Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Resource Management Field Summary for April 28 – May 4, 2011

(Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Districts)

 

Piping Plover (PIPL) Observations:

 

Observations

Thurs

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tues

Weds

4/28

4/29

4/30

5/1

5/2

5/3

5/4

Oregon Inlet

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

Cape Point

5

4

4

7

2

6

3

South Beach

0

0

1

1

3

1

1

Hatteras Inlet

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hatteras Overwash

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

N. Ocracoke

0

0

0

3

3

3

2

S. Ocracoke

4

3

4

2

3

4

2

 

PIPL Summary:  We currently have five active PIPL nests.  There has been no breeding activity observed on Bodie Spit or Hatteras Inlet Spit.  We currently have three active nests on Cape Point and we continue documenting scrapes on Cape Point and South Beach.  Several scrapes have been documented on North Ocracoke.  On South Point we have two active nests and several scrapes are being maintained. 

 

Nest #

Pair #

Location

Date Found

Hatch Date

Total Chicks Hatched

Unfledged Chicks

Chicks Lost

Fledged Chicks

HI01

HI01

Cape Point

4/15

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

HI02

HI02

Cape Point

4/18

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

HI04

HI04

Cape Point

4/27

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

OI01

OI01

South Point

4/28

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

OI02

OI02

South Point

4/30

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 

Wilson’s Plover (WIPL) Summary: WIPL breeding behavior has been observed on South Point and possible scrapes have been found.

 

American Oystercatcher (AMOY) Summary:  We currently have 16 active AMOY nests. Bodie-Hatteras District has five pairs of AMOYs with nests and two pairs on scrape territories.  Hatteras District has seven pairs of AMOYs with nests and three pairs on scrape territories. Ocracoke has four pairs of AMOYs with nests and two pairs on scrape territories. 

 

 

Nest #

Pair #

Location

Date Found

Hatch Date

(Loss Date)

Total Chicks Hatched

Unfledged Chicks

Chicks Lost

Fledged Chicks

GI01A

GIAM01

Bodie-Hatteras

4/22

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

GI02

GIAM02

Bodie-Hatteras

4/29

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

BH01

BHAM01

Bodie-Hatteras

4/21

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

BH02

BHAM02

Bodie-Hatteras

4/22

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

BH03

BHAM03

Bodie-Hatteras

4/23

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

HI01

HIAM01

Hatteras 

4/15

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

HI02

HIAM02

Hatteras

4/18

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

HI03

HIAM03

Hatteras

4/19

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

HI04

HIAM04

Hatteras

4/21

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

HI05

HIAM05

Hatteras

4/24

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

HI06

HIAM06

Hatteras

4/27

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

HI07

HIAM07

Hatteras

5/2

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

OI01

OIAM01

Ocracoke

4/18

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

OI02

OIAM02

Ocracoke

4/23

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

OI03

OIAM03

Ocracoke

4/28   

(4/29)

NA

NA

NA

NA

OI04

OIAM04

Ocracoke

4/30

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

OI03A

OIAM03

Ocracoke

5/2

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

 

 

Colonial Waterbirds (CWBs): LETEs and COTEs have been observed in and near historic colony locations.  One LETE colony has been documented on North Ocracoke and two LETE colonies have been documented on South Point.

 

District

Colony ID

Location

Species

Active

Comments

Bodie

 

 

None 

 

 

Bodie-Hatteras

 

 

None

 

 

Hatteras

 HICO01

Cape Point

LETE

Yes

Scrapes have been documented

HICO02

North of Buxton

LETE

Yes

Scrapes have been documented

HICO03

South Beach

LETE

Yes

Scrapes have been documented

Ocracoke

 OICO01

North Ocracoke

LETE

Yes

Scrapes have been documented

OICO02

South Point

LETE

Yes

Scrapes have been documented

OICO03

Ocracoke Spit

LETE

Yes

Scrapes have been documented

 

 

Sea Turtle Nests & False Crawls:  None.

 

 

 

 

Sea Turtle Strandings:

 

District

Date

Species

Stranding Location

Bodie

 

None

 

Bodie-Hatteras

 

None

 

Hatteras

5/4

Loggerhead

1.3 mi S of R 49

5/4

Loggerhead

0.5 mi W of R 45

Ocracoke

5/2

Loggerhead

0.8 mi N of R 72

5/2

Green

1.7 mi S of R 72

5/3

Green

1.3 mi S of R 59

5/3

Loggerhead

0.9 mi N of R 67

 

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

     

BI-11-001-A

1.6 mi S of R 4

AMOY

5/1

Bodie-Hatteras

   

 

BH-11-002-A

0.1 mi S of R 27

AMOY

4/30

Hatteras

 

 

 

HI-11-001-G

0.6 mi S of R 44

AMOY

5/2

HI-11-008-C

2.0  mi S of R 38

LETE

5/3

HI-11-002-G

0.3 mi W of R 45

LETE

5/4

Ocracoke

 

 

 

OI-11-001-C

0.4 mi N of R 59

LETE

5/2

OI-11-005-C

1.8 mi N of R 70

AMOY

5/2

OI-11-002-E

1.2 mi S of R 72

AMOY, LETE

5/2

 

Closure Intrusions:

District

Date

Type of Intrusion

Comments

Bodie

 

None

 

Bodie-Hatteras

 

None

 

Hatteras

4/28

Pedestrian

Two pedestrians walked into the South Beach pre-nesting closure and then back out.

4/29

Pedestrian

Two skimboarders walked to the Hook through the closure from the east side of Cape Point.

4/29

Pedestrian

Three pedestrians were shelling inside of the South Beach pre-nesting closure.

5/1

Other

Kiteboarder landed inside Sandy Bay AMOY closure, then quickly made his way out of closure.

5/1

Pedestrian

Two men walked from Salt Pond Road through the back dunes of the western side of the Cape Point Closure, past a PIPL nest, down to the west side of Cape Point Hook and back along shoreline towards R45.

5/1

Pedestrian

Six set of pedestrian tracks at the tip of Cape Point.

5/2

Pedestrian

Four pedestrians in Hatteras Inlet pre-nesting closure.

5/3

Pedestrian

Three sets of pedestrian tracks traveling through AMOY closure north of Buxton.

5/4

Pedestrian

Tracks indicated that a pedestrian walked into the South Beach closure to urinate.

5/4

Pedestrian

Two fishermen in full gear walked to the tip of the Cape Point.

Ocracoke

4/30

Pedestrian

One set of pedestrian tracks entering/exiting N. Ocracoke closure at ocean shoreline.

 

Deliberate Violations: None