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Thursday, 18 August 2011 14:23

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Resource Management Field Summary for August 11 – August 17, 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.

Preliminary Final PIPL Breeding Summary:

Total Nests to Date	Active Nests	Total Nests Hatched	Total Nests Lost	Total Eggs Hatched	Unfledged Chicks	Lost Chicks	Fledged Chicks
17	0	12	5	35	0	25	10

American Oystercatcher (AMOY) Summary: Bodie-Hatteras District fledged twelve chicks, Hatteras District fledged nine chicks, and Ocracoke fledged seven AMOY chicks. There are no remaining nests/broods.

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	0	1	1
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	0	1	1
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

Preliminary Final AMOY Breeding Summary:

Total Nests	Active Nests	Total Nests Hatched	Total Nests Lost	Total Eggs Hatched	Unfledged Chicks	Lost Chicks	Fledged Chicks
26	0	22	4	49	0	21	28

Colonial Waterbirds (CWBs):

District	Colony ID	Location	Species	Active	Comments
Bodie					No active colonies
Bodie-Hatters	BHCO04	0.1 mi N of R27	LETE	Yes	Chicks and fledglings
Hatteras					No active colonies
Ocracoke					No active colonies

Sea Turtle Nests & False Crawls (this week):

District	Date	Species	Activity Type (Nest or False Crawl)	Location
Bodie		None
Bodie-Hatteras		None
Hatteras	8/12	Loggerhead	Nest	1.5 mi N of R38
	8/14	Loggerhead	Nest	2.4 mi N of R55
	8/15	Loggerhead	Nest	1.7 mi S of R55
	8/17	Green	Nest	0.4 mi W of R45
Ocracoke		None

Sea Turtle Nest & False Crawl Summary:

Total Nests to Date	Active Nests	Total Nests Hatched**	Total False Crawls
143*	103	40	129

*Includes eleven Green turtle nests and 132 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		None

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-I	1.6 mi S of R4	AMOY	(8/11)
BI-11-001-J	0.8 mi S of R4	LETE	(8/12)
WM BI-11-001	0.6 mi S of R4	Migratory PIPL	8/15
BI-11-001-K	0.6 mi S of R4	PIPL, AMOY, LETE, COTE	(8/15)
BI-11-001-R	0.3 mi S of R4	PIPL	(8/17)
Bodie-Hatteras
BH-11-003-R	0.2 mi N of R23	LETE	(8/11)
Hatteras
HI-11-001-R	Cape Point	PIPL, AMOY, LETE	(8/11)
HI-11-002-R	South Beach	PIPL, AMOY, LETE	(8/12)
HI-11-011-R	2.3 mi S of R38	LETE	(8/16)
WM HI-11-001	Cape Point	Migratory PIPL	8/11
Ocracoke
OI-11-001-R	North Ocracoke	PIPL, AMOY, LETE, COTE, BLSK	(8/11)
WM OI-11-001	North Ocracoke	Migratory PIPL	8/11

Closure Intrusions:

District	Date	Type of Intrusion	Location	Comments
Bodie		None
Bodie-Hatteras	8/11	Dog	2.7 mi N of R23	One set of dog tracks were observed within an unexpanded sea turtle closure. Nest area was not disturbed.
	8/13	Pedestrian	2.0 mi N of R23	Two sets of bare footprints were observed within an unexpanded sea turtle closure. Nest area was not disturbed.
	8/13	Dog	2.5 mi N of R23	One set of dog tracks were observed within an unexpanded sea turtle closure. Nest area was not disturbed.
	8/13	Pedestrian	2.7 mi N of R23	One set of bare footprints were observed within an unexpanded sea turtle closure. Nest area was not disturbed.
Hatteras	8/11	Pedestrian, Dog	2.4 mi N of R43	Six sets of footprints and two sets of dog tracks were observed above the inter-tidal zone within the closure signage.
	8/11	Pedestrian, Dog	1.1 mi S of R34	Four sets of footprints and two sets of dog tracks were observed within filter fencing at nest depression. Nest area was not disturbed.
	8/13	Pedestrian	1.5 mi S of R34	One set of footprints was observed within the filter fencing. At least five sets of footprints were observed above the inter-tidal zone within the closure signage outside of filter fencing. Nest area was not disturbed.
	8/13	Dog	0.6 mi N of R43	One set of dog tracks was observed within the filter fencing. Nest area was not disturbed.
	8/14	Pedestrian	1.5 mi N of R43	2 sets of footprints were observed above the inter-tidal zone within the closure signage.
	8/14	Pedestrian	1.1 mi S of R34	6 sets of footprints were observed in the inter-tidal zone below the closure signage and 2 sets of footprints were observed above the inter-tidal zone within the closure signage.
	8/14	Pedestrian, Dog	1.5 mi S of R34	8 sets of footprints were observed in the inter-tidal zone below the closure signage and 5 sets of footprints were observed above the inter-tidal zone within the closure signage.
Ocracoke	8/14	ORV, Pedestrian	0.1 mi N of R70	One set of ORV tracks were observed above the inter-tidal zone within the sea turtle closure signage. One set of footprints were observed within the sea turtle filter fencing. Nest area was not disturbed.
Ocracoke	8/15	ORV	0.1 mi N of R70	One set of ORV tracks were observed above the inter-tidal zone within the sea turtle closure signage.

Deliberate Violations: None

Sunday, 07 August 2011 09:47

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.

Deliberate Violations: None

Friday, 29 July 2011 09:55

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
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, 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 (Nest or False Crawl)	Location
Bodie	7/24	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.0 mi N of R4
Bodie	7/24	Loggerhead	Nest	0.1 mi N of R4
Bodie-Hatteras	7/22	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.4 mi N of R30
Bodie-Hatteras	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/ Closure #	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.
Ocracoke	7/25	Pedestrian	One pedestrian walking along shoreline at sea turtle expansion 0.1 mi N of R72.

Deliberate Violations: None

Friday, 22 July 2011 09:46

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 15^th. Monitoring for migratory PIPL and other migrant avian species is being conducted on a weekly basis.

Observations	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tues	Weds
Observations	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.

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
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, 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 (Nest or False Crawl)	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/ Closure #	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.
Bodie	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

Thursday, 14 July 2011 14:05

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Resource Management Field Summary for July 7 – July 13, 2011

(Bodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke Districts)

Piping Plover (PIPL) Observations:

Observations	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tues	Weds
Observations	7/7	7/8	7/9	7/10	7/11	7/12	7/13
Oregon Inlet*	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Cape Point	7	0	8	6	1	1	3
South Beach	0	0	0	0	3	0	6
Hatteras Inlet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hatteras Overwash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
N. Ocracoke	0	NA**	0	2	1	3	1
S. Ocracoke	4	NA**	6	3	3	11	23

*Totals do not include unfledged chicks

** No observations due to severe thunderstorms

PIPL Summary: Migrants are beginning to pass through the area so it is no longer possible to distinguish the breeding birds from the migrants. One PIPL, banded in the Bahamas, was observed on South Point on 7/12. As for the known breeders on Bodie Island Spit, there is still one active nest and one brood with two chicks. Adults and fledglings are still being observed at Cape Point; however, breeding appears to be finished for the season in this area. No PIPL breeding activity has been observed this week on North Ocracoke. On South Point one fledgling is still being observed and one nest is still active.

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	NA	NA	NA	NA	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: No new activity.

American Oystercatcher (AMOY) Summary: Currently there is a total of seven AMOY broods, one active AMOY nest, and seventeen fledged AMOY chicks. Bodie-Hatteras District has four AMOY broods, one active nest, and six fledged chicks. Hatteras District has two AMOY broods and six fledged chicks. Ocracoke has one AMOY brood and five 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	3	0	NA
BH05	BHAM01	Bodie-Hatteras	6/9	7/5	2	1	1	NA
BH06	BHAM03	Bodie-Hatteras	6/11	NA	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	1	1	NA
HI08	HIAM08	Hatteras	5/7	6/3	2	2	0	NA
HI11	HIAM06	Hatteras	5/20	6/16 (7/6)	2	0	2	0
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	2	1	NA

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
Bodie-Hatteras	BHCO01A	0.1 mi S of R27	LETE	No	Colony no longer active this week
	BHCO01B	0.7 mi S of R27	LETE	Yes	Nests, chicks, and fledglings
	BHCO02	0.2 mi N of R23	LETE	Yes	Nests, chicks, and fledglings
	BHCO03	1.5 mi S of R23	LETE	No	No activity since 7/6. Walkthrough conducted 7/11, no nests, chicks, or scrapes observed
	BHCO04	0.1 mi N of R27	LETE	Yes	Nests, chicks, and fledglings
Hatteras	HICO01	Cape Point	LETE	Yes	Chicks and fledglings
	HICO02	1.9 mi S of R38	LETE	No	Survey conducted 7/13. No activity observed.
	HICO04	1.0 mi S of R38	LETE	No	Survey conducted 7/13. No activity observed
	HICO05	2.5 mi S of R38	LETE	Yes	Adults in incubating posture, chicks, and fledglings
	HICO06	1.5 mi W of R45	LETE	Yes	On 7/13, one LETE in incubating posture. Survey will be conducted to determine colony status.
Ocracoke	OICO01	North Ocracoke	LETE, COTE, BLSK, GBTE	Yes	LETE and BLSK chicks; LETE fledglings
	OICO02	South Point	LETE, COTE, BLSK	Yes	LETE, COTE, and BLSK chicks; LETE fledglings
	OICO03	Ocracoke Spit	LETE	Yes	LETE chicks and fledglings

Sea Turtle Nests & False Crawls (this week):

District	Date	Species	Activity Type (Nest or False Crawl)	Location
Bodie	7/9	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.4 mi S of R2
	7/11	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.4 mi S of R1
	7/11	Loggerhead	Nest	0.8 mi S of R2
Bodie-Hatteras	7/7	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.3 mi S of R27
	7/7	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.3 mi S of R23
	7/7	Loggerhead	Nest	0.2 mi S of R27
	7/10	Loggerhead	Nest	1.6 mi S of R23
	7/10	Loggerhead	Nest	0.5 mi S of R27
	7/12	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.3 mi S of R23
	7/12	Loggerhead	Nest	0.2 mi N of R23
Hatteras	7/7	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.8 mi S of R55
	7/7	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.1 mi N of R44
	7/7	Loggerhead	Nest	0.3 mi N of R43
	7/8	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.1 mi N of R43
	7/8	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.3 mi N of R43
	7/8	Loggerhead	Nest	1.9 mi N of R43
	7/8	Loggerhead	Nest	0.2 mi E of R49
	7/8	Loggerhead	Nest	1.1 mi N of R34
	7/8	Loggerhead	Nest	0.1 mi N of R44
	7/9	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.1 mi N R44
	7/9	Green	False Crawl	0.5 mi N of R43
	7/9	Loggerhead	Nest	1.1 mi N of R43
	7/9	Loggerhead	Nest	1.3 mi S of R55
	7/10	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.2 mi S of R44
	7/10	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.9 mi E of R49
	7/10	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.3 mi S of R38
	7/10	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.4 mi N of R38
	7/11	Green	False Crawl	2.7 mi S R38
	7/11	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.5 mi S of R34
	7/11	Loggerhead	Nest	1.2 mi S of R44
	7/11	Loggerhead	Nest	1.7 mi N of R34
	7/11	Loggerhead	Nest	2.5 mi N of R55
	7/12	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.4 mi S of R44
	7/12	Loggerhead	Nest	2.9 mi S of R38
	7/12	Loggerhead	Nest	1.1 mi S of R49
	7/12	Loggerhead	Nest	300 ft N of R55
	7/13	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.0 mi S of R44
	7/13	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.2 mi N of R34
	7/13	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.7 mi N of R34
	7/13	Loggerhead	Nest	0.2 mi E of R45
	7/13	Green	Nest	1.0 mi S of R38
Ocracoke	7/7	Loggerhead	Nest	0.1 mi N of R67
	7/8	Loggerhead	Nest	0.2 mi S of R67
	7/8	Loggerhead	Nest	0.7 mi S of R59
	7/8	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.3 mi N of R67
	7/8	Loggerhead	False Crawl	2.3 mi N of R67
	7/9	Loggerhead	Nest	0.2 mi N of R72
	7/9	Loggerhead	False Crawl	1.5 mi S of R72
	7/10	Loggerhead	False Crawl	3.3 mi N of R67
	7/12	Loggerhead	False Crawl	0.8 mi S of R70

Sea Turtle Nest & False Crawl Summary:

Total Nests to Date	Active Nests	Total Nests Hatched	Total False Crawls
104*	104	0	98

*Includes seven Green turtle nests and 97 Loggerhead nests

Sea Turtle Strandings:

District	Date	Species	Stranding Location
Bodie		None
Bodie-Hatteras		None
Hatteras	7/11	Kemp’s Ridley	1.0 mi W 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/ Closure #	Location	Species	Date Installed (or Removed)
Bodie
	None
Bodie-Hatteras
BH-11-006-R	0.4 mi N of R27	AMOY	7/12
BH-11-001-G	0.3 mi N of R27	LETE	7/13
Hatteras
HI-11-006-R	Sandy Bay	AMOY	(7/7)
HI-11-008-E	1.6 mi S of R38	AMOY, LETE	7/7
HI-11-011	2.3 mi S of R38	AMOY, LETE	7/7
HI-11-001-O	R44	AMOY	7/8
HI-11-001-P	0.8 mi S of R44	AMOY	7/12
HI-11-001-Q	0.8 mi S of R44	AMOY	7/13
HI-11-008-R	1.6 mi S of R38	LETE	(7/13)
HI-11-010-R	0.9 mi S of R38	LETE	(7/13)
Ocracoke
OI-11-005-R	0.5 mi S of R68	AMOY	(7/8)

Closure Intrusions:

District	Date	Type of Intrusion	Comments
Bodie	7/10	Horse	An escaped, rider-less horse entered Bodie Spit closure breaking closure string. The horse continued through the closure toward the Bait Pond, and then exited the area through the dunes.
Bodie-Hatteras	7/9	Pedestrian	Four sets of bare footprints entered closure via R27 and proceeded north for 0.1 mi and then went 0.2 mi S of R27.
Bodie-Hatteras	7/11	Pedestrian	Three sets of bare footprints entered closure 0.3 mi N of R23. Footprints extended through closure above the high tide line.
Hatteras	7/8	Pedestrian	Three sets of barefoot tracks for ~70 m at very tip of Cape Point
Hatteras	7/9	Pedestrian	Two sets of footprints through the E side of the South Beach closure.
Ocracoke	7/11	Pedestrian	Four pedestrians walking inside the North Ocracoke closure.
Ocracoke	7/12	Dog	One set of dog tracks through turtle closure 0.2 mi N of R68.

Deliberate Violations: None

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