Coal Oil Point Reserve

In 2005 we continued with the management of the WSP population at Coal Oil Point Reserve as in previous year. I addition, we started a predator management program and raised chicks from destroyed or abandoned nests. 30 chicks were fledged by their fathers and another 17 were fledged in our hand-raising nursery. 2005 was a year of high predation by skunks, but the plovers re-nested for a third time and were able to successfully raise chicks after we trapped skunks and reduced access of skunks to the beach.