AAfCW 2013 Volunteer Update #14

This is the fourteenth 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 June 24 through 4:00 p.m. on July 1 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.

Informational updates:

If you would like to help CT DEEP and AAfCW monitor on the night of fireworks displays at Milford Point on the evening of July 3 and Sandy Morse Points on either July 3 or 4 please email us. We can give you the details of when staff will be in place at each site. Our birds continue to grow and still more are hatching. Any time you can be out monitoring on July 4 at your beach or beaches would be helpful if it is "beach weather" and there are large crowds heading to the shore. We have a few very critical weeks left and heading out to monitor during these busy times in particular is very important. Thank you for your efforts thus far and we hope they will have contributed to what could be a very successful season!

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover
5 pairs, 7 hatchlings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/24
2 pairs, 12 adults, 3 hatchlings at Griswold Point on 6/24
3 pairs, 3 adults, 4 hatchlings, 1 fledgling at Bluff Point on 6/24
5 pairs, 2 adults, 4 hatchlings, 9 fledglings at Griswold Point on 6/24
1 pair, 1 adult, 4 hatchlings at Harkness Memorial State Park on 6/24
2 pairs, 2 adults, 6 hatchlings at Bluff Point on 6/24
7 pairs, 10 hatchlings, 6 fledglings, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/24
4 pairs, 2 adults, 4 hatchlings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/24
4 pairs, 3 hatchlings, 2 fledglings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/24
5 pairs, 1 adult, 3 hatchlings, 2 fledglings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/25
2 pairs, 2 adults, 4 hatchlings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/25
4 pairs, 14 adults, 3 hatchlings, 7 fledglings at Griswold Point on 6/25
3 pairs, 2 adults, 9 hatchlings, 3 fledglings at Milford Point on 6/25
1 pair, 3 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/25
2 pairs, 2 adults, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/25
2 pairs, 4 adults, 3 hatchlings, 3 fledglings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/25
1 pair, 3 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/26
1 pair, 3 adults, 2 hatchlings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/26
3 pairs, 4 hatchlings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/26
3 pairs, 2 adults, 3 fledglings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/26
2 pairs, 1 adult, 4 hatchlings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/26
7 pairs, 10 hatchlings, 6 fledglings, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/26
2 pairs, 1 adult, 4 hatchlings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/27
5 pairs, 2 adults, 3 hatchlings, 3 fledglings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/27
1 pair, 2 adults, 4 hatchlings at Long Beach on 6/27
7 pairs, 4 hatchlings, 12 fledglings, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/27
8 pairs, 14 fledglings at Milford Point on 6/27
3 pairs, 7 adults, 3 hatchlings, 6 fledglings at Griswold Point on 6/28
3 pairs, 10 adults, 2 hatchlings, 8 fledglings, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/28
4 adults, 3 hatchlings at Long Beach on 6/28
1 pair, 2 adults, 4 hatchlings at Long Beach on 6/29
1 pair, 3 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/29
15 adults, 6 hatchlings, 5 fledglings at Griswold Point on 6/29
6 adults, 4 hatchlings, 3 fledglings at Milford Point on 6/29
3 pairs, 4 adults, 3 hatchlings, 1 fledgling at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/29
2 pairs, 1 adult, 3 hatchlings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/30
4 adults, 4 fledglings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30
6 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30

American Oystercatcher
3 pairs, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/24
2 adults at Great Captain's Island on 6/24
1 pair, 1 adult at Bluff Point on 6/24
3 pairs, 2 fledglings at Milford Point on 6/24
2 pairs, 2 fledglings at Milford Point on 6/25
1 pair at Long Beach on 6/25
2 pairs, 1 adult, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/25
4 pairs, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/25
2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/26
3 pairs, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/27
4 pairs, 2 hatchlings, 2 fledglings at Cockenoe Island on 6/27
2 pairs, 2 fledglings at Milford Point on 6/27
1 adult at Griswold Point on 6/28
2 pairs, 3 adults, 1 fledgling at Milford Point on 6/28
2 pairs at Menunketesuck Island on 6/28
2 pairs, 3 adults, 2 fledglings, 1 nest at Duck Island on 6/28
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Salt Island on 6/28
1 pair at Branford Harbor on 6/28
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Umbrella Island on 6/28
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Pages Cove on 6/28
2 pairs at Kelsey Island on 6/28
5 adults at Long Beach on 6/29
2 adults at Griswold Point on 6/29
5 adults at Milford Point on 6/29
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30

Least Tern
3 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 6/24
5 pairs, 15 adults, 5 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/24
7 adults at Stratford Point on 6/24
18 adults at Griswold Point on 6/24
9 pairs, 17 adults, 9 nests at Bluff Point on 6/24
33 pairs, 5 adults, 33 nests at Griswold Point on 6/24
25 adults, 15 nests at Harkness Memorial State Park on 6/24
6 pairs, 3 adults, 6 nests at Bluff Point on 6/24
3 pairs, 6 adults at Long Beach on 6/24
2 pairs, 11 adults, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/24
9 pairs, 38 adults, 9 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/25
28 adults at Long Beach on 6/25
2 adults at Russian Beach on 6/25
17 pairs, 60 adults, 17 nests at Griswold Point on 6/25
150 pairs, 100 adults, 150 nests at Milford Point on 6/25
5 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 6/25
1 pair, 1 adult at Long Beach on 6/25
3 adults at Pleasure Beach on 6/25
1 pair, 14 adults, 1 hatchling, 3 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/25
1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 6/26
2 adults at Long Beach on 6/26
3 adults at Long Beach on 6/26
175 pairs, 50 adults, 175 nests at Milford Point on 6/26
5 adults at Long Beach on 6/26
3 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 6/26
8 adults at Long Beach on 6/27
6 pairs, 8 adults, 4 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/27
21 pairs, 50 adults, 21 nests at Griswold Point on 6/28
15 adults at Menunketesuck Island on 6/28
6 adults at Long Beach on 6/28
9 adults at Long Beach on 6/29
6 adults at Stratford Point on 6/29
83 adults at Griswold Point on 6/29
100 adults at Milford Point on 6/29
9 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/29
6 adults at Long Beach on 6/30
3 adults at Penfield Reef on 6/30
10 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30
12 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30

Common Tern
2 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 6/24
3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/24
2 adults at Stratford Point on 6/24
1 adult at Great Captain's Island on 6/24
5 pairs, 10 adults at Milford Point on 6/24
1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/25
1 adult at Sherwood Island State Park on 6/25
3 pairs at Milford Point on 6/25
4 adults at Long Beach on 6/26
3 pairs, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/26
4 pairs, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/27
3 adults at Sherwood Island State Park on 6/27
40 pairs, 50 hatchlings at Cockenoe Island on 6/27
5 adults at Griswold Point on 6/28
4 pairs, 3 adults, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/28
12 adults at Menunketesuck Island on 6/28
5 adults at Griswold Point on 6/29
3 adults at Long Beach on 6/30
1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30

This concludes update #14 through 7/1/13 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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