OBPA - Resource Management Field Summary for June 16

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Resource Management Field Summary for June 16 – June 22, 2011

(Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Districts)

Piping Plover (PIPL) Observations:

Observations	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tues	Weds
Observations	6/16	6/17	6/18	6/19	6/20	6/21	6/22
Oregon Inlet	0	3	0	1	0	1	2
Cape Point*	4	9	3	2	6	6	2
South Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hatteras Inlet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hatteras Overwash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N. Ocracoke	2	2	2	2	0	0	1
S. Ocracoke*	1	2	2	3	4	2	3

*Totals do not include unfledged chicks

PIPL Summary: One nest on Bodie Island Spit is being incubated. On Cape Point we have one brood and at least two pair have been actively scraping. On North Ocracoke PIPL brood OI04 hatched three chicks and the last time a chick was observed was on 6/20. 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	0	1	3
HI04	Cape Point	4/27	5/23	3	0	2	1
HI05	Cape Point	5/5	6/6	3	2	1	NA
HI06	Cape Point	5/8	6/9	4	0	4	0
HI07	South Beach	5/10	6/12	3*	0	3	0
OI02	South Point	5/6	6/3	4	1	3	NA
OI04	North Ocracoke	5/16	6/16 (6/20)	3	0	3	0
OI05	South Point	5/29	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

*Correction to previous Weekly Report; maximum number of chicks seen was three.

Wilson’s Plover (WIPL) Summary: One chick last observed on 6/5-presumed lost.

American Oystercatcher (AMOY) Summary: We currently have eighteen AMOY broods, two active AMOY nests and one fledged AMOY chick. Bodie-Hatteras District has six AMOY broods and two active nests. Two UNB pairs are actively scraping. Hatteras District has eight AMOY broods, two pairs actively scraping and one fledged chick. Ocracoke has four AMOY broods and one pair on a scrape territory.

Nest #	Pair #	Location	Date Found	Hatch Date (lost)	Total Eggs Hatched	Unfledged Chicks	Chicks Lost	Fledged Chicks
GI01A	GIAM01	Bodie-Hatteras	4/22	5/17	2	1	1	NA
GI02	GIAM02	Bodie-Hatteras	4/29	UNK	2	2	0	NA
GI03	GIAM03	Bodie-Hatteras	6/6	UNK	2	2	0	NA
BH02	BHAM02	Bodie-Hatteras	4/22	5/20	3	3	0	NA
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	6/20	1	1	0	NA
HI01	HIAM01	Hatteras	4/15	5/15	1	1	0	NA
HI02	HIAM02	Hatteras	4/18	5/14	2	1	0	1
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	6/16	2	2	0	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 (6/16)	2	0	2	0
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
Bodie	GICO01	Green Island	COTE, BLSK, GBTE	Yes	Scrapes, nests, and COTE and BLSK chicks
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).
	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 LETE and BLSK chicks
	OICO02	South Point	LETE, COTE, BLSK	Yes	Scrapes, nests and LETE, COTE, and BLSK chicks
	OICO03	Ocracoke Spit	LETE	Yes	Scrapes, nests and LETE chicks

Sea Turtle Nests & False Crawls (this week):

District	Date	Species	Activity Type (Nest or False Crawl)	Location
Bodie	6/18	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.2 mi S of R4
Bodie-Hatteras			None
Hatteras	6/16	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.5 mi E of R49
	6/16	Loggerhead	Nest	0.1 mi N of R44
	6/20	Loggerhead	False Crawl	80 m N of R43
	6/20	Loggerhead	Nest	0.2 mi S of R44
	6/20	Loggerhead	Nest	0.3 mi E of R49
	6/21	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.2 mi S of R44
	6/21	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.1 mi S of R44
	6/21	Green	False Crawl	0.7 mi S of R44
	6/21	Loggerhead	Nest	1.5 mi S of R34
	6/22	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.9 mi S of R44
	6/22	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.9 mi S of R44
	6/22	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.2 mi S of R44
	6/22	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.2 mi S of R44
	6/22	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.7 mi N of R43
	6/22	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.8 mi N of R43
	6/22	Loggerhead	Nest	0.6 mi N of R43
	6/22	Green	Nest	0.5 mi S of R44
	6/22	Loggerhead	Nest	2.4 mi N of R43
	6/22	Loggerhead	Nest	0.1 mi E of R45
	6/22	Loggerhead	Nest	1.1 mi S of R34
Ocracoke	6/17	Loggerhead	Nest	1.0 mi N of R67
	6/17	Loggerhead	Nest	2.8 mi N of R67
	6/17	Loggerhead	Nest	3.9 mi S of R59
	6/21	Loggerhead	Nest	0.2 mi N of R68
	6/21	Green	False Crawl	0.1 mi N of R68
	6/22	Loggerhead	Nest	0.1 mi N of R70
	6/22	Loggerhead	Nest	1.3 mi N of R67
	6/22	Green	False Crawl	1.0 mi N of R70

Sea Turtle Nest & False Crawl Summary:

Total Nests to Date	Active Nests	Total Nests Hatched	Total False Crawls
53*	53	0	44

*Includes two Green turtle nests and 51 Loggerhead nests

Sea Turtle Strandings:

District	Date	Species	Stranding Location
Bodie	6/16	Loggerhead	0.4 mi S of R4
Bodie-Hatteras	6/17	Loggerhead	2.5 mi N of R23
Hatteras	6/17	Kemp’s ridley	1.1 mi W R45
Ocracoke		None

Marine Mammal Strandings:

District	Date	Species	Stranding Location
Bodie		None
Bodie-Hatteras		None
Hatteras		None
Ocracoke	6/15	Bottlenose Dolphin	1.0 mi S of R59, Pamlico Sound

Closures – additions/modifications/removals:

District/ Closure #	Location	Species	Date Installed (or Removed)
Bodie
	None
Bodie-Hatteras
	None
Hatteras
HI-11-010-A	0.9 mi S R38	LETE	6/19
Ocracoke
OI-11-001-F	Ramp 59	PIPL	6/16
OI-11-001-G	Ramp 59	PIPL	6/18

Closure Intrusions:

District	Date	Type of Intrusion	Comments
Bodie		None
Bodie-Hatteras	6/18	Pedestrian	Two sets of bare footprints throughout closure 0.3 mi N of R23
	6/19	Pedestrian/Dog	Two sets of bare footprints and dog tracks enter closure at Ramp 27 via the ramp and extend to the shoreline. They exited along the same route
	6/19	Pedestrian	Two sets of bare footprints throughout closure 1.5 mi S of R23
	6/22	Pedestrian	Multiple sets of bare footprints throughout closure 0.3 mi N of R23
Hatteras	6/18	Pedestrian	Five sets of footprints into and out of closure between large overwash of Overwash Fans and N end of closure 0.5 to 0.8 mi S of R55.
	6/18	Pedestrian	One set of footprints through corner of closure for turtle nest NH23, 0.4 mi E of R49.
	6/19	Pedestrian	Jogger inside closure 2.5 mi S of R38.
Ocracoke	6/16	Pedestrian	Three set of footprints observed along the shoreline 2.8 mi S of R59.
	6/19	Pedestrian	One pedestrian observed walking along the shoreline 0.6 mi S of R68.
	6/20	Pedestrian	One set of footprints along the shoreline 0.6 mi S of R68.

Deliberate Violations: None

Resource Management Field Summary for June 16 – June 22, 2011