Shorebirds and Horseshoe Crabs in Jamaica Bay: 2014 Update
credit: Don Riepe Debra Kriensky, New York City Audubon Harbor Herons Working Group Annual Meeting –Dec. 11‐12, 2014 Photo Credit: coastaloutdooradventures.com
Sanderling Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Shorebird Migration
Semipalmated Sandpiper Dunlin http://fossilcollector.wordpress.com/ Photo Credit: marinebio.org
www.allposters.com Jamaica Bay
JBWR
Big Egg Marsh
Plumb Beach Dead Horse Bay
Bay Dunes Shorebird monitoring sites
Horseshoe crab monitoring sites CITIZEN SCIENCE Horseshoe Crab Monitoring 2009‐2014
Average # of HSC Counted per Sampling Night 350 Note: Different sampling methods 300 used at PBW & DHB in 2014 Night
250 Sampling
per 200 Plumb Beach Dead Horse Bay Counted
150 Big Egg Marsh HSC Plumb Beach West of
# 100 Average 50
0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Year Plumb Beach June 2012 vs. November 2012 Shorebird Monitoring 2009‐2014 Maximum Count per Species ‐ Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 3000
2500 American Oystercatcher Black‐bellied Plover
2000 Dunlin Least Sandpiper Red Knot
1500 Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Plover 1000 Semipalmated Sandpiper Short‐billed Dowitcher White‐rumped Sandpiper 500 Willet
0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Shorebird Monitoring 2009‐2014
Maximum Count per Species ‐ Plumb Beach 3500
3000 American Oystercatcher Black‐bellied Plover 2500 Dunlin Least Sandpiper Red Knot 2000 Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling 1500 Semipalmated Plover Semipalmated Sandpiper Short‐billed Dowitcher 1000 White‐rumped Sandpiper Willet 500 TOTAL HSC
0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Shorebird Monitoring 2009‐2014 Maximum Count per Species ‐ Big Egg 4500
4000
American Oystercatcher 3500 Black‐bellied Plover Dunlin 3000 Least Sandpiper Red Knot 2500 Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling 2000 Semipalmated Plover Semipalmated Sandpiper 1500 Short‐billed Dowitcher White‐rumped Sandpiper 1000 Willet TOTAL HSC 500
0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Shorebird Monitoring 2009‐2014
Maximum Count per Species ‐ Dead Horse Bay
4500
4000
American Oystercatcher 3500 Black‐bellied Plover Dunlin 3000 Least Sandpiper Red Knot 2500 Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling 2000 Semipalmated Plover Semipalmated Sandpiper 1500 Short‐billed Dowitcher White‐rumped Sandpiper 1000 Willet TOTAL HSC 500
0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total Number of Shorebirds Big Egg ‐ 2009
2500
2000
Semipalmated 1500 Sandpiper Dunlin Counts
Dunlin Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot 1000 Shorebird Short‐billed Dowitcher Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper 500 Peak HSC Spawning Activity (New/Full Moons 0
Date Total Number of Red Knots Big Egg ‐ 2013
450
400
350
300 Knots
250 Red Knot Red
of 200 2013 Counts 150 Peak HSC Spawning 100 Activity (New/Full 50 Moons
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Photo Credit: stlucieaudubon.org Acknowledgments
FUNDED BY: National Park Service New York City Department of Environmental Protection New York City Department of Parks and Recreation American Littoral Society Jamaica Bay EcoWatchers Nellie Tsipoura, Ph.D., New Jersey Audubon Matt Sclafani, Ph.D., Cornell Cooperative Extension Mark Botton, Ph.D., Fordham University John Rowden, Ph.D., National Audubon Society Matthew Palmer, Ph.D., Columbia University Columbia University Statistics Consulting Group Horseshoe Crab Coordinators: Jarad Astin, Anita Cabrera, Donald Kass, Kaitlyn Parkins, Ann Seligman eBird and all our citizen scientist volunteers Questions?
Photo Credit: Debra Kriensky