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 Photo Credit: Counts of Red Knots 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 50 0 stlucieaudubon.org 28‐Apr 29‐Apr 30‐Apr Total 1‐May 2‐May 3‐May 4‐May Number 5‐May Big 6‐May 7‐May Egg 8‐May 9‐May 10‐May ‐ 11‐May of 12‐May 2013 13‐May Red Date 14‐May 15‐May 16‐May Knots 17‐May 18‐May 19‐May Red 20‐May Knot 21‐May 22‐May 23‐May 24‐May 25‐May 26‐May 27‐May 28‐May 29‐May 30‐May 31‐May Moons (New/Full Activity Spawning Peak 2013 HSC 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.