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