9:40-10:00: Summary of route surveys conducted by FSA in 2014 in Volusia County
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1 Volusia Shorebird Partnership Pre-Season Meeting Minutes Monday March 16, 2015, 9:30-12:00 p.m. Beach Safety Headquarters, 3 rd floor conference room 515 S. Atlantic Ave. Daytona Beach, FL Meeting Agenda 9:30-9:40: Welcome and Introductions (new partners) Partners in attendance: Naomi Avissar, FWC Florida Shorebird Alliance Coordinator (via phone) Jennifer Winters, County of Volusia, Volusia Shorebird Partnership Coordinator Jess Rodriguez, FWC Northeast Region Volunteer Coordinator Anna Deyle, FWC Northeast Region Assistant Species Conservation Biologist Alex Kropp, FWC Northeast Region Species Conservation Biologist Lt Steve Van Nortwick, FWC Law Enforcement Don Picard, SE Volusia Audubon, President Michael Brothers, Marine Science Center Manager Jason DePue, DEP, Florida Parks Service regional biologist Amber Stevenson, Ecological Associates Inc., Biologist Lynn Peterson, West Volusia Audubon David Hartgrove, Halifax River Audubon 9:40-10:00: Summary of route surveys conducted by FSA in 2014 in Volusia County A PowerPoint presentation by Alex Kropp (see the Power Point file for details) Key points for Volusia County: Solitary Nest outcomes: 11 nesting sites (WIPLs-9 and AMOYs-2) Final status unknown: 5 Complete: 4 (WIPL nests)
2 Incomplete: 1 Failed/Abandon: 1 Colony outcomes: 2 LETE colonies- Disappearing Island, and a few nests on Rattlesnake Island LETE ground colonies statewide 4 LETE rooftop sites in Volusia- statewide AMOY nests in Volusia- at Islands near Dunlawton bridge 9 WIPL sites in Volusia- highest # since partnership started- 261 statewide (alarmingly low- but are some areas we are missing along Atlantic coast) 1 WILL nest in Volusia- not much monitoring of them statewide- hard nests to find- 24 statewide Snowy plover statewide- 569 sites- includes re-nesting (from predation, etc.), 0 in Volusia 3 brown pelican sites in Volusia- statewide 17 (expect we are missing coverage) 10:00-10:45: 2015 Volusia routes, partners & projects Route Coverage Plans for 2015: Dolphin View, NSB- Don Picard (will be away much of the summer), Lisa Mickey (surveyed last year- Don will coordinate with her re surveying this year), Karen (Jess s volunteer) may also be able to assist. In 2014 missed 1 st 3 count windows- got last 3. Surveyor can kayak from marine discovery center boat dock or can do from land (Don did with binoculars and scopemarine discovery center boat- behind Dolphin View and marina. People who run angler s club on NE side of island- private- will let you in there if you talk to them. 2 islands- about 3 diff locations to look from land). Don is leaving the 29 th - gone for 10 days then back for awhile before leaving for the rest of the season. He can do the March count window- he can show Karen- Jess s volunteer where to monitor from. Post meeting follow-up: Lynn Peterson, West Volusia Audubon, offered to assist Don as a back-up as well. County of Volusia Managed Beaches (35.6 miles of Atlantic Shoreline)- Jennifer Winters and Volusia County staff. Missed March window last year. Back up -Amber Stevenson and Beth Libert- later in the season, May-Sept, surveys are done by them concurrently with the sea turtle morning surveys. Another backup- Becki Okeefe (works part time with Jennifer- also volunteers with Beth Libert doing sea turtle stuff). Needs to be someone who has been HCP
3 trained through Jennifer s office because its 36 miles of beach and a lot of it is closed to public driving. Post meeting update: Stacey Bell may be able to assist occasionally as well. David Hartgrove may be able to assist north of the inlet and Don Picard from 27 th Ave. to Hiles Blvd. in NSB. Dunlawton Area- North Side-David Hartgrove, Michael Brothers as backup. All 6 count windows met last year. Lighthouse Point Park Beach- Michael Brothers, backup Jennifer Winters and Amber Stevenson- met all 6 count windows last year. Lighthouse Point Park Inlet Beach - Michael Brothers, backup Jennifer Winters and Amber Stevenson NPSP North Marsh- probably shouldn t be a shorebird nesting route anymore. Retire this route. NPSP South Marsh- probably shouldn t be a shorebird nesting route anymore. Retire this route. Rookery Island and South- south side of Dunlawton- David Hartgrove, with Michael Brothers as backup. Smyrna Dunes Park shoreline-jennifer Winters, Amber Stevenson- met all 6 count windows last year. *Canaveral National Seashore Route- Previous partners both retired from the park. As far as we know, it is currently not being covered- It is not even listed as a route. This includes the south end of Volusia County- Kristin Kniefl is the new Park Manager. Jason DePue recommended talking to her- *she will probably be at the Space Coast meeting this week, we can talk to her there. *Lagoon side of CNS- colony of LETE- Michael Brothers will send us lat/long for recording into the database. Someone posted it last year (Merritt Island National Seashore, possibly?)- Michael saw it posted in early June FSA didn t get any data from it entered into the FSD last yr. Other uncovered areas that currently do not have routes established- Halifax river- We are only covering the Dunlawton bridge area and that is the only area we are documenting nesting oyster catchers at. We are likely missing AMOY sites. *Partners/Jennifer- this is where we could use new volunteers- volunteers with boats to cover more areas along the Halifax. *Alex- WIPL nests- if we could check them once a week that would be great. The WIPL nests in Bethune Beach area got checked every day by sea turtle monitoring crew but were only documented periodically.
4 Disappearing Island: We tested different types of fencing on Disappearing Island for 2 weeks. Almost all materials were affixed to wooden stakes. Two fencing materials worked pretty well. The bright yellow construction fencing and black garden fencing (not cheap). The black garden fencing looks the best aesthetically- mesh large enough no animals will get caught in it and sand gets through. The silt fencing caught a bunch of sand and fell flat- won t work. Jennifer- already has some of the yellow fence material- will use that and pre-assemble it and staple wooden stakes to it before go out there. David suggested it should be assembled on site. Then if need more fencing buy some of the black stuff. Other option- a fence company can install it but that will be more expensive. We won t put the fencing up until there is nesting so that we don t deter the birds. Daytona State College science club- helping out at the Marine Science Center- Michael Brothers- could be a good group to help put together fencing at Disappearing Island, and post it. Calculate how much fencing we need- last year 500ft- area has changed a bit- Jennifer thinks it is still a good approximation of what we need. Jennifer- needs a lot of help here with stewarding, monitoring, and posting/putting up fencingoutside of her work area plus has a vacant position right now and is covering two jobs until the position is filled. Brandon Noel- mentioned to Jennifer in an message, he was thinking of possibly putting a camera out at Disappearing Island this year- and possibly coordinating volunteer students out there to collect the data. Jennifer will continue to talk to him about it. Post meeting Update: The Island was pre-posted on 3/18/15. There is 1,047 ft of linear distance around the posted area. The old channel marker is within the posted area and would be an ideal location for a camera. We will definitely need more fencing material and people to help install it as needed. Also, partners, please help check the Island whenever possible. Report any problems to Jennifer. If possible, use FSA bird survey forms when visiting and enter them accordingly or send them to Jennifer to be documented and entered. Please help- this needs to be a community effort!!! Lisa and Mark of the Marine Discovery Center do boat tours going by and on the island, each week. They will also be assisting in keeping an eye out and monitoring the site. Getting stewards to the island: Matt Devorek who runs the parasail company- has an ecotour boat- can help us get people over to the island (volunteers). Another guy willing to help get info out on Facebook group for Disappearing Island. Could maybe use to help recruit rides to the island. The MDC and MSC and Beach Safety all have Facebook pages and would be great outlets for sharing updates.
5 Could we get it designated as a bird sanctuary?: Steve van Nortwick- what would it take to get the island posted off as a bird sanctuary? Alex- Critical Wildlife Area (CWA)- last time it took 2 years. Jennifer indicated that the critical PIPL habitat is on either side of the Inlet at the park shorelines, but that s not where they are- they are at Disappearing Island in the highest concentration on each winter shorebird survey. It might be too politically challenging to make Disappearing Island a CWA. *Backup plan- make our do not enter signs more enforceable- graduated civil to criminal penalty (so officers don t have to go through state attorney s office)- make threatened species rule more enforceable (too broad right now what take is). To get it designated as a CWA we would need more data. Specifically LETE nesting weekly counts- for 3 to 4 years- need that sort of data to get it established as a CWA. It wouldn t hurt to document with video too. Could feds expand critical PIPL habitat to disappearing island? Alex- not sure when feds will revisit that critical area designation. Tried to get Rookery Island on south side of Dunlawton established as a CWA- when first started Volusia partnership- but didn t work out with FWC not having CWA designation protocols in place. We still need really good documentation of bird disturbance and numbers with photos. A short discussion about the Imperiled Species Management Plan occurred. Jennifer indicated she would send out the management plan updates as it is under review and open for public comments. Alex explained that they are looking at defining the definition of take on an individual species level and encouraged partners to review and provide input on the plan. Post meeting update: Jennifer sent a link to partners on where to get access to the proposed plan and make comments. 10:45-11:10: FWC protocol and field form updates/quiz See the quiz file attached to the meeting notes, complete with answers to the quiz questions. Please check out the recorded training webinars that cover the Breeding Bird Protocol and refreshers on how to use the Florida Shorebird Database if you have not already done so at: FWC has a new web developer for the FSA database. The database is now open for data entry! 11:10-11:40: 2015 Stewardship Program Stewards needed for: Disappearing Island WIPL nests at Bethune Beach We are planning to schedule a stewardship training sometime in April, stay tuned for the date and time for this.
6 Post meeting update: This will be held on Saturday, April 18 th from 1-2 p.m. in Daytona Beach at the Beach Safety Headquarters, 3 rd floor conference room. Rooftops: See Excel spreadsheet for who will monitor which rooftops in Jess will try and get volunteers to act as backup for rooftops (will need to coordinate with David Hartgrove). Brandon Noel- will try and put camera back up at Bethune Cookman music building if LETE come back- but they may not because the university is planning a construction project right in that area. 11:40-12:00: Open discussion Stetson is hosting an Environmental Fair to help recruit volunteers to different organizations. Jess will be attending on behalf of FSA and to recruit some new volunteers for the partnership. The event will be held at the Wayne Sanborn Activity Center, 815 South Alabama Avenue, DeLand from 7-9 pm on Tuesday, March 31st New Shorebird Code: There is a new Shorebird Code being used by FWC to capture hours spent on law enforcement (LE) shorebird activities (shorebird patrol or response): 69BD Beach safety could also enter the code to keep a record of hours spent on shorebird activities. It was suggested to have officers go out at least a couple times each week- to check on WIPLs at Bethune Beach and Disappearing Island Google Listserve: Jennifer tried to set up Google listserve for the partnership but was not able to because she was not allowed to by county IT. There might be another approved site she could do it through. She will check. Other: Any other materials we want given out to the public- give to Michael Brothers to give out at the Marine Science Center Adjourn
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