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Table of Contents

Cover/Acknowledgements/Committees

Introduction

Information on Breeding Shorebirds

Christmas Bird Count Data

International Shorebird Survey Data

National Wildlife Refuge Data

Jamaica Bay Data

Results of Shorebird Workshop

Western Bays Complex

Cedar Overlook Beach

Carmans River Marshes

Moriches Inlet

Dune Road Marsh / Shinnecock Inlet

Discussion

Preliminary Recommendations

References

Tables

Table 1: Shorebirds Regularly Observed in Long Island South Shore Estuary

Table 2: Breeding Shorebird Information for the South Shore Estuary Reserve

Table 3: Shorebird Species Data from the Four Christmas Bird Counts in the South Shore Estuary Combined and Averaged over 5 Year Intervals, Shown in Order of Decreasing Abundance

Table 4: International Shorebird Survey Data, Long Island South Shore Estuary: Peak Counts by Season

Table 5: Seasonal Occurrence of Shorebirds at National Wildlife Refuges Within the South Shore Estuary Reserve

Table 6: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Organized Chronologically by Peak Date

Table 7: Long Island South Shore Estuary Shorebird Concentration Areas

Table 8: Wetlands in the Western Bays Complex Based on 1980 National Wetlands Inventory Data

Figures

Figure 1: Location of Survey Areas for Shorebird Chapter South Shore Estuary Reserve

Figure 2: Five Year Averages of Shorebirds Reported in Four Christmas Bird Counts in the South Shore Estuary Reserve

Figure 3: Shorebird Concentration Areas and National Wetlands Inventory Data South Shore Estuary Reserve