AAfCW 2014 Volunteer Update #8

This is the eighth weekly update by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW) for the 2014 season. Today's update includes reports of Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher, Least Tern and Common Tern from May 19 through 4:00 p.m. on May 27 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.

Informational updates:

Thank you to all of the monitors who spent extra time out on the beach last weekend! We educated and spoke to hundreds of beachgoers in the beautiful weather. We also had the first Piping Plover hatchlings of 2014 at Griswold Point and then Milford Point and Sandy/Morse Points. This will pick up very rapidly now with many young emerging in the next couple of weeks as our terns begin to nest as well. Please monitor as much as you can in this critical time!

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover
1 pair, 7 adults, 1 nest at Griswold Point on 5/19
1 pair, 1 nest at Harkness Memorial State Park on 5/19
2 adults at Bluff Point on 5/19
1 adult, 1 nest at Shell Avenue Milford on 5/19
2 adults at Milford Point on 5/20
2 pairs, 6 adults, 8 nests at Milford Point on 5/20
4 pairs, 3 nests at Long Beach on 5/20
1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 5/20
9 adults, 4 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/20
1 pair, 2 adults, 3 nests at Long Beach on 5/20
3 pairs, 12 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/20
2 adults at Sandy Point Stonington on 5/20
3 pairs, 2 adults, 5 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/21
1 nest at Peck Ave. Beach, West Haven on 5/21
4 adults, 8 nests at Milford Point on 5/21
1 adult at Short Beach on 5/21
2 pairs, 5 adults, 4 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/21
2 pairs, 4 adults, 4 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/21
2 pairs, 4 adults, 2 nests at Long Beach on 5/21
1 adult at Short Beach on 5/22
14 adults, 8 nests at Milford Point on 5/23
2 pairs, 6 adults, 8 nests at Milford Point on 5/23
1 pair, 1 nest at East Broadway Milford on 5/23
3 pairs at Bluff Point on 5/23
12 adults, 3 hatchlings, 4 nests at Griswold Point on 5/24
1 pair, 1 nest at Shell Avenue Milford on 5/24
4 pairs, 2 adults, 5 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/24
1 nest at Peck Ave. Beach, West Haven on 5/24
6 pairs, 2 adults, 8 nests at Milford Point on 5/24
4 pairs, 1 adult, 4 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/24
8 pairs, 8 nests at Milford Point on 5/25
1 pair, 1 nest at Shell Avenue Milford on 5/25
8 pairs, 8 nests at Milford Point on 5/25
1 pair, 1 nest at Short Beach on 5/25
8 pairs, 4 hatchlings, 7 nests at Griswold Point on 5/25
4 pairs, 1 adult, 3 nests at Bluff Point on 5/25
2 pairs, 4 adults at Long Beach on 5/25
2 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 5/25
6 pairs, 3 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/26
4 pairs, 3 nests at Long Beach on 5/26
1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 5/26
8 pairs, 4 hatchlings, 7 nests at Milford Point on 5/26
1 adult at Milford Point on 5/26
3 pairs, 5 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/26
3 pairs, 1 adult, 3 nests at Long Beach on 5/27
15 adults, 2 hatchlings, 4 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27

American Oystercatcher
1 pair at Griswold Point on 5/19
1 pair at Bluff Point on 5/19
4 pairs at Cockenoe Island on 5/19
1 pair at Chimon Island on 5/19
2 pairs at Long Beach Island on 5/19
1 pair, 1 nest at Rocky Island on 5/19
1 pair at Fish Islands on 5/20
3 pairs, 1 adult, 1 nest at Menunketesuck Island on 5/20
1 pair, 1 adult, 1 nest at Duck Island on 5/20
1 pair at Salt Island on 5/20
3 adults, 2 nests at Milford Point on 5/20
1 adult at Tuxis Island on 5/20
4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/20
1 pair, 1 nest at Milford Point on 5/20
1 adult at Long Beach on 5/20
2 adults at Penfield Reef on 5/20
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/20
9 pairs, 9 nests at Sandy Point Stonington on 5/20
2 pairs, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/21
4 adults at Milford Point on 5/21
2 adults at Short Beach on 5/21
2 pairs, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/21
3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/21
1 adult at Sixpenny Island on 5/21
1 adult at Ram Island on 5/21
2 adults at Long Beach on 5/21
1 adult at Quinnipeag Rocks on 5/22
2 pairs, 1 adult at Milford Point on 5/23
2 pairs, 1 nest at Milford Point on 5/23
1 adult at Bluff Point on 5/23
1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/24
2 pairs, 2 nests at Milford Point on 5/24
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/24
2 adults at Milford Point on 5/25
2 pairs, 1 adult, 2 nests at Milford Point on 5/25
1 pair, 4 adults at Bluff Point on 5/25
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/26
2 pairs, 2 nests at Milford Point on 5/26
4 adults at Milford Point on 5/26
3 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/26
1 pair at Long Beach on 5/27
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27

Least Tern
4 adults at Griswold Point on 5/19
1 adult at Harkness Memorial State Park on 5/19
1 adult at Bluff Point on 5/19
38 adults at Shell Avenue Milford on 5/19
4 adults at Norwalk Island Area on 5/19
18 adults at Milford Point on 5/20
12 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/20
17 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 5/20
3 pairs, 19 adults at Milford Point on 5/20
5 pairs, 30 adults at Long Beach on 5/20
10 adults at Long Beach on 5/20
27 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/20
3 adults at Barn Island on 5/20
7 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 5/21
20 adults at Milford Point on 5/21
5 adults at Short Beach on 5/21
2 pairs, 14 adults at Long Beach on 5/21
50 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/21
20 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/21
2 pairs, 5 adults at Long Beach on 5/21
1 pair, 1 adult at Short Beach on 5/22
20 adults at Milford Point on 5/23
10 adults at Bluff Point on 5/23
9 adults at Sasco Hill Beach on 5/24
35 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/24
150 adults at Milford Point on 5/25
15 adults at Milford Point on 5/26
1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/26
24 adults at Long Beach on 5/27
10 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27

Common Tern
5 adults at Shell Avenue Milford on 5/19
5 pairs at Cockenoe Sand Spit on 5/19
1 pair at Westbrook Beach on 5/20
1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 5/20
4 adults at Milford Point on 5/20
25 adults at Long Beach on 5/20
2 adults at Pleasure Beach on 5/20
3 adults at Penfield Reef on 5/20
4 adults at Long Beach on 5/20
2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/20
1 pair at Tuxis Island on 5/21
1 pair at Grass Island on 5/21
1 pair, 2 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 5/21
10 adults at Milford Point on 5/21
5 adults at Short Beach on 5/21
1 pair, 15 adults at Long Beach on 5/21
2 pairs, 11 adults at Sandy/Morse Point on 5/21
4 adults at Long Beach on 5/21
6 adults at Milford Point on 5/23
14 adults at Sandy/Morse Point on 5/24
15 adults at Peck Ave. Beach, West Haven on 5/24
2 adults at Milford Point on 5/24
12 adults at Sasco Hill Beach on 5/24
1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/24
4 pairs, 15 adults at Long Beach on 5/25
12 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 5/25
6 adults at Sandy/Morse Point on 5/26
3 adults at Long Beach on 5/26
12 adults at Milford Point on 5/26
2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/26
6 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/27

This concludes update #8 through 5/27/14 as of 5:00 p.m.

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