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1 Species of Greatest Conservation Need Priority Species for NYC Audubon May 12, 2011 Susan Elbin Director of Conservation and Science

2 Working List of Species Species on the current federal or state list of endangered or threatened species that occur in New York Audubon Watch List Partners in Flight Concern Species U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan North American Waterfowl Management Plan list of managed species for the Atlantic Flyway Mid-Atlantic Bird Conservation Initiative, ranks for Bird Conservation Region 30 Harbor Herons Conservation Plan

3 Prioritization Process Process of Identifying NYC Priority Species Process of Ranking Species Prioritization for NYCA Process of Habitat (IBA) Prioritization for NYCA Results

4 Ranking Process Biological Significance (1-4) Importance of the NYC individuals to the rest of the population Part of an individual's life cycle spent here (breeding, wintering, migration) Percentage of the population is dependent on NYC

5 Ranking Process Threat Score (1-5) How likely is the threat* to occur Are there multiple threats *sea level rise, global climate disruption, breeding habitat loss; wintering habitat loss; predation; hunting; collisions with man-made structures; pesticides; migration stop-over habitat loss; human disturbance; hybridization; food limitation; pollution; competition; invasive species; water level regulation.

6 Ranking Process Opportunity Score (1-3) Opportunity for NYC Audubon to work on the conservation need Other agency already managing the threat/population in NYC

7 Ranking Results 105 species of conservation need in NY 35 Different Ranking Scores American Oystercatcher, Red Knot = Olive-sided Flycatcher = 4.0 Top 10 Ranks (including ties) = 32 species

8 Species Ranking 1 American Oystercatcher Red Knot Ruddy Turnstone Semipalmated Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Greater Yellowlegs Dunlin Sanderling Saltmarsh Sparrow Piping Plover Whimbrel American Golden-plover Black-bellied Plover Buff-breasted Sandpiper Black-crowned Night-Heron Glossy Ibis Snowy Egret Willet Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Purple Sandpiper American Woodcock 8.50 NYC Audubon Top 10 Ranking Results (32 Species) 9 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Great Egret Seaside Sparrow Red-necked Phalarope Little Blue Heron American Kestrel Black-throated Blue Warbler Canada Warbler Cape May Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler 8.00

9 Birds of Prey Other Aerial Insectivores Marsh Birds Migratory Landbirds Seabirds Waterfowl Grassland Birds Beach-nesting Shor... Long-legged Wading Migratory Shorebirds Average Rank

10 Migratory Shorebird Semipalmated Sandpiper Over harvest of horseshoe crabs Important staging area in DE <50% migrate through US Declining population

11 Migratory Shorebird Sanderling credit: Don Riepe Over harvest of horseshoe crabs Important staging area in DE <50% migrate through US Declining population

12 Individuals seen in each Jamaica Bay location: BBPL SEPL KILL AMOY GRYE LEYE SOSA WILL SPSA RUTU REKN SAND SESA LESA WRSA PEEP DUNL SBDO WISN WIPH Plum Beach Big Egg Bay Dunes West Pond

13 Greater Yellowlegs

14 Beach-nesting Shorebird American Oystercatcher Conservation Plan in place, with gaps in NY 30-40% AMOY breeding in MA to NJ winter in the Gulf of Mexico Business plan to increase species by 30% over next 10 years

15 Willet

16 Long-legged Wading Bird Black-crowned Night-Heron Declining regionally (by 50% since 1970) Declining in NYC (884 pair) State threatened in NJ Monitoring needed 21% of NA are in BCR 30; 37% in NYC NYC population used as indicator for Long Island Sound

17 Long-legged Wading Bird Snowy Egret Declining regionally Doing well in NYC (274 pair) Fledgling success unknown* High priority for MANEM Monitoring needed 11% of NA are in BCR 30; 36% in NYC

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19 Aerial Insectivore Chimney Swift Widespread declines. 1.6% per year in NYS Geographical gradient in NE North America Declines linked to changes in populations of flying insects

20 Secretive Marsh Bird Saltmarsh Sparrow Regional decline PIF watchlist Species is not easliy surveyd Small populations at risk Atlantic coast program initiative started 2010

21 Migratory Landbird Canada Warbler Breeds from southern Canada to northern United States east of Rockies, and in mountains to northern Georgia. Winters in tropics.

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24 New York City s IBAs

25 What is an IBA? NY Legislation in 1997 Integrate bird conservation into management of IBA sites Includes habitat critical for Breeding, stopover, feeding, over-wintering Significant native bird concentrations of SGCN Sites that are representative or unique habitats Sites important for long-term bird monitoring and research

26 Western Long Island Sound

27 Staten Island

28 Jamaica Bay

29 Urban Oases Important for Birds

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