Florida Keys Shorebird Partnership
2015 Spring Meeting – minutes
Location:
1st floor conference room, State Government Building (2796 Overseas Hwy., Marathon)
Date:
Friday, April 3, 2015
Time:
10:00 A.M. – 12:00 PM
Meeting Participants:
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Adam Emerick – USFWS
Aldin T. Mathews – FDEP/FPS Long Key State Park
Brittany Burtner – FDEP/FPS Bahia Honda State Park
Carol Rizkalla – FWC
DeAnne Berry – FDEP/FPS Long Key State Park
Janice Duquesnel – FDEP/FPS Bahia Honda State Park
Jessica McIntosh – FDEP/FPS Long Key State Park
Naomi Avissar – FWC/FSA
Ricardo Zambrano – FWC
Scott Tedford – FDEP/FPS
Tom Sweets – Key West Wildlife Center
Minutes:
10:00 – 10:15 Welcome, Meeting Goals, and Introductions – Janice Duquesnel (DEP)
10:15 – 10:30 Results of Winter Shorebird Survey – Round-robin (all participants)
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Janice surveyed Bahia Honda and reported data.
Patty Kelly (USFWS Panama City), Sid Maddock, and F. Bell surveyed other keys spots (Boca
Grande, Woman Key, Marquesas) and reported data.
Next year: stay tuned for the 2016 Winter Shorebird Survey – usually starts the first Friday in
February.
10:30 – 11:00 Review of Breeding Bird Protocol – Naomi Avissar (FWC)
11:00 – 11:30 Monitoring routes and rooftops (sign-up sheets)
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Attendees signed up for nearly all rooftops. If you’d like to see the online sign-up sheet, go
to: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bz1pNJ4pydRL4BT4XYZDbEhBYR6yI3fDjgxudJ0Ofg/edit#gid=3 then scroll down to Monroe county then city.
If you can volunteer for an additional rooftop, need a backup for one of the count windows,
or need assistance with chick-checking, please let [email protected] know.
Recordings of the training webinars for conducting beach route surveys and rooftop visits
are below:
o Webinar for route surveyors (people who survey routes regularly):
http://fwc.adobeconnect.com/p2lzagnwswd/
o Webinar for site monitors (people who check rooftops or individual sites such as
stewarded colonies, etc.): http://fwc.adobeconnect.com/p3423kimomb/
All data should be entered at www.FLShorebirdDatabase.org. The Breeding Bird Protocol is
available on the RESOURCES tab.
11:30 – 11:50 Any issues/needs/challenges for the upcoming season – all participants
 If you’re surveying a rooftop, please approach the rooftop management (property owner or
building manager) about doing preventative maintenance (e.g., AC repair, roof repair) on
roof before the birds arrive (i.e., ASAP!).
 If birds are up there and they need to do repairs, please call FWC Law Enforcement
immediately 888-404-FWCC. Ricardo did a training for local L.E. so they should be up to
speed on proper response protocol. Please follow up with Ricardo or Carol at FWC
afterwards: (561) 882-5719 or (561) 882-5712.
11:50 – 12:00 Wrap up
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Naomi will send minutes with signup sheets, link to rooftop webinar, and Breeding Bird
Protocol.
Thanks everyone for making this meeting – and hopefully the 2015 nesting season – a
success!