHAM02 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
4/22 |
5/20 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
NA |
BH03 |
BHAM03 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
4/23 |
5/23 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
BH04 |
BHAM04 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
5/5 |
6/2 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
NA |
BH05 |
BHAM01 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
6/9 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
BH06 |
BHAM03 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
6/11 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
BI01 |
BIAM01 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
5/26 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
HI01 |
HIAM01 |
Hatteras |
4/15 |
5/15 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
NA |
HI02 |
HIAM02 |
Hatteras |
4/18 |
5/14 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
NA |
HI03 |
HIAM03 |
Hatteras |
4/19 |
5/18 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
NA |
HI04 |
HIAM04 |
Hatteras |
4/21 |
5/22 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
NA |
HI05 |
HIAM05 |
Hatteras |
4/24 |
5/23 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
NA |
HI07 |
HIAM07 |
Hatteras |
5/2 |
6/6 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
NA |
HI08 |
HIAM08 |
Hatteras |
5/7 |
6/3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
NA |
HI11 |
HIAM06 |
Hatteras |
5/20 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
OI01 |
OIAM01 |
Ocracoke |
4/18 |
5/18 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
NA |
OI02 |
OIAM02 |
Ocracoke |
4/23 |
5/22 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
NA |
OI04 |
OIAM04 |
Ocracoke |
4/30 |
5/27 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
NA |
OI03A |
OIAM03 |
Ocracoke |
5/2 |
5/28 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
NA |
OI05 |
OIAM05 |
Ocracoke |
5/8 |
6/4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
NA |
Colonial Waterbirds (CWBs):
District |
Colony ID |
Location |
Species |
Active |
Comments |
Bodie |
BICO01 |
Bodie Spit |
LETE, COTE |
Yes |
Scrapes, nests, and LETE chicks. |
GICO01 |
Green Island |
COTE, BLSK, GBTE |
Yes |
Scrapes and nests | |
Bodie-Hatteras |
BHCO01A |
0.1 mi S of R27 |
LETE |
No |
Colony no longer active-thought to have shifted south. |
BHCO01B |
0.7 mi S of R27 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes, nests, and chicks | |
BHCO02 |
0.2 mi N of R23 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes, nests, and chicks | |
BHCO03 |
1.5 mi S of R23 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes, nests, and chicks | |
BHCO04 |
0.1 mi N of R27 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes, nests, and chicks | |
Hatteras |
HICO01 |
Cape Point |
LETE, BLSK |
Yes |
LETE: Scrapes, nests, and chicks BLSK: scrapes |
HICO02 |
1.9 mi S of R38 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes, nests, and chicks | |
HICO03 |
0.4 mi W of R45 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes, nests, and chicks. Raccoon tracks seen throughout colony during survey (6/2). Plan to re-survey colony | |
HICO04 |
1.0 mi S of R38 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes, nests, and chicks | |
HICO05 |
2.5 mi S of R38 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes and nests | |
HICO06 |
1.5 mi W of R45 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes and nests. Late colony. Possible establishment by CWBs from HICO03 due to depredation. Survey of colony not yet conducted. | |
Ocracoke |
OICO01 |
North Ocracoke |
LETE, COTE, BLSK, GBTE |
Yes |
Scrapes, nests and chicks |
OICO02 |
South Point |
LETE, BLSK |
Yes |
Scrapes, nests and chicks | |
OICO03 |
Ocracoke Spit |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes, nests and chicks |
Sea Turtle Nests & False Crawls (this week):
District |
Date |
Species |
Activity Type |
Location |
Bodie |
|
|
None |
|
Bodie-Hatteras |
6/9 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.4 mi S of R27 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
6/9 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.4 mi S of R23 |
6/11 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
3.6 mi N of R23 | |
6/13 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.3 mi N of R27 | |
6/13 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
2.0 mi S of R23 | |
6/14 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.0 mi N of R27 | |
6/15 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
1.1 mi N of R30 | |
Hatteras |
6/9 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.3 mi S of R44 |
6/9 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.4 mi N of R43 | |
6/10 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.2 mi S of R44 | |
6/10 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.5 mi E of R45 | |
6/11 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.5 mi N of R43 | |
6/11 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
3.0 mi S of R38 | |
6/11 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.8 mi N of R34 | |
6/12 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.1 mi N of R38 | |
6/12 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.1 mi S of R30 | |
6/12 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
2.4 mi S of R55 | |
6/13 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.1 mi S of R55 | |
6/13 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.4 mi E of R49 | |
6/14 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.4 mi W of R45 | |
6/14 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.3 mi N of R55 | |
6/15 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
1.7 mi N of R55 | |
Ocracoke |
6/9 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.7 mi N of R67 |
6/9 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
3.3 mi S of R59 | |
6/10 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.0 mi N of R70 | |
6/10 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.6 mi S of R70 | |
6/13 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.7 mi S of R59 |
Sea Turtle Nest & False Crawl Summary:
Total Nests to Date |
Active Nests |
Total Nests Hatched |
Total False Crawls |
38 |
38 |
0 |
30 |
Sea Turtle Strandings:
District |
Date |
Species |
Stranding Location |
Bodie |
|
None |
|
Bodie-Hatteras |
|
None |
|
Hatteras |
6/15 |
Loggerhead |
0.7 mi N R34 |
Ocracoke |
|
None |
|
Marine Mammal Strandings: None
Closures – additions/modifications/removals:
District/ |
Location |
Species |
Date Installed (or Removed) |
Bodie |
|||
BI-11-001-E |
0.5 mi S of R4 |
AMOY |
6/9 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
| ||
BH-11-001-E |
0.1 mi N of R27 |
LETE |
6/9 |
BH-11-001-F |
0.2 mi N of R27 |
LETE, AMOY |
6/12 |
BH-11-006 |
0.5 mi N of R27 |
AMOY |
6/13 |
Hatteras |
|
| |
HI-11-001-L |
Just E of R45 |
PIPL |
6/11 |
HI-11-008-D |
1.6 mi S of R38 |
AMOY |
6/12 |
HI-11-002-I |
0.2 mi W of R45 |
PIPL |
6/12 |
Ocracoke |
|
| |
OI-11-005-E |
0.6 mi S of R68 |
AMOY |
6/13 |
Closure Intrusions:
District |
Date |
Type of Intrusion |
Comments |
Bodie |
None |
||
Bodie-Hatteras |
6/11 |
Pedestrian |
Two sets of bare footprints inside turtle closure NBH03, 3 mi N of R23 |
6/12 |
Pedestrian |
One set of bare footprints extending halfway through closure 0.3 mi N of R23 | |
6/13 |
Pedestrian |
Two sets of bare footprints throughout closure 0.3 mi N of R23 | |
Hatteras |
6/11 |
Pedestrian |
One set of footprints along foreshore in west end of South Beach closure |
6/11 |
Pedestrian |
Two pedestrians in South Beach closure | |
6/11 |
Pedestrian |
Two sets of footprints observed entering closure 1.8 mi S of R38 from the highway through the center of a LETE colony. No LETE nests were stepped on. The footprints were observed throughout this closure in the backshore and extended south in the backshore to 1.9 mi S of R38 entering another AMOY/LETE closure. The footprints show the pedestrians turned around and followed their path back. | |
6/13 |
Pedestrian |
Five pedestrians entered the east side of the South Beach closure. | |
6/14 |
Pedestrian |
One set of footprints along foreshore of Hatteras Inlet | |
6/14 |
Pedestrian |
Three pedestrians walking south in Cape Point closure. | |
6/15 |
Pedestrian |
One set of bare footprints along shoreline at the tip of Hatteras Inlet. | |
Ocracoke |
6/9 |
Pedestrian |
Three pedestrians walked through mudflats on North Ocracoke. |
6/12 |
Pedestrian |
One set of bare footprints observed along the shoreline 0.6 mi S of R68. | |
6/14 |
Pedestrian |
Two pedestrians walked along shoreline 0.6 mi S of R68. |
Deliberate Violations: None