Improving Wetland Accessibility for Shorebirds and Horseshoe Crabs: NYC Audubon’s Citizen Science Program in Jamaica Bay Jamaica Bay credit: Don Riepe.

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Improving Wetland Accessibility for Shorebirds and Horseshoe Crabs: NYC Audubon’s Citizen Science Program in Jamaica Bay Jamaica Bay credit: Don Riepe

IWASH2010 credit: Donna Dewhurst/USFWS - Clean-ups targeting horseshoe crab spawning beaches in Jamaica Bay in Jamaica Bay - Education program with schools in the area - Monitoring of horseshoe crabs and migratory shorebirds - Outreach to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community

credit: Ron Bourque Jamaica Bay

2010: Sample visits: 45 Dates covered: April 4 th – June 20 th Total shorebirds counted: 11,441 Birds counted per sample visit: 254 Most abundant species: Semi-palmated sandpiper (6,305; 55% of total seen) 2009: Sample visits: 35 Dates covered: April 18 th – June 19t Total shorebirds counted: 28,942 Birds counted per sample visit: 1,196 Most abundant species: Semi-palmated sandpiper (10,243; 35% of total seen)

credit: Yigal Gelb Monitoring

Horseshoe Crabs Total site visits 2009: : 11 Span of sample dates: 2009: 7 May – 9 July 2010: 11 May – 28 June Total crabs counted 2009: : 1493 Individuals counted 2010: 651per sample night: 2009: : 135 High number counted in the quadrats 2009: : 651

credit: Candace Khaokham credit: Susan Elbin

credit: Lee Karney/USFWS Partners National Park Service American Littoral Society New York State Department of Environmental Conservation New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Wallerstein Collaborative for Urban Environmental Education American Sign Language Inc. New Jersey Audubon Cornell Cooperative Extension