1. Monitoring and Management of Rooftops and Overview of Historic rooftop sites on the Treasure Coast

2. Rooftop Nesting on Tar and Gravel Roofs

4. Least Tern Colonies in Florida: The trend towards roofs Southeast Florida - 100% on Ground (Downing 1973) Florida Atlantic Coast – 21% on Roofs (Fisk 1978) Southeast Florida – 93% on Roofs (Zambrano et al 2000) Florida Keys – 38% on Roofs (Hovis and Robson 1989) Florida Keys – 100% on Roofs (Zambrano unpublished data 2000)

5. ROOFTOPS SURVEYED IN 2010 Six species nesting on roofs 32% roofs became unsuitable from 2000- 2010 146 active, 221 inactive, 107 unsuitable 16 sites with 2 or more species

6. ACTIVE ROOFTOPS IN THE TREASURE COAST - 2010

7. Roof tops - Indian River County Lowes #0240,Home Improvement Warehouse 27.64011 -80.45225 6110 20th St. Vero Beach –UNSUITABLE Macy's-Indian River Mall 27.64265 -80.46151 Indian River Mall, Rt. 60 Vero Beach Office Depot #380, Vero Beach 27.64025 -80.4489 5950 20th St Vero Beach Publix #00284-Vero Beach 27.6392 -80.44608 2040 58th Ave Vero Beach - UNSUITABLE 27.62859 -80.39136 929 14th Lane Vero Beach 32960 Walgreens-Vero Beach 27.6379 -80.4457 5755 20th St Vero Beach Winn-Dixie #2354, Sebastian 27.77993 -80.4957 995 Sebastian Blvd Sebastian

8. Roof Tops - St. Lucie County Bayshore Elementary 27.28955 -80.36466 1661 SW Bayshore Blvd. Port St. Lucie Dan McCarthy Middle School 27.43211 -80.3347 1201 Mississippi Avenue Ft. Pierce- UNSUITABLE Fort Pierce Police Department 27.4388 -80.32536 Hayes Road and US1 Ft. Pierce - UNSUITABLE Indian River Community College 27.42523 -80.35746 3209 Virginia Ave. (Bldg W) Ft. Pierce Northport Middle School 27.32031 -80.35171 250 NW Floresta Pt. St. Lucie

9. Roof Tops - St. Lucie County Orange Blossom Mall 27.4266 -80.36733 4300 Okeechobee Rd. Ft. Pierce Parkway Elementary 27.34803 -80.3695 7000 NW Selvitz Rd. Port St. Lucie - UNSUITABLE St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant 27.34933 -80.24633 6501 South A1A Jensen Beach- UNSUITABLE

10. Behind Treasure Coast Plaza 27.19217 -80.24828 901-907 Hillcrest Ave Stuart Heritage Inn- Hobe Sound 27.09936 -80.15921 8605 S.E. Federal Highway Hobe Sound- UNSUITABLE Publix - 5893 SE Federal Highway 27.1347 -80.20658 5893 SE Federal Highway Stuart Stuart Fine Foods 27.19716 -80.2243 2300 S.E. Ocean Blvd. Stuart Treasure Coast Plaza 27.19094 -80.24812 923 SE Lincoln Stuart Wachovia Bank, Stuart 27.19753 -80.25506 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Stuart Waterblasting Technologies 27.15039 -80.21116 3170 SE Slater Street Stuart Roof tops - Martin County

11. Non-gravel roof nesting

12. Monitoring – Flush Counts Count when there is a flushing event Conduct several counts if possible and use the highest count of adults Wait at least 15 minutes if no birds are seen or heard Monitor per FSA count windows

13. Monitoring – Direct Counts Obtain permission to access adjacent property Conduct direct counts of adults, nests, and/or chicks May require a spotting scope or binoculars Monitor per FSA count windows

14. Management – Chick fences

15. Management – Preventive Maintenance of A/C and Roof Repairs

16. Management – Shade and Shelter

17. Why Chick Check? Chicks may fall off roofs if there is no raised edge, fencing, or drain screens Volunteers should check for chicks at least 3 times a day Management – Chick Checking

19. The chick-a-boom ride

20. Chick corral and 3 rd generation chick-a-boom, (John Hood - Suncoast partnership)

21. Education Signs available for distribution to willing building owners and managers