2015 FSD Statewide Species HighlightsKat Harris, FSA Shorebird Monitoring Biologist

Map & table credit: Whitney Haskell

61 routes surveyed at least once in 2015

• 38 “Gold Star” Routes

23 routes not surveyed*

84 Total Routes for Panhandle

“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

Species-Specific Regional & Statewide Nesting Summaries

American Oystercatcher

234 sites

AMOY Total sites: 69

Complete: 7Abandoned:

44Incomplete: 3Unknown: 15

Snowy Plover430 sites

(80 recorded as renests)

SNPLTotal sites: 366

Complete:109Abandoned: 209

Unknown: 23Incomplete: 25

Wilson’s Plover246 sites

WIPLTotal sites: 119

Complete: 34Abandoned: 67

Unknown: 5Incomplete: 13

Killdeer32 sites

KILL Total sites: 4

Complete: 1Abandoned: 3

Willet14 sites

WILL

Total sites: 10

Complete:3Abandoned:

3Unknown: 1Incomplete:

3

Black-necked Stilt

136 sites

Least Tern104 sites

LETENumber 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

Black Skimmer29 sites

BLSKNumber 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

Caspian Tern6 sites

Gull-billed Tern7 sites

Sooty Tern2 sites

Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks

1

Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles

3

Caspian Tern3 sites

Gull-billed Tern5 sites

Sooty Tern1 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

Sandwich Tern6 sites

Laughing Gull15 sites

Royal Tern7 sites

Number of colonies with records of flightless chicks

1

Number of colonies with records of flight-capable juveniles

2

Royal Tern4 sites

Sandwich Tern2 sites

Laughing Gull5 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

Brown Pelican19 sites

BRPENumber 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

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!

RouteName Created ByES - GUIS-Fort Pickens East Maureen DurkinES - GUIS- Fort Pickens West Maureen DurkinES - Perdido Key GINS to AL Anne HarveyES - FP GUIS Rebecca CarruthFR - Cabin Bobbi CarpenterFR - Oysterpond/IndianPass Bobbi CarpenterFR - Dog Island Amy Schwarzer

FR - St. George Island State Park- East End Marvin Friel

FR - St. George Island State Park- West End Marvin FrielFR - Alligator Harbor Amy SchwarzerFR - "Bird Island" Dredge spoil island Megan LambFR - East Point Bars Amy SchwarzerFR - St. Vincent Sound Amy SchwarzerFR - Indian Lagoon Amy SchwarzerFR - Tahiti Beach Bobbi CarpenterOL - Eglin East Restricted Beach Dustin VarbleOL - Eglin West Restricted Beach Dustin VarbleOL - East End Alan KnotheOL - Eglin Public Beach Dustin VarbleOL - Norriego Point Russell BurdgeSR - SR GUIS Rebecca CarruthWK - St. Mark's River Amy SchwarzerWK - St. Mark's - Oyster Bay Amy Schwarzer

Routes Not Surveyed