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1 APPENDIX M BIRD NESTING DATA ( ) Final Environmental Impact Statement Village of Bald Head Island Shoreline Protection Project Brunswick County, North Carolina

2 Date Species Number of Birds Number of Breeding Pairs Habitat Landside Comments Latdeg Latmin Longdeg Longmin Lat-Long Accuracy 1984 Piping Plover 10 spit-inlet beach inlet New Inlet --from old data compiled by John Fussell -- Birds and Bill Brokaw 1985 Piping Plover 2 inlet 1986 Piping Plover 1 inlet 1987 Piping Plover 1 inlet 1988 Piping Plover 0 inlet 1989 Piping Plover 0 inlet New Inlet -data from Birds, Bill New Inlet -data from Birds, Bill New Inlet- data from Birds, Bill New Inlet- data from Birds, Bill New Inlet- data from Birds, Bill 1987 Piping Plover 1 from data compiled by David Allen 1989 Piping Plover 4 from data compiled by David Allen 5/26/1989 Wilson's Plover 17 8 beach/dunes/san d spit-inlet beach, inlet 8 pairs and 1 territorial female, 1 nest found with 3 eggs, 3 young chicks seen also. 5/26/1989 Piping Plover 0 Areas surveyed: From Mouth of Bald Head Creek to beyond the river point, from site of old coast guard station (Capt. Charlie's) to the cape point and N to New Inlet 12/31/1990 Piping Plover 0, inlet South side of New inlet (shoaled in since then) map 1/19/1991 Piping Plover /8/1991 Piping Plover map 7/1/1994 Piping Plover /18/1996 Piping Plover 0 Page 1

3 6/1/1996 Piping Plover 0 7/1/1997 Piping Plover map 7/1/1998 Piping Plover 0 6/1/1999 Piping Plover 0 7/1/1999 Piping Plover 0 6/1/2000 Piping Plover 0 7/1/2000 Piping Plover 1 north end 9/28/2000 Piping Plover map 11/17/2000 Piping Plover map 2/1/2001 Piping Plover hand held GPS 3/3/2001 Piping Plover 1 3/22/2001 Piping Plover 2 dunes 3/22/2001 Piping Plover 1 50 yards west of Captain Charlie's crossover (.75 mi west of Cape Fear) chasing Wilson's, these 2 pipers were in the area of beach disposal 100 yards east if Captain Charlie's crossover (.25 mi west of Cape Fear) map map map 3/27/2001 Piping Plover map 3/27/2001 Piping Plover 1 beach 3/27/2001 Piping Plover 3 flat-flat flat-flat flat-flat east of Cpt. Charlie's crossover (.25 mi west of Cape Fear) east of Cpt. Charlie's crossover (.5 mi west of Cape Fear) map map west beach hand held GPS Cape Fear hand held GPS south beach hand held GPS Page 2

4 5/30/2001 Piping Plover 0 disposal on beach front in center part of survey area- this area not surveyed map 5/30/2001 Wilson's Plover 18 9 overwash/dunes 9 breeding pairs 5/30/ overwash/dunes 1 breeding pair 5/30/2001 Willet overwash/dunes 11 breeding pairs flat-flat flat-flat flat-flat Cape Fear hand held GPS west beach hand held GPS south beach hand held GPS 7/1/2001 Piping Plover map 7/8/2001 Piping Plover 5 intertidal.25 mi. west of Cape Fear map 8/16/2001 Piping Plover 1 intertidal near mouth of Cape Fear river map 7/1/2002 Piping Plover 0 beach/ spit-inlet beach inlet, sound, /23/2002 Piping Plover 1 midway btwn Cape Fear and the mouth of the Cape Fear River, no bands map 9/13/2002 Piping Plover 1 intertidal.5 miles W of Cape Fear, no bands map 11/25/ aerial survey /23/2003 Piping Plover /4/ ~2 miles past sign; 1 breeding pair /4/2004 Wilson's Plover breeding pair; nest with 3 eggs observed at the The Point map Page 3

5 6/4/2004 Wilson's Plover breeding pair; 1 chick observed in a washover behind the first row of dunes. Another male flew into pairs territory causing pair to defend chick and territory; ~2 miles past sign map 7/1/2005 Piping Plover /1/2006 Piping Plover /2/2006 Piping Plover 4 South Point /7/2006 Red Knot 30 east beach /7/2006 Piping Plover 0 mid and rising tide /1/2006 Piping Plover /6/2007 Wilson's Plover 1 North End of Island; non committal - possibly just a single male 6/6/ N end of Bald Head Island - 2 pair on beach - appear to be finished nesting 6/6/2007 Wilson's Plover 4 2 South Point; one territory had nest with 3 eggs; other had agitated adults map 6/6/2007 Wilson's Plover 16 8 North End of Bald Head Island - defensive behavior Observed by Emily Rice (waterbird biotech) 2011 Wilson's Plover 6 3 Observed by BHIC. Page 4

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