Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Resource Management Field Summary August 15, 2012

*All numbers are preliminary and the data will be reviewed before they are finalized.*

Piping and Wilson’s plover breeding seasons are now complete and therefore will not be reported anymore this season, however, unfledged American oystercatcher chicks and active colonial waterbird colonies still require closures to remain in place at many of the spits, Cape Point/South Beach.

American Oystercatcher Summary:

Location

# Pairs

# Nests to Date

# Active Nests

# Active
Broods

# Fledged

Bodie Island

1

2

0

0

0

Green Island

1

2

0

0

0

Hatteras Island

15

21

0

1

14

Ocracoke Island

5

6

0

0

0

Total

22

31

0

1

14

Colonial Waterbirds:

Location

# Colonies to Date

# Currently Active Colonies

Bodie Island

1

0

Green Island

1

1

Hatteras Island

13

3

Ocracoke Island

3

1

Total

18

5

Sea Turtle Nests and False Crawls:

Location

# Nests

# False Crawls

# Nests Excavated to Date

Bodie Island

2

1

0

Hatteras Island

164

123

43

Ocracoke Island

53

38

13

Total

219

162

56

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Resource Management Field Summary August 8, 2012

*All numbers are preliminary and the data will be reviewed before they are finalized.*

Piping and Wilson’s plover breeding seasons are now complete, however, unfledged American oystercatcher chicks and active colonial waterbird colonies still require closures to remain in place at many of the spits, Cape Point/South Beach.

Piping Plover Summary:

Location

# Nests to Date

# Active Nests

# Active Broods

# Fledged

Bodie Island

2

0

0

0

Cape Point

11

0

0

11

South Beach

1

0

0

0

North Ocracoke

2

0

0

0

South Ocracoke

6

0

0

0

Total

22

0

0

11


Wilson Plover Summary:

 

Location

# Nests to Date

# Active Nests

# Active Broods

#

Fledged

Bodie Island

0

0

0

0

Cape Point

1

0

0

0

South Beach

0

0

0

0

North Ocracoke

1

0

0

0

South Ocracoke

2

0

0

4

Total

4

0

0

4


American Oystercatcher Summary:

 

Location

# Pairs

# Nests to Date

# Active Nests

# Active Broods

# Fledged

Bodie Island

1

2

0

0

0

Green Island

1

2

0

0

0

Hatteras Island

15

21

0

1

14

Ocracoke Island

5

6

0

0

0

Total

22

31

0

1

14


Colonial Waterbirds:
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Location

# Colonies to Date

# Currently Active Colonies

Bodie Island

1

1

Green Island

1

1

Hatteras Island

13

4

Ocracoke Island

3

2

Total

18

8



Sea Turtle Nests and False Crawls:

 

Location

# Nests

# False Crawls

# Nests Excavated to Date

Bodie Island

2

1

0

Hatteras Island

159

121

29

Ocracoke Island

53

38

6


 Total

214

160

35