Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5278
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5278
Table 9. Summary of Black Oystercatcher nests and contents in Glacier Bay, Alaska, 2003–05.
[Areas of concern are shown with gray shading. Number of nests and contents: C, chick; E, egg; F, nests with predated eggs or dead chicks. Active unknown: Nests in which adults were observed sitting on nests but would not move or behaved in an unusually aggressive manner but the nest contents were not observed]
| Location | Date | Number of nests and contents | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1E | 2E | 3E | 4E | 1C | 2C | 3C | 1C, 1E | 2C, 1E | F | Territorial pair |
Active unknown |
Total | ||
| 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| Adams | 6/17–6/20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||||||
| Beardslees (not including closed islands) | 6/05–6/15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 23 | ||||||
| Caroline Point | 6-16 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Closed Boulder Island | 7-12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Closed Flapjack Island | 6-26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Closed islands east of Russell Island | 7-02 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Closed Leland Island | 7-07 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||
| Composite Island | 7-10 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| East arm entrance | 6-16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Garforth Island | 6-17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Hugh Miller Complex | 6/27–6/30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Geikie Islet | 6-08 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Islet at entrance to Scidmore Bay | 6-29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Lamplugh to Ptarmigan Beach | 6-20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| McBride, north spit | 6-13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Muir Point | 7-10 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nunatak Cove | 7-09 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nunatak Cove to McBride | 6-21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Point George | 7-10 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Queen Inlet | 6-22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Reid Inlet | 6/20–6/21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Rendu | 6/30–7/01 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Riggs to Muir | 6/22–6/23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
| Rowlee Point | 7-09 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| South of Wolf Point | 6-14 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Scidmore Bay | 6-28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Sealers Island | 6-15 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Secret Bay | 6-04 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Sturgess Island | 6-12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Tarr | 6-29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| West of Gloomy Knob | 7-11 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | ||||||||||||||
| Adams Inlet | 6/11–6/14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | ||||||
| Berg and Fingers Bays | 6/11–6/13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Berg to Rush Point | 6-11 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Composite Island | 5-22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Cove south of Gloomy Knob | 5-27 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Drake Island | 6-08 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| East Arm Entrance | 6-01 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Fingers Bay to Geikie | 6-14 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Garforth Island | 6-15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| Goose Cove to Adams Inlet | 6-02 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Hugh Miller / Charpentier Inlet | 6/27–07/01 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||||||
| Hugh Miller/ Blue Mouse Cove | 5-18 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Miller to Geikie | 5-24 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hunter Cove to Tlingit Point | 6-01 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Geikie Islet | 5-24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Islet at entrance to Scidmore | 5-23 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jaw Point to north of Reid Inlet | 5-26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins | 7-16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Klotz Hills, beach north of Klotz Hills | 6-02 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Lester Point to Young Island | 6-05 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| McBride, north spit | 5-28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Muir Point | 6-14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| North Marble Island | 6-18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| Ptarmigan Beach | 5-26 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Puffin Island and Islet | 6-16 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Queen | 5/20–5/22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||||||||
| Reid Inlet | 5-27 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Reid to Gilbert Peninsula | 5-27 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Rendu | 6/21–6/23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |||||||
| Riggs to Muir | 5/29–5/30 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | ||||||||
| Russell Island | 5-21 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Sandy Cove, North and South | 6-16 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sealers Island | 5-28 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Shag Cove | 6-15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| Shore north of Sealers Island | 5-28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Strawberry Island | 6-05 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Stream outfall north of Geikie Inlet | 5-24 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sturgess Island | 6-16 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | |||||||||
| Tarr Inlet | 5-23 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Tarr to Jaw Point | 5-26 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tidal Inlet | 5-19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Tidal Inlet to Tlingit Point | 6-10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Islet at Tlingit Point | 6-01 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Wachusett Inlet | 5-31 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||||||||
| White Thunder Mountain to Stump Cove | 5-28 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Adams Inlet | 6-14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Closed Eider Island | 6-26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Closed Flapjack | 6-25 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Closed Geikie Rock | 6-12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Cosed Island east of Russell | 6-18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Closed Leland Island | 6-23 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |||||||
| Closed Lone Island | 6-12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Closed South Marble Island | 6-10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Closed Spider Island Complex | 6/25–6/26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Drake Island | 6-10 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Garforth Island | 6-06 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| Hugh Miller | 6-17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Islet at entrance to Scidmore Bay | 6-17 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| McBride, north spit | 5-29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| McBride, south spit | 6-06 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| North Marble Island | 6-10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Ptarmigan Beach | 5-21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Queen Inlet | 6-05 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Queen, northwest outwash at head | 5-22 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Reid Inlet | 5/20–5/21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Riggs to Muir | 5-28 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |||||||||
| Fan at Russell Cut | 6-04 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Scidmore Bay | 6-18 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sealers Island | 5-29 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Strawberry Island | 5-31 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sturgess Island | 6-23 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Islet at Tlingit Point | 5-25 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Topeka outwash | 5-21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Weird Bay | 6-19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Willoughby Island | 6-22 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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