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The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 104Tomoka Basin GEOpark/Tomoka Marsh Aquatic Preserve:SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTSWood Stork __ Nov 1995__ Feb 1996270 birds204 birds2% (N)1% (N)Wading birds* 11 Oct 1995 1613 birds (N)Peregrine Falcon 11 Oct 1995 20 birds 1% (M)Least Tern __ Apr 1996 186 birds 1% (N)Royal Tern __ May 1996 242 birds 2% (N)Overall diversity undated list 173 natives2 exoticsData obtained from monthly surveys (Aug 1995–Jul 1996), conducted by Lorne Malo (St. Johns River WaterManagement District) and prepared by Teresa Downey and Charles DuToit (Florida Division of Recreation andParks). *500 or more wading birds were counted on nearly every survey; only the highest count is listed.OTHER RESOURCES: Aquatic habitats within Anastasia State Park have been an designated asOutstanding Florida Water. The park supports a large population of the Endangered “AnastasiaIsland” beach mouse and contains 4 miles (6.4 km) of frontage along the Atlantic Ocean and 5 milesalong (8 km) Salt Run. Bulow Creek State Park: ___. Faver-Dykes State Park: ____. Fort ClinchState Park ____. Timucuan Indians used Moses Creek Conservation Area thousands of years ago.Tomoka Basin GEOpark/Tomoka Marsh Aquatic Preserve supports 260 native plants, 108 nativefishes, 28 reptiles, 7 amphibians, and 20 mammals. The Tomoka River is a designated sanctuary forthe Florida manatee. Washington Oaks Gardens State Park ____THREATS: Anastasia State Park: human disturbance, cowbird brood parasitism. Bulow Creek StatePark: ___. Faver-Dykes State Park: ____. Fort Clinch State Park: ____. Moses CreekConservation Area: feral hogs, runoff, exotic plants. Tomoka Basin GEOpark/Tomoka MarshAquatic Preserve: *exotic plants, human disturbance, habitat succession, feral hogs. WashingtonOaks Gardens State Park ____CONSERVATION ISSUES: Anastasia State Park: Nesting areas are roped off against human disturbance.• Beach access is limited to trails to protect the dunes. Most of the park is designated as a protectedzone in the park management plan. • The bird list could be improved substantially from surveys thattarget Neotropical migrants. Bulow Creek State Park: ___. Faver-Dykes State Park: ____. FortClinch State Park ____. Moses Creek Conservation Area is surrounded by residentialsubdivisions, which complicates prescribed-fire management. Feral hogs and exotic plants (primarily____) are controlled as needed. Tomoka Basin GEOpark/Tomoka Marsh Aquatic Preserve: ADraft Management Plan was written in December 2001. The primary objective is to preserve andrestore ecological functions of the area through prescribed fire, controlling exotics, and restoringwetland communities. Washington Oaks Gardens State Park ____.NOMINATED BY: Anastasia State Park: J.B. Miller (Florida Division of Recreation and Parks); BulowCreek State Park: ___. Faver-Dykes State Park: ____. Fort Clinch State Park ____. MosesCreek Conservation Area: Gianfranco Basili (St. Johns Audubon Society). Tomoka BasinGEOpark/Tomoka Marsh Aquatic Preserve: Charles DuToit and Teresa Downey (FloridaDivision of Recreation and Parks). Washington Oaks Gardens State Park ____REFERENCE: +Radamaker, K., and C. Radamaker. In press (2002). First recent record of the Kirtland’sWarbler in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 30: ___.WEBSITES: ,,,,,
The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 105OCALA NATIONAL FOREST–LAKE GEORGELake George Conservation Area (20,184 acres; 8073 ha), Lake George State Forest (19,609 acres;7842 ha), and Ocala National Forest (383,573 acres; 153,429 ha)Lake, Marion, Putnam, and Volusia counties423,366 acres; 169,346 haLOCATION: in northern Lake County, eastern Marion County, extreme southern Putnam County, andwestern Volusia County, primarily from the northern portion of the Ocklawaha River south to StateRoad 40 between the western portion of the Ocklawaha River and U.S. Highway 17. Contiguouswith the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge IBA to the south.DESCRIPTION: ____; Lake George Conservation Area is managed as a Wildlife Management Area bythe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Lake George State Forest ____. TheConservation Area receives ____ recreationists and ____ hunters annually, while use of the StateForest is ____ recreationists and ____ hunters annually. _____. Ocala National Forest is thesouthernmost national forest in the continental United States. The Forest receives ____ recreationistsand ____ hunters annually.OWNERSHIP: U.S. Forest Service (Ocala National Forest), St. Johns River Water Management Districtand Volusia County (Lake George Conservation Area), Florida Division of Forestry (Lake GeorgeState Forest).HABITATS: Lake George Conservation Area: *hardwood swamp, *slash pine plantation, pineflatwoods, temperate hammock, cypress swamp, lacustrine. Lake George State Forest: *slash pineplantation, *longleaf pine flatwoods, *hardwood swamp, riverine. Ocala National Forest: *sand pinescrub, *xeric oak scrub, longleaf pine flatwoods, sandhills, temperate hammock, cypress swamp,hardwood swamp, bayhead, freshwater marsh, riverine, lacustrine, artificialLAND USE: Lake George Conservation Area: *conservation, *recreation, *hunting, *timber production.Lake George State Forest: *conservation, *timber production, *recreation, *hunting. OcalaNational Forest: *conservation, *recreation, *timber production, *huntingIBA CATEGORIES: significant populations of Endangered, Threatened, FCREPA, and Watch Listspecies; significant numbers of raptors; and significant natural habitatsAVIAN DATA: Ocala National Forest is critical to the survival of the Florida Scrub-Jay, supporting thelargest extant population and accounting for more than 20% of overall numbers. It also supports RedcockadedWoodpeckers and other flatwoods/sandhills species. Eighty point count stations (40 in sandpine scrub and 40 in longleaf pine sandhills) in the National Forest are surveyed once annually duringthe breeding season to track populations of selected species. The area surrounding Lake George,nearly entirely within this IBA, contains one of the densest nesting concentrations of Bald Eagles inthe United States. The points are surveyed for 10 minutes are broken down into segments of 0–3, 4–5,and 6–10 minute segments to allow comparison with BBS data and other surveys methods.SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTSSwallow-tailed Kite Jul 1997 200 birds 13% (N)Bald Eagle 2001 79 nests 7% (B)“Southeastern” American Kestrel 2001 75 nest boxes occupied (B)Red-cockaded Woodpecker 1999200118 clusters30 clusters1% (R)2% (R)Florida Scrub-Jay 19982001>700 groups763 groups19% (R)21% (R)Bachman's Sparrow 2001 2.0 birds/sandhills sample point (R)Overall diversity 1998 checklist 244 natives___ exotics
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