1. 2015 FSD Statewide Species Highlights Kat Harris, FSA Shorebird Monitoring Biologist Map & table credit: Whitney Haskell

2. 61 routes surveyed at least once in 2015 38 “Gold Star” Routes 23 routes not surveyed* 84 Total Routes for Panhandle

3. “Gold Star” routes: Bonfire Beach Buck Beach- Tyndall AFB Camp Helen State Park Laguna Beach East Laguna Beach West Mexico Beach Panama City Beach East Panama City Beach West Shell Island (St. Andrews State Park) St. Joe Beach Tyndall Crooked Island East Tyndall Crooked Island West Tyndall Shell Big Lagoon Perdido Key State Park Bald Point State Park Dog I. East End TNC Preserve Dog I. Middle Narrows Dog Island - West Narrows Flag Island 2 Flagg Island West Goose Island- St. George State Park Lanark Reef Little St. George Island Old St. George Island Bridge Causeway Phipps Preserve St. George Island State Park Eglin Cape San Blas St. Joseph State Park- Lagoon Area St. Joseph State Park- Peninsula Windmark Beach Blue Mountain Beach Deer Lake State Park Grayton Beach State Park Topsail Hill Preserve State Park Watercolor Watersound Watersound- West

4. Species-Specific Regional & Statewide Nesting Summaries

5. American Oystercatcher 234 sites

6. AMOY Total sites: 69 Complete: 7 Abandoned: 44 Incomplete: 3 Unknown: 15

7. Snowy Plover 430 sites (80 recorded as renests)

8. SNPL Total sites: 366 Complete:109 Abandoned: 209 Unknown: 23 Incomplete: 25

9. Wilson’s Plover 246 sites

10. WIPL Total sites: 119 Complete: 34 Abandoned: 67 Unknown: 5 Incomplete: 13

11. Killdeer 32 sites

12. KILL Total sites: 4 Complete: 1 Abandoned: 3

13. Willet 14 sites

14. WILL Total sites: 10 Complete:3 Abandoned: 3 Unknown: 1 Incomplete: 3

15. Black-necked Stilt 136 sites

16. Least Tern 104 sites

17. LETE Number of colonies with confirmed nesting 50 Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 19 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 15

18. Black Skimmer 29 sites

19. BLSK Number of colonies with confirmed nesting 10 Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 4 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 4

20. Caspian Tern 6 sites Gull-billed Tern 7 sites Sooty Tern 2 sites

21. Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 1 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 3 Caspian Tern 3 sites Gull-billed Tern 5 sites Sooty Tern 1 site Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 0 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 1 Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 2 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 2

22. Sandwich Tern 6 sites Laughing Gull 15 sites Royal Tern 7 sites

23. Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 1 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 2 Royal Tern 4 sites Sandwich Tern 2 sites Laughing Gull 5 sites Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 5 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 5 Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 1 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 2

24. Brown Pelican 19 sites

25. BRPE Number of colonies with confirmed nesting 7 Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks 5 Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles 7

26. What’s to come FSD closes Oct. 1st Quality control of 2015 data Expansion of partner training 2016 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!

27. Routes Not Surveyed