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1 Birds in the Puget Sound Nearshore Northwest Fisheries Science Center The Nearshore: Why We Care Northwest Straits Initiative MRCs Conference Bellingham, WA November2015

2 U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 2

3 U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 3

4 Birds in the nearshore: why we care Birds for birds sake Population declines Food web connections Anthropogenic threats U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 4

5 People love birds! U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 5

6 Wildlife observation has become one of the most significant economic activities in Washington and elsewhere in North America U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 6

7 U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 7

8 Marine bird declines in Puget Sound U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 8

9 Marine birds undergoing declines: - forage fish-eating birds - diving birds - breeders and non-breeders Vilchis et al. (2014) Conservation Biology U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 9

10 Puget Sound Seabird Survey Monthly (Oct.-Apr.) High tide (4-hour window) Shore-based (but of water) Random, pre-selected sites Geese, ducks, loons, grebes, cormorants, gulls, terns, alcids Spp., #, distance, bearing, sex ratio, flocks, weather U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 10

11 Habitat use and foraging Surf scoters White-winged scoters Anderson and Lovvorn (2011) U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 11

12 Peter Hodum Peter Hodum Pearson et al. (Unpublished) U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 12

13 U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 13

14 Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve 2013 Mills and Joyce (2014) U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 14

15 Mean % habitat use (SD) of Pacific Dunlin in winter in the Skagit and Stillaguamish River deltas Estimates of prey from agricultural and estuarine sources in the Stillaguamish and Skagit River deltas Hobson et al. (2013) U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 15

16 Wintering birds U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 16

17 Global Seabird Response to Forage Fish Depletion One-Third for the Birds W Cury et al. (2011) U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 17

18 Pearson et al. unpublished U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 18

19 Urbanization affects marine bird assemblages in Puget Sound Gulls w/urbanization Diving ducks w/urbanization Dabbling ducks w/urbanization Herons w/urbanization Detail of shoreline segments (thick colored lines) in Commencement Bay showing alongshore bird points (colored dots) and urban (black) and nonurban (green) land cover. Marine Bird and Waterfowl Assemblage Composition Along Urbanization Gradients in Greater Puget Sound (Rice 2007) U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 19

20 Factors affecting marine birds and/or nearshore environments Oil spills Contaminants Human disturbance at colonies, roosts and foraging areas Fisheries bycatch* Derelict nets* (>105 deep!) Nearshore habitat alteration U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries Page 20

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