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Florida Shorebird Database 2015 Map & table credit: Whitney Haskell Treasure coast routes surveyed at least once during the 2015 nesting season Route coverage: summary stats • 35 routes created in the Treasure Coast region • 16 routes surveyed at least once in 2015 • 7 routes surveyed during all six windows = “Gold Star” routes! “Gold Star” routes: • • • • • • • IN- Disney's Animal Programs IN- South County Survey Route MT- Hobe Sound NWR MT- Sailfish Point MT- South Hutchinson Island MT- St.Lucie Inlet State Park Inlet/Beach SL- Ft. Pierce Zones A-D Nesting on the Treasure Coast: by species AMOY Total sites: 1 Complete American Oystercatcher 232 sites BNST Total sites: 17 Abandoned: 5 Incomplete: 12 Black-necked Stilt 136 sites KILL Total sites: 11 Complete: 2 Unknown: 2 Incomplete: 7 Killdeer 33 sites Wilson’s Plover 243 sites Snowy Plover 420 sites Willet 14 sites Local causes of solitary nest disturbance Pedestrians 1 17% Raccoon 1 16% Predation 4 67% LETE Number of colonies with confirmed nesting 3 Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 1 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 1 Least Tern 104 sites Black Skimmer 29 sites Brown Pelican 19 sites Caspian Tern 6 sites Sooty Tern 2 sites Gull-billed Tern 7 sites Royal Tern 7 sites Sandwich Tern 6 sites Laughing Gull 15 sites Local causes of colony disturbance Colonies with reported Pedestrians disturbance 3 1 (33%) Disturbance Type Avian Predator Vehicles Raccoon Dogs (leashed) 1 (33%) 1 (33%) 1 (33%) 1 (33%) ACTIVE ROOFTOPS ALONG TREASURE COAST 4 Least Tern sites Number of rooftops with confirmed nesting 1 Number of rooftops with records of flight-capable juveniles 0 1 Gull-billed Tern site Number of rooftops with confirmed nesting 0 Number of rooftops with records of flight-capable juveniles 0 What’s to come • FSD closes Oct. 1st • Quality control of 2015 data • FSD will reopen for data entry March 2016 (always open for data retrieval!) Thank you all for your participation in Florida’s shorebird monitoring program!
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