OBPA - Resource Management Field Summary for July 28

: Published: 07 August 2011

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Resource Management Field Summary for July 28 – August 03, 2011

(Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Districts)

Piping Plover (PIPL) Observations: Monitoring for migratory PIPL and other migrant avian species is being conducted on a weekly basis.

PIPL Summary: The two older chicks from the first brood on Bodie Island Spit fledged on 8/3 and the younger brood still has one unfledged chick.

Nest #	Location	Date Found	Hatch Date	Total Eggs Hatched	Unfledged Chicks	Chicks Lost	Fledged Chicks
BI01	Bodie Island	6/12	7/6	2	0	0	2
BI02	Bodie Island	6/26	7/18	4	1	3	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	0	1	2
OI02	South Point	5/6	6/3	4	0	3	1

American Oystercatcher (AMOY) Summary: Two single chick AMOY broods remain in the Bodie-Hatteras District. Bodie-Hatteras District fledged ten chicks, Hatteras District fledged nine chicks, and Ocracoke fledged seven AMOY chicks.

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	0	1	1
GI02	GIAM02	Bodie-Hatteras	4/29	UNK	2	0	0	2
GI03	GIAM03	Bodie-Hatteras	6/6	UNK	2	1	1	NA
BH02	BHAM02	Bodie-Hatteras	4/22	5/20	3	0	0	3
BH04	BHAM04	Bodie-Hatteras	5/5	6/2	3	0	0	3
BH05	BHAM01	Bodie-Hatteras	6/9	7/5	2	1	1	NA
BI01	BIAM01	Bodie-Hatteras	5/26	6/20	1	0	0	1
HI01	HIAM01	Hatteras	4/15	5/15	1	0	0	1
HI02	HIAM02	Hatteras	4/18	5/14	2	0	0	2
HI03	HIAM03	Hatteras	4/19	5/18	3	0	1	2
HI05	HIAM05	Hatteras	4/24	5/23	2	0	1	1
HI07	HIAM07	Hatteras	5/2	6/6	2	0	1	1
HI08	HIAM08	Hatteras	5/7	6/3	2	0	0	2
OI01	OIAM01	Ocracoke	4/18	5/18	3	0	1	2
OI02	OIAM02	Ocracoke	4/23	5/22	3	0	1	2
OI04	OIAM04	Ocracoke	4/30	5/27	3	0	2	1
OI05	OIAM05	Ocracoke	5/8	6/4	3	0	1	2

Colonial Waterbirds (CWBs):

District	Colony ID	Location	Species	Active	Comments
Bodie	BICO01	Bodie Spit	LETE, COTE	Yes	Nests and LETE chicks and fledglings
Bodie	GICO01	Green Island	COTE, BLSK, GBTE	Yes	Nests and COTE/BLSK chicks and fledglings
	BHCO01B	0.7 mi S of R27	LETE	Yes	Nests and fledglings
Bodie-Hatteras	BHCO02	0.2 mi N of R23	LETE	Yes	Nests, chicks, and fledglings
	BHCO04	0.1 mi N of R27	LETE	Yes	Nests and fledglings
Hatteras	HICO01	Cape Point	LETE	Yes	One active two-egg nest observed, many LETE in area, no chicks or fledglings observed
	HICO05	2.5 mi S of R38	LETE	Yes	One chick observed, fledglings
	HICO06	1.5 mi W of R45	LETE	No	No activity observed. The pre-nesting closure was reestablished on 8/03 to reflect inactivity of colony.
Ocracoke	OICO01	North Ocracoke	LETE, COTE, BLSK, GBTE	No	LETE and COTE fledglings.

Sea Turtle Nests & False Crawls (this week):

District	Date	Species	Activity Type (Nest or False Crawl)	Location
Bodie			None
Bodie-Hatteras	7/31	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.1 mi N of R30
	7/31	Loggerhead	Nest	0.8 mi N of R27
	8/1	Loggerhead	False Crawl	4.6 mi N of R23
	8/2	Loggerhead	Nest	2.5 mi N of R23
Hatteras	7/28	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.7 mi S of R49
	7/28	Loggerhead	Nest	0.1 mi S of R49
	8/3	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.9 mi S of R30
	8/3	Green	Nest	3.6 mi N of R55
	8/3	Loggerhead	Nest	1.8 mi S of R55
Ocracoke	8/1	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.5 mi S of R59

Sea Turtle Nest & False Crawl Summary:

Total Nests to Date	Active Nests	Total Nests Hatched**	Total False Crawls
132*	125	7	123

*Includes nine Green turtle nests and 123 Loggerhead nests

**Total includes only nests that have been excavated and not those in the process of hatching

Sea Turtle Strandings:

District	Date	Species	Stranding Location
Bodie		None
Bodie-Hatteras		None
Hatteras		None
Ocracoke	7/29	Green	2.0 mi S of R72
	7/30	Green	0.2 mi S of R72
	7/31	Green	2.0 mi S of R72

Marine Mammal Strandings:

District	Date	Species	Stranding Location
Bodie		None
Bodie-Hatteras		None
Hatteras		None
Ocracoke		None

Closures – additions/modifications/removals:

District/ Closure #	Location	Species	Date Installed (or Removed)
Bodie
	None
Bodie-Hatteras
	None
Hatteras
HI-11-002-M	1.2 mi W of R45	AMOY, LETE	7/29
HI-11-001-T	Cape Point	AMOY	8/02
HI-11-002-N	1.7 mi W of R45	LETE	8/03
Ocracoke
OI-11-002-J	South Point	AMOY	8/3

Closure Intrusions:

District	Date	Type of Intrusion	Comments
Bodie		None
Bodie-Hatteras	7/28	Pedestrian, Dog	Multiple sets of bare footprints and dog tracks inside sea turtle expansion and inside filter fencing 3 mi N of R23
	7/28	Pedestrian, Dog	Multiple sets of bare footprints and dog tracks inside sea turtle expansion and inside filter fencing 1.3 mi N of R23
	7/28	Pedestrian	Multiple sets of bare footprints above high tide line throughout closure 0.2 mi N of R23
	7/29	Pedestrian	Multiple sets of bare footprints inside sea turtle expansion 3 mi N of R23
	7/30	Pedestrian	Multiple sets of bare footprints inside sea turtle expansion 3 mi N of R23
	7/30	Pedestrian	A man was observed inside in the filter fencing of the turtle nest expansion 1.3 mi N of R23 standing over the nest location. He was yelling obscenities as he left the area. There was no damage to the closure or filter fencing but it appeared that the man had urinated on the nest. Law Enforcement searched the area but could not locate him.
	7/31	Pedestrian, Dog	Multiple sets of bare footprints and dog tracks inside sea turtle expansion and inside filter fencing 1.3 mi N of R23
	7/31	Pedestrian	Multiple sets of bare footprints inside sea turtle expansion 3 mi N of R23
	8/2	Pedestrian, Dog	Multiple sets of bare footprints and dog tracks inside sea turtle expansion and inside filter fencing 3 mi N of R23
	8/3	Pedestrian	Multiple sets of bare footprints inside sea turtle expansion 3 mi N of R23
Hatteras	7/28	Pedestrian	One set of bare footprints into Cape Point Pre-nest closure down Salt Pond Road. Appeared to turn around about halfway down the road.
	7/29	Pedestrian	Two sets of footprints in turtle nest expansion 2.7 mi S of R49
	7/29	Pedestrian	Dog tracks in small turtle closure 0.4 mi N of R38
	7/29	Pedestrian	Four sets of footprints and a set of dog tracks inside turtle nest expansion 2.1 mi S of R49
	7/29	Pedestrian	Dog tracks inside silt fence of turtle nest expansion and very close to nest 2.1 mi S of R49. Two pedestrians at waterline in closure on arrival.
	7/30	Pedestrian	Three sets of footprints through closure below turtle nest expansion 0.3 mi S of R49.
	8/02	Pedestrian	Observed one set of bare footprints for 20 yards into south portion of turtle nest expansion 0.1 mi N of R43.
	8/02	Pedestrian	Two sets of bare footprints walked up to turtle nest and left the way they came out - 0.6 mi S of R44.
Ocracoke	7/31	Pedestrian	One set of bare footprints observed along shoreline of turtle nest expansion 2.3 mi N R67.
Ocracoke	8/2	Pedestrian	One pedestrian walking along shoreline at turtle nest expansion 1.6 mi N of R67.