Florida Shorebird Database 2015 Map & table credit: Whitney Haskell
Timucuan partnership routes surveyed at least once during the 2015 nesting season
Route coverage: summary stats 19 routes surveyed at least once in 2015 (of 23 routes) 8 routes surveyed during all six windows = “Gold Star” routes!
Route survey details Route Name March April May June July August 05-11Summary Amelia Island State ParkYYYYYY6 Big Talbot NorthYYYYYY6 Big Talbot SouthYYYYYY6 Dayson BasinNULLYYYYY4 East Point Shoreline RouteNULLYY YY4 Fort Clinch complete routeNULLYYYYY5 Hanna ParkYYYYYY6 Huguenot Memorial ParkYYYNULLYY5 Lake Tomroy to Pond C RouteNULLYYYYY5 Lighterage AreaNULLYYYYY5 Little Bird IslandNULL 0 Little Talbot IslandYYYYYY6 Mayport BeachYYYYYY6 Pond A TransectNULLYYYYY5 Pond B TransectNULLYYYYY5 Pond D TransectNULLYYYYY5 S. AmeliaRiverBirdIslandAMOYYYYYYY6 SAISS Project Omni Amelia Island PlantationNULLYYYYY5 SawpitYYYYYY6
Duval County rooftops Roof Name March April May June July August 05-11Summary 101S Rooftop TernsNULL Rooftop TernsNULL Y Baltimore StYYYYYY6 451 Baltimore StYYYYYY6 AmSouth, JacksonvilleNULLY 1 Anheuser-Busch Jacksonville BreweryNULLYYYYY5 Bank of America, San Pablo Family CenterNULL YY 2 Bldg.101 Rooftop TernsNULL Y 1 Bowling AlleyYYYYYY6 Breidert Air ProductsNULLY Y 2 Building 1554YYYYYY6 Burlington Coat FactoryNULLY Y 2 Gateway Mall - Supervisor of electionsNULLYY 2 Gateway Mall, North buildingNULLYY 2
Duval County rooftops (continued) Roof Name March April May June July August 05-11Summary Humana Health BuildingNULLY 1 JC Penny storeNULLYYY Y4 Mayport Naval StationNULLY Y 2 NCP SolutionsNULL YY 2 Pablo Plaza - South EndNULLYYYYY5 Prime Osborn Convention CenterNULLYY 2 Publix - Medical and Merchants CenterNULL Y 1 Seacoast AcademyNULLYYYYY5 SLS Building, Busch DriveNULLYYYYY5 Sports Authority (Vacant)NULLYYYYY5 UptonsNULL YY 2 Vista Del MarNULLYYYYY5 Winn-Dixie #162, Pablo StationNULL YY 2 Winn-Dixie Stores Inc.NULLYY 2
Nesting in the Timucuan Partnership : by species
Total sites: 8 Complete: 4 Abandoned: 2 Unknown: 2 American Oystercatcher
American Oystercatcher 234 sites
Total sites: 4 Complete: 2 Unknown: 2 Black-necked Stilt
Black-necked Stilt 136 sites
Total sites: 6 Unknown: 5 Incomplete: 1 Killdeer
Killdeer 33 sites
Total sites: 5 Complete: 4 Unknown: 1 Willet
Willet 14 sites
Total sites: 39 Complete: 27 Abandoned: 6 Unknown: 6 Wilson’s Plover
Wilson’s Plover 264 sites
Snowy Plover 430 sites (80 recorded as renests)
Local causes of solitary nest loss (n = 8)
Least Tern ground sites Number of colonies with confirmed nesting 5 Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 3 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 2
Least Tern 104 ground sites
Sandwich Tern Laughing Gull Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 1 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 1 Royal Tern Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 1 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 1 Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 1 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 1 One colony with 3 species
Sandwich Tern 6 sites Laughing Gull 15 sites Royal Tern 7 sites
Caspian Tern 6 sites Gull-billed Tern 7 sites Sooty Tern 2 sites
Black Skimmer 29 ground sites
Brown Pelican 19 sites
Local causes of colony loss (2 colonies) Human intrusion Overwash Unknown
8 Least Tern sites ACTIVE ROOFTOPS IN THE TIMUCUAN PARTNERSHIP Number of rooftops with confirmed nesting 3 Number of rooftops with records of flight-capable juveniles 0 1 Killdeer site Number of rooftops with confirmed nesting 1 Number of rooftops with records of flight-capable juveniles 0
What’s to come… Quality control of 2015 data FSD will reopen for data entry in March 2016 (always open for data retrieval!) Winter shorebird/International Piping Plover survey coming soon! Thank you all for your participation in Florida’s shorebird monitoring program!