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The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 58Black's Island:SPECIES DATE NUMBERS COMMENTSBrown Pelican May 2000 100 pairs 1% (B)Snowy Egret May 2000 50 pairs (B)Tricolored Herons May 2000 50 pairs (B)Data provided by Tammy Summers (Apalachicola Bay Aquatic Preserve)Eglin Air Force Base Test Site:SPECIES DATE NUMBERS COMMENTSPiping Plover 1 Feb 199426 birds4% (W)Jan–Feb 20010 birdsSnowy Plover 31 Dec 199331 Aug 19993 birds3 birds
The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 59in fair to poor condition because of erosion and looting +(DEP 2000). • The park is an excellent siteto observe migrating dragonflies and butterflies +Sprandel (2001).THREATS: Black's Island: *development, *human disturbance. Eglin Air Force Base Test Site:*human disturbance. Palm Point: *development, *human disturbance. T.H. Stone Memorial St.Joseph Peninsula State Park: *human disturbance, *erosion, exotic plants, feral cats, cowbird broodparasitismCONSERVATION ISSUES: Black's Island is privately owned and a proposed development includes 14hosing units and a restaurant. The bird nesting area is proposed as a posted conservation area, butpreparation for development already has disturbed the colony. • The island is sought for publicacquisition as part of the St. Joseph Bay Buffer CARL–FF Project, and is surrounded by the St.Joseph Bay Aquatic Preserve. The beach at Eglin Air Force Base Test Site is open to publicrecreation. The site contains 3 miles (4.8 km) of Gulf frontage, but parts are suffering from severeerosion; 30 feet (9 m) were lost in 1993 alone. The main concern at the Test Site is from 4-wheeldrive trucks and ATVs that have damaged the dunes, and affected nesting birds and sea turtles.Efforts are underway to manage off-road use, and critical shorebird nesting areas will be posted. •T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park: A Draft Unit Management Plan wasprepared in March 2000 +(DEP 2000); most of the information in this section comes from themanagement plan. • Unauthorized access into the “Wilderness Zone” from boaters disturbs beachnestingand -roosting species. Other sensitive areas are posted to control or prevent human access. •The northern half of the State Park has been proposed as Critical Habitat for the Piping Plover. • Thesouthern portion of the park has been identified as one of the most critically eroding areas in Florida,due mostly to tropical storm activity. • A large area of sand pine scrub is found in the “WildernessZone.” The fire management plan is to allow the area to burn naturally when a fire occurs there, butthe site will not be prescribed-burned. Other habitats are burned at varying intervals between 3–25years. • Coyotes and feral cats are removed when encountered. • Exotic plants are not a seriousproblem, and are removed as needed.Palm Point was identified by +Gore and Chase (1989) as important habitat for Snowy Plovers. Noother data are known for the site, and it is not included within the St. Joseph Bay Buffer CARL–FFProject boundaries. If the site continues to support Snowy Plovers, then perhaps it should beconsidered for public acquisition.NOMINATED BY: Gary Sprandel (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) and TammySummers (Apalachicola Bay Aquatic Preserve)REVIEWED BY: Jeff Gore, Karen Lamonte, and George Wallace (all of the Florida Fish and WildlifeConservation Commission)REFERENCES: +DEP 2000. T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park unit management plan.DEP Advisory Group review draft. Department of Environmental Protection. [Tallahassee, FL]. •+Sprandel, G.L. 2001. Fall dragonfly (Odonata) and butterfly (Lepidoptera) migration at St. JosephPeninsula, Gulf County, Florida. Florida Entomologist 84: 234–248. • +Gore, J.A., and C.A. Chase,III. 1989. Snowy Plover breeding distribution. Final performance report, Florida Game and FreshWater Fish Commission. Tallahassee, FL. • +Stedman, S.J. 1984. St. Joseph Peninsula hawkmigration. Florida Department of Natural Resources. Tallahassee, FL.WEBSITE:
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