Resource Field Summary, July 22-28

  The National Park Service announces the Cape Hatteras National Seashore resource management field summary for July 22-28 as follows:

  Final PIPL Breeding Summary: Total nests to date, 16; active nests, 0; total nests hatched, 11; total nests lost, 5; total eggs hatched, 31; unfledged chicks, 0; lost chicks, 16; fledged chicks, 15.

  American Oystercatchers (AMOY) Total nests to date, 28; active nests, 0; nests hatched, 21; nests lost, 7; total chicks hatched, 48; unfledged chicks, 2; chicks lost, 18; fledged chicks, 28. AMOY breeding in the Hatteras District has ended with 18 chicks fledged.

 Colonial Waterbirds (CWB) Active nests near Ramp 4, north, west and south end of Green Island, near ramps 23, 27, 38, 45, 59 and Salt Pond Rd.

  Sea Turtle Nests: Nests found near ramps 2, 23, 45, 49, 55, 38, 34, 30, (Ocracoke) near ramps 68, 70, and 72. New nests this week, 21; total nests to date, 122; new false crawls this week, 6; total false crawls to date, 87; nests hatched this week, 1; total nests hatched to date, 1. This is the most nests ever documented on the seashore.

   A dead adult loggerhead sea turtle was found 0.4 of a mile west of Ramp 45 July 23. It had no head or front flippers. A necropsy revealed shark bites, no signs of human interaction.

  A dead bottlenose dolphin was found 2.1 miles south of Ramp 2 July 23.

  Closure intrusions: Bodie District – Pedestrians observed near closures at Ramp 27. Six pedestrians seen walking inside closure at Ramp 23, 21 near Ramp 27 closure, one inside closure at Ramp 23. Hatteras District - Footprints or pedestrians inside closures at ramp 38, 55, 55, and 49; Ocracoke District – Two individuals landed a boat on the soundside shoreline of South Point but left before contact could be made.