AAfCW 2013 Volunteer Update #10

This is the tenth weekly update by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW) for the 2013 season. Today's update includes reports of Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher, Least Tern and Common Tern from May 27 through 4:00 p.m. on June 3 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.

Informational updates:

We are in the middle of the most critical nesting phase of the season with Piping Plover families running around our beaches and Least Terns trying to find a good place to nest. American Oystercatchers also have young and some Common Terns may be found nesting on beaches as well. The more we can educate the public and work to keep beachgoers from entering nesting areas the better. Staying near the water is the best strategy and prioritizing bird safety over data while monitoring from a safe distance with scopes and binoculars should be continued. Thank you all for the success we have had so far. We could not have done it without you!

Next week's update will be delayed but other staff will be watching all incoming data and information and will be in the field on a constant basis.

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover
5 adults, 5 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27
3 adults, 1 nest at Long Beach on 5/27
1 pair, 7 adults, 5 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27
2 pairs, 2 adults, 10 hatchlings, 1 nest at Milford Point on 5/27
2 pairs, 2 adults, 2 hatchlings, 4 nests at Bluff Point on 5/27
7 pairs, 5 hatchlings, 5 nests at Milford Point on 5/27
1 pair, 5 adults, 2 hatchlings, 3 nests at Bluff Point on 5/27
7 adults, 5 hatchlings, 2 nests at Griswold Point on 5/27
1 pair, 6 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27
3 adults at Long Beach on 5/28
7 pairs, 1 adult, 7 hatchlings, 3 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/29
6 pairs, 14 hatchlings, 2 nests at Milford Point on 5/29
14 adults, 4 hatchlings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/29
6 pairs, 14 hatchlings, 2 nests at Milford Point on 5/29
5 pairs, 1 adult, 12 hatchlings, 1 nest at Griswold Point on 5/30
4 pairs, 1 adult, 3 hatchlings, 3 nests at Bluff Point on 5/30
6 pairs, 14 hatchlings at Milford Point on 5/30
2 pairs, 6 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/30
5 adults, 3 hatchlings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/30
1 pair at Shell Avenue Milford on 5/31
1 pair, 3 adults at Long Beach on 5/31
1 pair at Sandy Point Stonington on 5/31
5 adults, 2 hatchlings at Bluff Point on 5/31
1 pair, 3 adults at Long Beach on 6/1
14 adults, 6 hatchlings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/1
2 adults at Milford Point on 6/1
4 pairs, 1 adult, 8 hatchlings at Bluff Point on 6/1
1 pair, 2 adults, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/1
9 adults, 10 hatchlings at Milford Point on 6/2
3 adults at Long Beach on 6/2
1 pair, 3 adults, 2 nests at Long Beach on 6/2
4 pairs, 1 adult, 13 hatchlings at Milford Point on 6/2

American Oystercatcher
1 adult at Bluff Point on 5/27
2 pairs, 2 hatchlings, 2 nests at Milford Point on 5/27
1 pair at Bluff Point on 5/27
1 adult, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27
1 adult at Long Beach on 5/27
2 pairs, 1 adult, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27
1 pair, 1 hatchling at Milford Point on 5/27
1 pair, 3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27
1 pair at Thimble Islands Outer Island on 5/28
1 pair, 3 adults at Thimble Islands on 5/28
1 pair at Compo Beach on 5/28
1 pair at Horse Island Guilford on 5/28
1 adult at Griswold Point on 5/28
2 pairs at Grass Island Guilford on 5/29
1 pair at Salt Island on 5/29
3 pairs at Menunketesuck Island on 5/29
1 pair, 1 adult at Great Captain's Island on 5/29
1 adult at Calf Islands on 5/29
4 pairs, 4 adults, 3 hatchlings at Cockenoe Island on 5/29
1 pair, 1 adult at Chimon Island on 5/29
1 adult at Sheffield Island on 5/29
1 adult at Shea Island on 5/29
1 pair at Calf Pasture Island on 5/29
3 pairs, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/29
2 pairs, 1 adult, 2 hatchlings at Milford Point on 5/29
2 adults, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/29
2 pairs, 2 hatchlings at Milford Point on 5/29
3 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 5/30
1 pair, 3 hatchlings at Governor Island Thimble Islands on 5/30
1 adult at Thimble Island 10 on 5/30
1 pair at Whalen Island Thimble Islands on 5/30
1 pair, 1 adult at Thimble Island 7 on 5/30
1 pair at Griswold Point on 5/30
2 pairs, 1 adult at Bluff Point on 5/30
1 adult at Sherwood Island State Park on 5/30
2 pairs, 1 hatchling at Milford Point on 5/30
1 pair, 2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/30
4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/30
1 adult, 1 hatchling at Duck Island on 5/30
1 pair, 1 adult at Menunketesuck Island on 5/30
1 pair, 1 nest at Branford Harbor on 5/31
1 pair, 1 nest at Green Island Branford on 5/31
1 pair, 1 nest at Kelsey Island Branford on 5/31
1 pair, 1 hatchling at Umbrella Island Branford on 5/31
4 adults at Sandy Point Stonington on 5/31
6 pairs, 1 hatchling at Sandy Point Stonington on 5/31
3 adults at Long Beach on 6/1
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/1
1 adult at Stratford Point on 6/1
5 adults at Milford Point on 6/1
3 adults at Milford Point on 6/2
2 adults at Stratford Point on 6/2
14 adults, 10 hatchlings, 2 nests at Cockenoe Island on 6/2
2 adults, 1 nest at Long Beach Island on 6/2

Least Tern
3 adults at Long Beach on 5/27
25 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27
6 adults at Long Beach on 5/27
4 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 5/27
15 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27
20 adults at Milford Point on 5/27
7 adults, 2 nests at Bluff Point on 5/27
60 adults at Milford Point on 5/27
17 adults at Bluff Point on 5/27
20 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27
4 adults at Compo Beach on 5/28
16 adults at Griswold Point on 5/28
7 adults at Long Beach on 5/28
4 pairs, 16 adults, 4 nests at Menunketesuck Island on 5/29
10 pairs, 40 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/29
60 adults at Milford Point on 5/29
40 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/29
70 adults at Milford Point on 5/29
35 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 5/30
8 pairs, 4 adults, 7 nests at Griswold Point on 5/30
13 adults at Stratford Point on 5/30
50 adults at Milford Point on 5/30
20 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/30
35 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/30
6 pairs, 6 adults at Long Beach on 5/31
7 adults at Bluff Point on 5/31
2 adults at Long Beach on 6/1
125 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/1
4 adults at Stratford Point on 6/1
20 adults at Milford Point on 6/1
12 adults at Bluff Point on 6/1
15 adults at Long Beach on 6/1
100 adults at Milford Point on 6/2
18 adults at Stratford Point on 6/2
3 pairs, 10 adults at Long Beach on 6/2
55 adults at Milford Point on 6/2
5 adults, 4 nests at Cockenoe Island on 6/2

Common Tern
2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27
1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27
12 adults at Compo Beach on 5/28
2 pairs at Horse Island Guilford on 5/28
1 adult at Long Beach on 5/28
1 pair at Grass Island Guilford on 5/29
1 pair, 1 nest at Salt Island on 5/29
3 pairs at Menunketesuck Island on 5/29
5 pairs, 25 adults, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/29
1 adult at Milford Point on 5/29
10 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/29
2 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 5/30
2 adults at Griswold Point on 5/30
27 adults at Stratford Point on 5/30
5 adults at Sherwood Island State Park on 5/30
8 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/30
11 adults at Stratford Point on 6/1
3 adults at Sasco Hill Beach on 6/1
2 adults at Long Beach on 6/1
21 adults at Stratford Point on 6/2
500 adults at Cockenoe Island on 6/2

This concludes update #10 through 6/3/13 as of 5:00 p.m.


Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds, Audubon Connecticut and the Connecticut Audubon Society partnering to improve conditions for coastal waterbirds in Connecticut.

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