Table 2: (Conclusion). 



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Bowen Point 

 (Mad Inlet) 

 (Mad Inlet) 

 Bird Island 



Shallotte- 

 Holden Beach 



Calabash 



Little R.. 

 Calabash 



Little 

 River 



33°55'N 

 78°15'W 



33°55'N 

 78 3'i'W 



33°55'N 

 78 32'W 



53°51'N 

 78 32'W 



HLM 



DSD 



DSD 



BIB 



STAL 



28 



STAL 



9 



STAL 



35 



RYNI 



22 



One of only two "natu- 

 ral" (no humaji modi- 

 fication) nesting 

 sites in county. 



Source of the data contained in Table 2 is Parnell, J. F, , and R, F. 

 Soots, Jr. 1979. Atlas of colonial waterbirds of North Carolina estuaries. 

 UNC Sea Grant Publication UNC-SG-78-IO, Raleigh, N. C. 



"Site Types" aji'e divided into five categories according to origin and/ 

 or physical characteristics, as follows: 



(1) 

 (2) 

 (3) 

 W 



(5) 



3m, 



BIB — barrier island beach; 



DSD -- dredged material (spoil), diked; 



DSU — dredged material (spoil), undiked; 



MLM — • mainland site, modified with addition of dredged spoil 



material; 

 NIM — natural island, modified with addition of dredged spoil 



material. 



'Nesting Species" are represented in Table 2 by an acronym created 

 from the first two letters of the species generic name coupled with the 

 first two letters of its specific epithet. The acronyms and species are 

 as follows, listed alphabetically: 



Bubulcus albus Cattle Egret 



Butorides stritus Green Keron 



Casmerodius alba Great Egret 



Egrefcta thula Snowy Egret 



Eudocim'us albus White Ibis 



Florida caerulea Little Blue Heron 



Gelochelidon nilotica Gull-billed Tern 



Hydranassa tricolor Louisiana Heron 



Larus argentatus Herring Gull 



Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night Heron 



Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelicaji 



Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis 



Rynchops niger Black Skimmer 



Sterna albifrons Least Tern 



Sterna hirundo Common Tern 



Sterna maxima Royal Tern 



22 



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(3: 



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(5' 



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(6" 



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(7 



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(8" 



) HYTR 



(9' 



) LAAT 



(10 



> NYNY 



(11' 



) PEOC 



(12: 



) PLFA 



(13- 



) RYNI 



(14: 



) STAL 



(15' 



) STHI 



(16: 



STMA 



