Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Resource Management Field Summary for July 21 – July 27, 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: Bodie Island Spit currently has two active broods. The last PIPL nest on South Point was lost to unknown causes on 7/21.
Nest # |
Location |
Date Found |
Hatch Date (Lost) |
Total Eggs Hatched |
Unfledged Chicks |
Chicks Lost |
Fledged Chicks |
BI01 |
Bodie Island |
6/12 |
7/6 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
NA |
BI02 |
Bodie Island |
6/26 |
7/18 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
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 |
OI08 |
South Point |
6/25 |
(7/21) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
American Oystercatcher (AMOY) Summary: Currently there is a total of three AMOY broods and twenty five fledged AMOY chicks. Bodie-Hatteras District has three AMOY broods and nine fledged chicks. Hatteras District has nine fledged chicks. Ocracoke has seven fledged 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 |
1 |
0 |
NA |
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 |
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, chicks, 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. Fresh raccoon tracks observed through area. More observations will be completed to make certain of inactivity. | |
Ocracoke |
OICO01 |
North Ocracoke |
LETE, COTE, BLSK, GBTE |
Yes |
LETE, COTE and BLSK nests and fledglings. |
Sea Turtle Nests & False Crawls (this week):
District |
Date |
Species |
Activity Type |
Location |
Bodie |
7/24 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
1.0 mi N of R4 |
7/24 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.1 mi N of R4 | |
Bodie-Hatteras |
7/22 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.4 mi N of R30 |
7/26 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
2.1 mi N of R23 | |
Hatteras |
7/21 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.9 mi W of R45 |
7/21 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
1.2 mi W of R45 | |
7/21 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.2 mi E of R49 | |
7/21 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
2.6 mi S of R49 | |
7/22 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
1.3 mi N of R38 | |
7/23 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.1 mi S of R43 | |
7/23 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.5 mi N of R43 | |
7/23 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.3 mi N of R43 | |
7/23 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.7 mi N of R43 | |
7/23 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
2.9 mi N of R43 | |
7/23 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.1 mi S of R30 | |
7/25 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
2.6 mi S of R38 | |
7/26 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.4 mi N of R38 | |
7/26 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.6 mi N of R34 | |
7/27 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.3 mi S of R44 | |
Ocracoke |
7/21 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.6 mi N of R67 |
7/25 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
3.5 mi S of R59 | |
7/26 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
3.1 mi N of R67 |
Sea Turtle Nest & False Crawl Summary:
Total Nests to Date |
Active Nests |
Total Nests Hatched |
Total False Crawls |
127* |
127 |
2 |
117 |
*Includes eight Green turtle nests and 119 Loggerhead nests
Sea Turtle Strandings:
District |
Date |
Species |
Stranding Location |
Bodie |
|
None |
|
Bodie-Hatteras |
7/21 |
Loggerhead |
0.1 mi N of R23 |
Hatteras |
7/23 |
Loggerhead |
0.8 mi E of R45 |
Ocracoke |
|
None |
|
Marine Mammal Strandings:
District |
Date |
Species |
Stranding Location |
Bodie |
|
None |
|
Bodie-Hatteras |
|
None |
|
Hatteras |
|
None |
|
Ocracoke |
|
None |
|
Closures – additions/modifications/removals:
District/ |
Location |
Species |
Date Installed (or Removed) |
Bodie |
|||
None |
|||
Bodie-Hatteras |
| ||
None |
|||
Hatteras |
|
| |
HI-11-002-L |
0.7 mi W of R45 |
AMOY, LETE |
7/22 |
Ocracoke |
|
| |
OI-11-002-I |
0.9 mi S of R72 |
AMOY, CWB |
7/25 |
Closure Intrusions:
District |
Date |
Type of Intrusion |
Comments |
Bodie |
None |
||
Bodie-Hatteras |
7/23 |
Pedestrian, Dog |
One set of bare footprints and dog tracks inside sea turtle expansion and inside filter fencing 1.3 mi N of R23 |
7/24 |
Pedestrian, Dog |
Multiple sets of bare footprints and dog tracks inside sea turtle expansion and inside filter fencing 3 mi N of R23 | |
7/26 |
Pedestrian, Dog |
Multiple sets of bare footprints and dog tracks inside sea turtle expansion and inside filter fencing 1.3 mi N of R23 | |
7/26 |
Pedestrian |
Multiple sets of bare footprints inside sea turtle expansion 1.3 mi N of R23 | |
7/26 |
Pedestrian |
Multiple sets of bare footprints inside sea turtle expansion 3 mi N of R23 | |
7/27 |
Pedestrian |
Multiple sets of bare footprints above high tide line throughout closure 0.2 mi N of R23 | |
Hatteras |
7/21 |
Pedestrian |
Four sets of bare footprints entered turtle expansion 0.1 mi N of R43 |
7/21 |
Pedestrian |
Pedestrian and dog in small turtle closure retrieving frisbee 1.1 mi S of R34 | |
7/21 |
Dog |
Dog tracks in small turtle closure 0.4 mi N of R38 | |
7/21 |
Pedestrian |
Three sets of pedestrian tracks bound for the east side of large Salt Pond into Cape Point pre-nest closure, 0.1 mi S of R44 | |
7/22 |
Pedestrian |
One set of bare footprints near the high tide line through the South Beach closure 1.0 mi W of R45 | |
7/22 |
Pedestrian |
One set of footprints in turtle expansion 0.3 mi S of R49 | |
7/22 |
Pedestrian |
Seven sets of footprints in the South Beach pre-nest closure W of R45 | |
7/22 |
Pedestrian, Dog |
Three sets of pedestrian footprints and one dog track in turtle expansion 2.7 mi S of R49. | |
7/27 |
ORV |
ORV drove around back side of full beach turtle expansion between string and flagged closure and “No ORV” brown carsonite 1.8 mi S of R55; corner bird sign and post broken, LE contacted and flagging replaced. . | |
Ocracoke |
7/24 |
Pedestrian, Dog |
One pedestrian with a dog on leash walking along shoreline at sea turtle expansion 1.2 mi S of R59. |
7/25 |
Pedestrian |
One pedestrian walking along shoreline at sea turtle expansion 0.1 mi N of R72. |
Deliberate Violations: None
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Resource Management Field Summary for July 14 – July 20, 2011
(Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Districts)
Piping Plover (PIPL) Observations: Daily monitoring for breeding behavior stopped on July 15th. Monitoring for migratory PIPL and other migrant avian species is being conducted on a weekly basis.
Observations |
Thurs |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
Mon |
Tues |
Weds |
7/14 |
7/15 |
7/16 |
7/17 |
7/18 |
7/19 |
7/20 | |
Oregon Inlet* |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Cape Point |
1 |
3 |
NS |
NS |
NS |
NS |
NS |
South Beach |
5 |
3 |
NS |
NS |
NS |
NS |
NS |
Hatteras Inlet |
0 |
0 |
NS |
NS |
NS |
NS |
NS |
Hatteras Overwash |
0 |
0 |
NS |
NS |
NS |
NS |
NS |
N. Ocracoke |
3 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
S. Ocracoke |
2 |
22 |
41 |
15 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
*Totals do not include unfledged chicks
NS – not surveyed
PIPL Summary: Bodie Island Spit currently has two active broods (one brood with two chicks and the other brood with three chicks and one egg still being incubated). Adults and fledglings are still being observed at Cape Point. The PIPLs observed on North Ocracoke are thought to be migrants. On South Point one fledgling continues to be observed and one nest is still active. Many migrants are passing through the South Point area. One PIPL, banded in the Bahamas, was observed on South Point on 7/12 and then seen again on 7/15.
Nest # |
Location |
Date Found |
Hatch Date |
Total Eggs Hatched |
Unfledged Chicks |
Chicks Lost |
Fledged Chicks |
BI01 |
Bodie Island |
6/12 |
7/6 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
NA |
BI02 |
Bodie Island |
6/26 |
7/18 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
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 |
OI08 |
South Point |
6/25 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Wilson’s Plover (WIPL) Summary: Three banded WIPL were observed on South Point on 7/15.
American Oystercatcher (AMOY) Summary: Currently there is a total of three AMOY broods and twenty five fledged AMOY chicks. Bodie-Hatteras District has three AMOY broods and nine fledged chicks. Hatteras District has nine fledged chicks. Ocracoke has seven fledged AMOY chicks.
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 |
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 |
BH06 |
BHAM03 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
6/11 |
(7/14*) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
BI01 |
BIAM01 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
5/26 |
6/20 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
NA |
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 |
*The last remaining egg from this nest was abandoned.
Colonial Waterbirds (CWBs):
District |
Colony ID |
Location |
Species |
Active |
Comments |
Bodie |
BICO01 |
Bodie Spit |
LETE, COTE |
Yes |
Nests and LETE chicks and fledglings |
GICO01 |
Green Island |
COTE, BLSK, GBTE |
Yes |
Nests and COTE/BLSK chicks and fledglings | |
BHCO01B |
0.7 mi S of R27 |
LETE |
Yes |
Nests, chicks, 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, chicks, and fledglings | |
Hatteras |
HICO01 |
Cape Point |
LETE |
Yes |
Nests, chicks, and fledglings |
HICO05 |
2.5 mi S of R38 |
LETE |
Yes |
Nests, chicks, and fledglings | |
HICO06 |
1.5 mi W of R45 |
LETE |
Yes |
Scrapes, nests, and fledglings. No chicks observed. | |
Ocracoke |
OICO01 |
North Ocracoke |
LETE, COTE, BLSK, GBTE |
Yes |
LETE, COTE & BLSK nests, LETE and BLSK chicks; LETE fledglings |
OICO02 |
South Point |
LETE, COTE, BLSK |
Yes |
LETE, COTE, and BLSK fledglings | |
OICO03 |
Ocracoke Spit |
LETE |
Yes |
LETE fledglings |
Sea Turtle Nests & False Crawls (this week):
District |
Date |
Species |
Activity Type |
Location |
Bodie |
7/15 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.9 mi S of R2 |
7/15 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
1.0 mi S of R2 | |
7/18 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.1 mi N of R2 | |
Bodie-Hatteras |
7/14 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.7 mi N of R23 |
7/14 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.0 mi N of R27 | |
7/16 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
1.3 mi N of R27 | |
7/16 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.6 mi N of R23 | |
7/20 |
Green |
Nest |
2.7 mi N of R23 | |
Hatteras |
7/16 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
2.3 mi N of R43 |
7/16 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
2.7 mi S of R38 | |
7/16 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
2.5 mi N of R55 | |
7/17 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
1.2 mi S of R44 | |
7/17 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
2.8 mi S of R38 | |
7/17 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
2.4 mi S of R38 | |
7/18 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.7 mi N of R55 | |
7/19 |
Green |
False Crawl |
0.2 mi S of R43 | |
7/19 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
1.7 mi N of R34 | |
Ocracoke |
7/18 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
0.7 mi N of R72 |
7/18 |
Loggerhead |
Nest |
2.6 mi S of R59 | |
7/18 |
Loggerhead |
False Crawl |
0.4 mi N of R72 |
Sea Turtle Nest & False Crawl Summary:
Total Nests to Date |
Active Nests |
Total Nests Hatched |
Total False Crawls |
113* |
113 |
0 |
109 |
*Includes eight Green turtle nests and 105 Loggerhead nests
Sea Turtle Strandings:
District |
Date |
Species |
Stranding Location |
Bodie |
|
None |
|
Bodie-Hatteras |
|
None |
|
Hatteras |
|
None |
|
Ocracoke |
|
None |
|
Marine Mammal Strandings:
District |
Date |
Species |
Stranding Location |
Bodie |
|
None |
|
Bodie-Hatteras |
|
None |
|
Hatteras |
|
None |
|
Ocracoke |
|
None |
|
Closures – additions/modifications/removals:
District/ |
Location |
Species |
Date Installed (or Removed) |
Bodie |
|||
BH-11-001-H |
0.4 mi S of R4 |
PIPL |
7/18 |
Bodie-Hatteras |
| ||
BH-11-001-H |
1 mi N of R30 |
AMOY |
7/15 |
BH-11-004-R |
1.5 mi S of R23 |
LETE |
(7/15) |
Hatteras |
|
| |
HI-11-001-S |
Cape Point |
AMOY |
7/18 |
Ocracoke |
|
| |
OI-11-004-R |
2.6 mi S of R59 |
AMOY |
(7/15) |
Closure Intrusions:
District |
Date |
Type of Intrusion |
Comments |
Bodie |
7/16 |
ORV |
ORV entered the vehicle restricted area ~0.4 mi S of R4 and created multiple “doughnuts” inside the closure. The vehicle exited the same way it entered. |
7/16 |
ORV |
ORV entered the pedestrian only area (0.4 mi S of R4) and then continued for 0.2 mi S and then entered the full beach closure breaking string. They continued for a few feet and then exited the same way. | |
Bodie-Hatteras |
7/15 |
Pedestrian |
One set of bare footprints inside sea turtle nest 3 mi N of R23 |
7/18 |
Pedestrian |
Two sets of bare footprints inside sea turtle nest 3 mi N of R23 | |
7/18 |
Pedestrian |
Multiple sets of bare footprints above high tide line throughout closure 0.2 mi N of R23 | |
7/19 |
Pedestrian |
Multiple sets of bare footprints above high tide line in front of sea turtle expansion 1.3 mi N of R23 | |
7/19 |
Pedestrian |
Multiple sets of bare footprints above high tide line throughout closure 0.2 mi N of R23 | |
Hatteras |
7/14 |
Pedestrian |
One pedestrian in South Beach closure heading E toward Cape Point. |
7/15 |
Pedestrian |
Two sets of bare footprints through small overwash fan S of R55 to ocean side | |
7/16 |
Pedestrian |
A pedestrian entered the Cape Point closure near tip of Point to collect shells | |
7/20 |
Pedestrian, Dog |
One set of dog tracks and 4 sets of bare footprints in front of sea turtle expansion 0.2 mi N of R43 | |
7/20 |
Pedestrian |
One pedestrian walking on shoreline through LETE closure 2.5 mi S of R38 | |
Ocracoke |
7/14 |
Pedestrian |
Five pedestrians walking along the shoreline in front of sea turtle expansion 1.2 mi S of R59. Two sets of bare footprints observed inside the filter fence and up to the nest. |
7/17 |
Pedestrian |
Three sets of bare footprints along the wrack line 0.4 mi N of R59. | |
7/18 |
Pedestrian |
One pedestrian walking on shoreline 1.3 mi S of R72. |
Deliberate Violations: None