Mutiny Sands - 2015 - Cumulative Survey View

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Mutiny Sands - 2015 - Cumulative Survey View

Summer 2015 - Cumulative Counts through 2015-08-18

47 Maximum adult PG count
82.25 Total volunteer hours
Cumulative count of visited burrows
- 8 burrows visited w/o prey
- 7 burrows visited w prey
- 11 either visit

Colony Wide Data	click on any date to see its details
	06-23	06-30	07-07	07-14	07-21	07-28	08-04	08-11	08-18
	counts per survey date
# adult PG	40	15	45	10	47	10	38	5	8
vol hours	10.75	10.75	10.75	7	6.75	10.75	10.75	10.75	4
Observed Burrow Visits show legend Legend for Burrow Visits Graphical Display: Each row represents one burrow. Each survey-date is represented by two columns (left) VB (observations of visits without prey), .. bar height represents # of visits to that burrow .. gray background => there was a visit to the burrow on this or a previous survey date (right) FB ( observations of visits with prey). .. bar height represents # of prey delivered to that burrow .. blue background => there was a prey delivery to the burrow on this or a previous survey date Color-coding of bars ( noprey) ( sculpin) ( gunnels) ( other) Hint: hover over any bar below to see the underlying data close legend
burrow	06-23	06-30	07-07	07-14	07-21	07-28	08-04	08-11	08-18
1
2
3A
4
4A
5A
6A
7A
7C
8
9
total
# of unique burrows visited
VB	4	1	3	-	-	1	-	-	-
FB	1	2	4	4	2	2	-	-	-
Tot	5	3	6	4	2	2	-	-	-

For survey notes below, show: entire note content OR just note title

2015-06-23 @ Mutiny Sands

Survey start time: 0815, Observers: Lois Farrington, Suzette Montano, Alan Waugh
adult PG count today: 40
total volunteer hours: 10.75

burrow	noprey	sculpin	gunnels	other
4	1	-	-	-
5A	-	-	1	1
7C	1	-	-	-
8	1	-	-	-
9	1	-	-	-
total	4	-	1	1

disturbance - 2 eagles flew over together (9:17 - 9:21) (flee bluff or beach)

survey.note - conditions

sunny, glassy water initially; very little diving behavior

2015-06-30 @ Mutiny Sands

Survey start time: 8:15, Observers: Lois Farrington, Suzette Montano, Gil Montano, Alan Waugh
adult PG count today: 15
total volunteer hours: 10.75

burrow	noprey	sculpin	gunnels	other
5A	-	2	-	-
7A	1	-	-	-
7C	-	-	1	-
total	1	2	1	-

survey.note - conditions

tide receding to very low; low foggy overcast; possibly large number of PIGU half a mile out

2015-07-07 @ Mutiny Sands

Survey start time: 8:20, Observers: Lois Farrington, Suzette Montano, Gil Montano, Alan Waugh
adult PG count today: 45
total volunteer hours: 10.75

burrow	noprey	sculpin	gunnels	other
3A	2	-	-	-
4	5	1	-	-
4A	2	-	-	-
5A	-	1	-	-
6A	-	2	1	-
7C	-	-	-	1
total	9	4	1	1

disturbance - 1 person walking beach (8:45 - 8:48) (flee bluff or beach)

disturbance - 1 osprey flew length of beach (9:02 - 9:10) (flee bluff or beach)

survey.note - conditions

tide rising to high @ 9:00; low overcast clouds; lots of two-birds-chasing-each-other behavior; frequent single eagle flights just above the water ½ mile off-shore

2015-07-14 @ Mutiny Sands

Survey start time: 9:05, Observers: Lois Farrington, Alan Waugh
adult PG count today: 10
total volunteer hours: 7

burrow	noprey	sculpin	gunnels	other
1	-	-	1	-
6A	-	2	-	-
7A	-	-	-	1
7C	-	1	-	-
total	-	3	1	1

disturbance - 1 person walking beach (8:20 - 8:25) (flee bluff or beach)

survey.note - conditions

tide receding to very low; glassy water; shearwaters active far from shore

2015-07-21 @ Mutiny Sands

Survey start time: 7:30, Observers: Lois Farrington, Alan Waugh
adult PG count today: 47
total volunteer hours: 6.75

burrow	noprey	sculpin	gunnels	other
2	-	1	-	-
7A	-	-	1	-
total	-	1	1	-

survey.note - conditions

almost no diving behavior; almost all birds 100-200 yards out; relatively calm water; incoming high tide @ 8:00am

2015-07-28 @ Mutiny Sands

Survey start time: 7:30, Observers: Lois Farrington, Suzette Montano, Gil Montano, Alan Waugh
adult PG count today: 10
total volunteer hours: 10.75

burrow	noprey	sculpin	gunnels	other
1	-	-	-	1
2	1	-	1	1
total	1	-	1	2

survey.note - conditions

sunny, calm water; tide receding to very low

2015-08-04 @ Mutiny Sands

Survey start time: 7:30, Observers: Lois Farrington, Suzette Montano, Gil Montano, Alan Waugh
adult PG count today: 38
total volunteer hours: 10.75

no burrow data entered

disturbance - fast motor boat 200 yards off & parallel to the beach (7:44 - 7:47) () swam in toward the beach

survey.note - conditions

high tide @ 7:50; more adult birds on the water near the west end of the bluff than we've ever seen - usually there are no birds there; adult birds mostly hanging around on the water's surface - some aggressive behavior: chasing plus attempts to take fish from other birds' beaks; a couple of adults appeared to catch a fish, swim on the surface for 10 to 30 minutes, and then eat the fish; not one visit to the bluff

2015-08-11 @ Mutiny Sands

Survey start time: 7:40, Observers: Lois Farrington Suzette Montano, Gil Montano, Alan Waugh
adult PG count today: 5
total volunteer hours: 10.75

no burrow data entered

survey.note - notes

almost no birds visible most of the hour; birds 300 or more yards off-shore

2015-08-18 @ Mutiny Sands

Survey start time: 7:30, Observers: Gil and Suzette Montano
adult PG count today: 8
total volunteer hours: 4

no burrow data entered

disturbance - Man in Rowboad ( - ) ()

survey.note - Comments

No close to shore activity. No visits to shore/burrows. PG offshore 100-300 yards for entire survey time. 2nd consecutive week of no activity, will end survey today.