Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Resource Management Field Summary for August 5– August 11, 2010
(Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Districts)
American Oystercatchers (AMOY):
|
Location |
Total Nests to Date |
Active Nests |
Nests Hatched |
Nests Lost |
Total Chicks Hatched |
Unfledged Chicks |
Chicks Lost |
Fledged Chicks |
|
Green Island |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
Bodie District |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Bodie/Hatteras District |
5 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
Hatteras District |
12 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
22 |
0 |
4 |
18 |
|
Ocracoke District |
6 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
|
CAHA TOTALS |
28 |
0 |
21 |
7 |
48 |
1 |
18 |
29 |
2010 AMOY Breeding Pairs: Twenty-three confirmed breeding pairs of AMOYs have been documented this year.
Bodie District: All AMOY breeding activity has ended. 8 pairs fledged 9 chicks.
Hatteras District: All AMOY breeding activity has ended. 11 pair fledged 18 chicks.
Ocracoke District:
- North Ocracoke: One pair has one fledged chick.
- Other Beaches (Ramp 59-Ramp 72): Two pairs have fledged one chick.
- South Point: A pair hatched one chick on Friday 7/16. The chick has been observed daily along the Ocracoke Inlet shoreline and is 27 days old. The chick was banded on 8/11 and should fledge sometime within the next three weeks.
Colonial Waterbirds (CWB):
Bodie District:
Colony BIC01- 0.8 mi S of Ramp 4 active with LETE nests, chicks, and fledglings. On 8/9, a 3-egg BLSK nest and multiple scrapes were found along with several adults roosting at the shoreline.
Bodie Hatteras District:
Colony BHC01- 0.3 mi N of Ramp 23 to 0.3 mi S of Ramp 23 active with LETE chicks and fledglings.
Colony BHC02- 0.2 mi S of Ramp 27. Colony has ended on 8/9/2010.
Hatteras District:
Colony HIC01 - 1.5 mi S of Ramp 38 to 2.4 mi S of Ramp 38 active with LETE nests (1), chicks and fledglings as of 8/9.
Colony HIC02 - 0.1 mi W of Ramp 45 active with LETE chicks and fledglings as of 8/10.
Ocracoke District:
Colony OIC02- 0.1 mi N of Ramp 59 active with four LETE incubating nests.
Sea Turtle Nests (New Nests this Week):
Bodie District Nests:
None this week.
Bodie District False Crawls:
None this week.
Bodie Hatteras District Nests:
8/10- A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 0.2 mi N of Ramp 30.
Bodie Hatteras District False Crawls:
None this week.
Hatteras District Nests:
8/6 - A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 0.2 mi S of Ramp 44.
8/6 - A green sea turtle nest was found 0.5 mi S of Ramp 55.
8/7 - A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 0.3 mi S of Ramp 38.
8/9 - A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 1.1 mi S of Ramp 49.
8/11- A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 1.5 mi E Ramp 49.
Hatteras District False Crawls:
8/7 - A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 1.0 mi N Ramp 55.
8/10 - A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 2.0 mi S Ramp 30.
8/10 - A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 3.0 mi W Ramp 49.
Ocracoke District Nests:
8/6 – A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found .0.8 mi S of Ramp 70
8/9 – A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found .61 mi N of Ramp 67
Ocracoke District False Crawl:
None this week
New nests this week: 8
Total nests to date: 1391
New false crawls this week: 4
Total false crawls to date: 104
Nests hatch this week: 9
Total nests hatch to date: 13
1The most nests ever documented on the seashore
Sea Turtle Strandings:
Bodie District:
None this week
Hatteras District:
None this week
Ocracoke District:
None this week
Marine Mammals:
Bodie District:
None this week.
Hatteras District:
None this week.
Ocracoke District:
None this week.
Closures – additions/modifications/removals:
|
Closure # |
Location |
Species |
Date Installed or Removed |
|
Bodie District |
|
|
|
|
GI10-001-R |
Green Island |
COTE |
8/05/2010 |
|
Hatteras District |
|
|
|
|
|
None this week |
|
|
|
Ocracoke District |
|
|
|
|
OI10-001-K |
North Ocracoke |
LETE |
8/6/2010 |
Closure intrusions:
Bodie District:
8/7 - Two sets of pedestrian tracks were observed in the CWB closure at Ramp 23. One set of footprints were also observed traveling from Ramp 23 through the closure to the waterline.
8/8 – Tire tracks were observed in the CWB colony on Ramp 23 and continued north to 0.3 mile north of Ramp 23. LE Officer Belanich was contacted and reported LE Officer Reier had responded to a distress call on the beach. No damage was observed upon a walk-through of the tire tracks.
8/10 – Two sets of pedestrian tracks and one set of dog tracks were observed above the waterline in the CWB closure 0.2 mi N of Ramp 23.
Hatteras District:
None observed this week.
Ocracoke District:
8/8 – Several sets of pedestrian tracks were observed walking in the sea turtle nest closure 0.4 mi N of Ramp 70.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Resource Management Field Summary for July 29– August 4, 2010
(Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Districts)
American Oystercatchers (AMOY):
|
Location |
Total Nests to Date |
Active Nests |
Nests Hatched |
Nests Lost |
Total Chicks Hatched |
Unfledged Chicks |
Chicks Lost |
Fledged Chicks |
|
Green Island |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
Bodie District |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Bodie/Hatteras District |
5 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
Hatteras District |
12 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
22 |
0 |
4 |
18 |
|
Ocracoke District |
6 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
|
CAHA TOTALS |
28 |
0 |
21 |
7 |
48 |
1 |
18 |
29 |
2010 AMOY Breeding Pairs: Twenty-three confirmed breeding pairs of AMOYs have been documented this year.
Bodie District: All AMOY breeding activity has ended. 8 pairs fledged 9 chicks.
Hatteras District: All AMOY breeding activity has ended. 11 pair fledged 18 chicks.
Ocracoke District:
- North Ocracoke: One pair has one fledged chick.
- Other Beaches (Ramp 59-Ramp 72): Two pairs have fledged one chick.
- South Point: A pair hatched one chick on Friday 7/16. The chick has been observed daily along the Ocracoke Inlet shoreline and is 21 days old. It should fledge sometime after 8/19.
Colonial Waterbirds (CWB):
Bodie District:
Colony BIC01- 0.8 mi S of Ramp 4 active with LETE nests, chicks, and fledglings. Also, on 8/3, BLSK adults and scrapes were observed.
Green Island:
Colony GIC01- N, W, and S end of Green Island active with COTE adults; next trip scheduled for 8/5.
Bodie Hatteras District:
Colony BHC01- 0.3 mi N of Ramp 23 to 0.3 mi S of Ramp 23 active with LETE chicks and fledglings.
Colony BHC02- 0.2 mi S of Ramp 27 active with LETE fledglings.
Hatteras District:
Colony HIC01 - 1.5 mi S of Ramp 38 to 2.4 mi S of Ramp 38 active with LETE nests, chicks and fledglings.
Colony HIC02 - 0.1 mi W of Ramp 45 active with LETE chicks and fledglings.
Ocracoke District:
Colony OIC01- 0.9 mi S of Ramp 72 no activity.
Colony OIC02- 0.1 mi N of Ramp 59 active with two LETE incubating nests.
Colony OIC02-A- 0.8 mi N of Ramp 59 no activity since 7/27.
Sea Turtle Nests (New Nests this Week):
Bodie District Nests:
None this week.
Bodie District False Crawls:
None this week.
Bodie Hatteras District Nests:
None this week.
Bodie Hatteras District False Crawls:
None this week.
Hatteras District Nests:
7/30- A green sea turtle nest was found 1.2 mi W of Ramp 49.
7/30- A green sea turtle nest was found 1.9 mi N of Ramp 34.
7/29- A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found at Ramp 43.
7/29- A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 0.4 mi E of Ramp 49.
8/2- A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 2.9 mi S of Ramp 49.
8/2- A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 2.9 mi N of Ramp 55.
8/2- A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 1.8 mi N of Ramp 55.
Hatteras District False Crawls:
7/29- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 0.05 mi N of Ramp 55.
7/31- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 0.6 mi W of Ramp 45.
7/31- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 0.61 mi W of Ramp 45.
7/31- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 0.63 mi W of Ramp 45.
7/31- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 0.64 mi W of Ramp 45.
7/31- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 0.65 mi W of Ramp 45.
7/31- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 0.85 mi W of Ramp 45.
7/31- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 0.31 mi N of Ramp 55.
8/1- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 1.7 mi N of Ramp 55.
8/1- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 1.8 mi N of Ramp 55.
8/1- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 1.6 mi N of Ramp 55.
8/1- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 1.3 mi N of Ramp 55.
8/4- A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 1.0 mi S of Ramp 44.
Ocracoke District Nests:
7/29 – A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found 1.34 mi S of Ramp 59
7/29 – A loggerhead sea turtle nest was found .32 mi S of Ramp 67
Ocracoke District False Crawl:
8/2 – A loggerhead sea turtle false crawl was found 1.24 mi S of Ramp 68
New nests this week: 9
Total nests to date: 1311
New false crawls this week: 142
Total false crawls to date: 1002
Nests hatch this week: 3
Total nests hatch to date: 4
1The most nests ever documented on the seashore
2Last week’s false crawls should have been reported as 7 for the week and 86 to date.
Sea Turtle Strandings:
Bodie District:
8/1 – A loggerhead (dead) sea turtle stranded 1.0 mi N of R30; boat strike.
Hatteras District:
None this week
Ocracoke District:
None this week
Marine Mammals:
Bodie District:
None this week.
Hatteras District:
8/2- A neonate bottlenose dolphin (dead) stranded 2 mi S of Ramp 49.
7/31- A neonate bottlenose dolphin (dead) stranded at Hatteras Inlet.
Ocracoke District:
None this week.
Closures – additions/modifications/removals:
|
Closure # |
Location |
Species |
Date Installed or Removed |
|
Bodie District |
|
|
|
|
BH10-001-H |
1.1 mi N of Ramp 30 |
LETE |
8/04/2010 |
|
Hatteras District |
|
|
|
|
HI10-001-R |
Cape Point |
LETE |
8/2/2010 |
|
Ocracoke District |
|
|
|
|
|
None this week |
|
|
Closure intrusions:
Bodie District:
7/29 - One set of dirt bike tracks going North from R30 to R23. The track disappears as it enters the Resource closure at R23.
7/30 – Three sets of pedestrian tracks entered the pre-nesting closure near the CWB colony 0.7 mi S of R4.
7/31 – One person was walking along the water at R23 in the closure for BHC01C. 3 sets of footprints were observed following the water within the closure from R23 north to the closure boundary.
8/4 – One set of footprints were observed entering the beach at R23. One set of footprints were observed traveling along the shoreline in the closure BHC01B.
Hatteras District:
7/29- Several pedestrian tracks observed entering and exiting Cape Point pre-nesting closure.
7/29- Pedestrian tracks and dog tracks observed entering sea turtle closure 4.0 mi S Ramp 38.
7/29- Sometime prior to sea turtle nest NH03 hatching in Buxton village the nest markers were relocated five feet to the north. The relocation of the markers caused the nest to be outside of the filter fencing when it was installed and one stake narrowly missed the nest cavity. About five hatchlings attempted to climb the dune behind the nest, but there were no signs those, or any other hatchlings entered the village. The actual nest site was found and the protective filter fencing was adjusted to protect the nest and hatchlings which emerged later.
7/29- Pedestrian tracks observed in sea turtle closure 1.3 mi S of Ramp 34.
7/29- Pedestrian tracks observed in sea turtle closure 0.4 mi S of Ramp 38.
7/29- Pedestrian tracks observed in sea turtle closure 0.1 mi S of Ramp 38.
7/29- Five pedestrians observed in the CWB closure 0.5 mi W of Ramp 45.
7/31- Nine sets of pedestrian tracks observed in CWB 1.5 mi S of Ramp 38.
7/31- Pedestrian tracks observed in sea turtle closure 1.5 mi S of Ramp 34.
7/31- Dog tracks in sea turtle closure 1.5 mi N of Ramp 38.
8/2- Dog tracks observed in sea turtle closure 1.9 mi N of Ramp 55.
8/4- 15 sets of pedestrian tracks observed in sea turtle closure 0.1 mi N of Ramp 49.
8/4- Eight sets of pedestrian tracks observed in sea turtle closure 0.04 mi N of Ramp 55.
Ocracoke District:
8/2 – One set of bare footprints documented inside the sea turtle nest closure 2.37 mi S of Ramp 59. The footprints were from the ocean shoreline and went half way to the nest inside the filter fencing.
8/3 – Seven pedestrians and one dog on leash walking on ocean shoreline inside bird closure N of Ramp 59. All pedestrians were asked to leave immediately.
