Wood Stork Nesting Population Survey Results 2016 and Radio-tracking Dice
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1 Wood Stork Nesting Population Survey Results 2016 and Radio-tracking Dice Sara H. Schweitzer Wildlife Diversity Program North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Annika Anderson and Edye Kornegay (NCWRC) Christy Hand (SCDNR) Roland Kays (N.C. Museum Natural Sciences) Larry Bryan (Savannah River Ecology Lab, Univ. Georgia)
2 PERIMETER SURVEY Mill Branch Swamp Lay s Lake
3 AERIAL SURVEY Lay s Lake Steep Run & Mill Branch Swamp Warwick Mill Bay
4 AERIAL SURVEY Lay s Lake Mill Branch Swamp Warwick Mill Bay
5 ACTIVE COLONIES X X
6 Number of nests Lay's Lake & Mill Branch Swamp Lay's Lake & Steep Run Lay's Lake & Steep Run Lay's Lake & Warwick Mill Bay Lay's Lake & Warwick Mill Bay NESTING POPULATION TREND 700 Number of nests
7 CONSERVATION CONCERNS Lay s Lake is privately owned Conservation protection options Exotic invasive spp. filling Lay s Lake Management options
8 CONSERVATION SUCCESSES Most of Warwick Mill Bay purchased and protected by Audubon NC and NC State Parks But, concern about landowner activities
9 e-obs GPS RADIO-TAG PILOT STUDY Information on wintering areas used and timing Around Oct. 6-9 in 2015 & 2016, Dice began migration South Dec. in Ft. Myers Jan., Ft. Myers, airport, and South Mar. 1 st, in Everglades
10 e-obs GPS RADIO-TAG PILOT STUDY
11 e-obs GPS RADIO-TAG PILOT STUDY New information on migration and change in nesting location Mid-April migration North May 2016, colony in SC
12 e-obs GPS RADIO-TAG PILOT STUDY Successful nesting in SC
13 GOALS RADIO-TRACKING PILOT STUDY Assess ability of GSM system to document activity patterns Study of nesting population at northern extreme relative to population within core Adaptation to landscape Activity and movement patterns Habitat use
14 Accelerometer data show day-night activity patterns (top); zoomed-in (bottom), with yellow-shaded portions being day.
15 e-obs GPS RADIO-TAG PILOT STUDY Wintering in FL Post-breeding migration Breeding Energy-use over time
16 Acknowledgments: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, South Carolina DNR, Savannah River Ecology Lab of UGA, Audubon-NC
17 Least Tern Breeding Season Survey Sara H. Schweitzer, Annika Andersson, Edye Kornegay Lindsay Addison Annual Atlantic Coast survey 2016 results results Status of the Least Tern population
18 LEAST TERN BREEDING SEASON SURVEY Annual Atlantic Coast survey Organized by USFWS (Maine Virginia*) Standardized protocol 1-15 June Not raining, winds <20 mph, daylight Counts of incubating pairs or nests with eggs or chicks Three objectives Provide annual count of pairs as index of Atlantic Coast population during breeding season; Determine distribution of nesting pairs; Describe habitats selected.
19 LEAST TERN BREEDING SEASON SURVEY 2016 Results Surveyed 81 sites 52 sites had nesting Least Terns present Time frame Number of adults Number incubating pairs Number active nests June Entire season
20 # nests # sites LEAST TERN BREEDING SEASON SURVEY # nests goal # sites Year
21 LEAST TERN BREEDING SEASON SURVEY 2014 Least Tern Nesting Pairs Maine 2% New Hampshire 0% North Carolina 33% Massachusetts 33% Virginia 9% Delaware 0% New Jersery 4% New York 16% Rhode Island 2% Connecticut 1% Credit: Kate O Brien, USFWS
22 LEAST TERN BREEDING SEASON SURVEY Photo credit: Annika Andersson Photo credit: Lou Teer
23 LEAST TERN BREEDING SEASON SURVEY Photo credit: Annika Andersson
24 COLONIAL WATERBIRD BREEDING SEASON SURVEY May and June 2017 >20 species surveyed Herons, egrets, ibis, storks Terns and skimmers Gulls and pelicans By foot, boat, kayak, fixed-wing aircraft, truck, ATV, UTV Photo credit: John Stanton
25 COLONIAL WATERBIRD BREEDING SEASON SURVEY Assessment of Trends Abundance Spp. of Greatest Conservation Need Distribution Habitat selection Regional trends Impact assessment Coastal engineering projects Climate change & sea level rise (change in habitat) Human population Photo credit: Matt Abraham Photo credit: Walker Golder
26 QUESTIONS?
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