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Home My WebLink About06/2023 Norklun, Stacey From: Noncarrow, Denis Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 12:37 PM To: Mirabelli, Melissa Cc: Norklun, Stacey; Cantrell, Elizabeth Subject: FW: [SPAM] - Town of Southold Midseason Shorebird Report Not sure who should get this. Denis Noncarrow Southold Town Clerk. Town of Southold, New York www.southoldtownny.go de..ni.s.L.@ ..gov de..nisL.@s........ . ...�g.y.t 631-765-1800 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication. From:Jen Murray [mailto:shorebirdmanager@northforkaudubon.org] Sent: Monday,June 12, 2023 3:18 PM To: Noncarrow, Denis<denisn@southoldtownny.gov> Subject: [SPAM] -Town of Southold Midseason Shorebird Report Town of Southold Midseason Shorebird Report, June 2023 - North Fork Audubon Society June is usually plover chick hatch season, and hopefully most pairs have either fledged their young by Fourth of July or have young that have reached two weeks of age, when the chicks become more mobile and the chance of fledging doubles. That perfect window of hatching just after Memorial Day Weekend and fledging before Fourth of July, really helps the plover's success rate. The Town of Southold Police and DEC officers have had their hands full this season with folks coming from Queens to fish at popular fishing spots. Unfortunately, this means there is also illegal camping right next to nests, entry into symbolically fenced areas (sometimes breaking the string), stepping on nests, dragging driftwood out from nesting areas, walking into the dunes to urinate, urinating along the fence line, making 1 campfires against symbolic fencing, throwing dead fish into the fenced areas near nests, walking through long lengths of nest sites, hanging gear on fence posts, dragging coolers through shorebird nesting areas, litter and overflowing trash blowing through the nest sites, in addition to local folks driving ATVs next to nest sites and walking dogs off leash next to symbolic fencing. Unfortunately, it does not seem to matter how much string is installed nor how many signs in multiple languages are posted. Some folks just lack respect for our town beaches, natural areas, and protected wildlife. Most disturbances occur after dark and on weekends at Mattituck Inlet, which is currently the most significant shorebird nesting site on the North Fork, ahead of Orient Beach State Park. On the upside, there are many wonderful people in the community who do care for our beautiful beaches and support shorebird conservation. From dog walkers who leash their dogs and walk the water's edge to folks who keep a watchful eye over their community beach. We encourage volunteers (and community members) to call Town of Southold Police or DEC officers if they see someone inside symbolically fenced areas, active illegal atv use on public property (or private property that is not their own) or below mean high tide line, camping, or the harassment nesting shorebirds (keeping birds off nests or any other harm). EHD =Estimated Hatch Date PIPL=Piping Plover AMOY = American Oystercatcher LETE=Least Terns Breakwater Beach, Mattituck (Mattituck Park District & private property owners) PIPL Pair 1B renest 5/27 EHD 6/23 Pair 2A clutch completed 5/19 EHD 6/14-15 Pair 3A hatched 6/113 chicks Pair 4A found 5/21, EHD 6/17 or sooner Pair 5A found 6/4 EHD 7/1 or sooner Pair 6A found 6/2 - nest accidentally destroyed by neighbor (private property) LETE 75+ Disturbances: all the above stated plus fox and crows, fat tire bicycles Bailie Beach, Mattituck (Mattituck Park District) PIPL Pair IA nest failure - predation Pair 2A stepped on by fishermen (currently attempting to re-nest) 2 Pair 3A hatched 6/9-6/10 4 chicks Disturbances: fishermen walking through entire length of fenced area, urinating inside symbolically fenced areas, fat tire bicycles, domestic dogs Nassau Point Causeway Beach, Cutchogue (New Suffolk-Cutchogue Park District) PIPL 2 clutches hatched 5/29-5/30, 7 chicks to date PIPL Fledge Dates: 6/23-24 LETE 50+ Disturbances: domestic dogs - no observations of dogs off leash Meadow Beach, Cutchogue (The Nature Conservancy) 1 PIPL pair, nest predated, currently re-nesting 1 AMOY pair - nest predated by raccoon or fox Disturbances: mammalian predators Indian Neck, Peconic (private property) PIPL hatched 6/5 - 4 chicks to date PIPL Fledge Date: 6/30 Disturbances: domestic dogs off leash South Harbor Beach, Southold (private property) PIPL nest predated by crow (getting owner permission at re-nest location) Disturbances: crows, domestic dogs off leash, humans walking on private property Moyles Cove, Southold (private property and town property) LETE 40 Disturbances: domestic dogs and beach walkers Goose Creek, Southold (town property) 1 PIPL pair - 3 chicks, hatched 6/4 LETE 5 nests incubated PIPL Fledge Date: 6/29 Disturbances: domestic dogs off leash Goldsmith Inlet, Peconic (town property) PIPL still no sign of plover pair, likely re-nested across the creek Disturbances: fishermen, dogs off leash, fat tire bicycles McCabes/Kenneys, Southold (town beaches plus private property) PIPL one incubated nest near Kenneys (owner refuses to fence) 3 LETE 60-75 throughout entire stretch of beach between McCabes and Kenneys Disturbances: beach walkers on private property, off leash dogs, cats, crows, fat tire bicycles Port of Egypt, Southold AMOY 3-4 pairs: two pairs with 2 chicks each, one pair with 3 chicks, plus two non-nesting adults? no terns as of 6/3 Conkling Point, Greenport (private property) AMOY two pairs, one of the two nests destroyed by recent high tide, PIPL Pair lA one incubated nest - above recent high tide Pair 2 new arrival - nest not yet found LETE one pair, nest destroyed by recent high tide PIPL Estimated Hatch Date: 6/27-6/30 Disturbances: crows, raccoon and fox Klipps Beach, Greenport (private property) PIPL 1 pair, 2 chicks PIPL Fledge Date: 6/20 LETE 50+ Disturbances: fishermen, domestic dogs, crows, fat tire bicycles Truman's Beach, East Marion (East Marion-Orient Park District) LETE 30 east of Trumans Beach, unprotected nests, need owner permission Disturbances: fishermen walking from DEC water access parking lot and through fenced areas Jennifer Murray ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. 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