AAfCW 2014 Volunteer Update #10

This is the tenth 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 June 2 through 1:00 p.m. on June 9 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.

Informational updates:

As we continue through the end of the spring and enter the summer we will be continually seeing more bird and human activity on our beaches with more nests and young to come. Please remember to visit our blog for dozens of documents including our datasheets, outreach materials, species fact sheets and more: http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/

This PDF file from CT DEEP is one of the most important containing contact information, instructions on what to do in difficult situations and with disturbances plus dog laws on beaches: http://rtpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/WHO-TO-CONTACT-IN-AN-EMERGENCY_CT-Dog-Laws.pdf

As always if you have any questions email us at any time - thank you!

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover

1 pair, 1 nest at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/2
8 pairs, 2 adults, 4 hatchlings at Griswold Point on 6/2
3 adults, 1 hatchling at Harkness Memorial State Park on 6/2
2 pairs, 2 adults, 2 nests at Long Beach on 6/2
2 pairs, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 6/2

8 adults, 3 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/2

6 adults at Milford Point on 6/3
7 pairs, 11 hatchlings, 3 nests at Griswold Point on 6/3
4 pairs, 8 hatchlings, 2 nests at Bluff Point on 6/3
2 pairs, 2 nests at Mumford Cove on 6/3
3 pairs, 1 adult, 5 hatchlings, 2 nests at Bluff Point on 6/3
15 adults, 8 hatchlings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3

1 pair, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/3

10 adults, 9 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3

3 pairs, 2 nests at Long Beach on 6/4
2 pairs at Pleasure Beach on 6/4
9 adults, 7 hatchlings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/4
3 pairs, 4 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/4

1 pair, 1 adult, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/4

1 adult, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/5
1 pair at Pleasure Beach on 6/5
1 adult, 1 nest at Short Beach on 6/5
2 pairs, 2 adults, 4 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/5
15 adults, 7 nests at Milford Point on 6/6
6 pairs, 12 hatchlings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6
8 pairs, 15 hatchlings, 4 nests at Milford Point on 6/6

2 adults at Long Beach on 6/6

1 pair at Long Beach on 6/7

7 adults, 10 hatchlings at Griswold Point on 6/8
1 pair at Long Beach 6/8

American Oystercatcher
1 adult at Griswold Point on 6/2
1 pair at Harkness Memorial State Park on 6/2
1 pair at Long Beach on 6/2
1 pair at Pleasure Beach on 6/2

4 adults, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/2

6 adults at Milford Point on 6/3
1 pair, 1 nest at Bluff Point on 6/3
1 pair, 1 nest at Griswold Island on 6/3
1 pair, 1 nest at Mumford Cove on 6/3
1 pair at Bluff Point on 6/3
1 pair, 1 adult, 1 hatchling at Tuxis Island on 6/3
3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3
1 pair, 4 adults at Long/Pleasure Beach on 6/3
1 pair, 1 nest at Bluff Point on 6/3

1 pair at Long Beach on 6/3
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3

1 pair at Sixpenny Island on 6/4
4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/4
1 pair, 4 adults at Long Beach on 6/4

2 pairs, 2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/4

1 adult at Long Beach on 6/4

3 adults at Long Beach on 6/5
1 adult, 1 hatchling at Tuxis Island on 6/5
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/5
8 adults at Milford Point on 6/6
3 pairs, 3 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6
2 pairs, 2 nests at Milford Point on 6/6

1 pair at Long Beach on 6/7

Least Tern

14 pairs, 6 nests at Long Beach on 6/2

7 pairs, 4 nests at Pleasure Beach on 6/2

24 adults, 6 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/2

10 adults at Milford Point on 6/3

2 pairs, 1 adult, 2 nests at Mumford Cove on 6/3

8 adults at Bluff Point on 6/3

6 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3

25 pairs, 10 adults, 25 nests at Griswold Point on 6/3

6 pairs, 1 nest at Bluff Point on 6/3

2 pairs, 7 adults at Long Beach on 6/3

25 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3

8 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/4

4 pairs, 10 adults, 3 nests at Long Beach on 6/4

7 pairs, 2 nests at Pleasure Beach on 6/4

6 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/4

4 adults at Long Beach on 6/4

21 adults at Long Beach on 6/5

4 adults at Pleasure Beach on 6/5

2 pairs, 2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/5

40 adults, 3 nests at Milford Point on 6/6

12 pairs, 5 adults, 5 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6

32 pairs, 27 nests at Milford Point on 6/6

2 adults at Long Beach on 6/6

6 adults at Pleasure Beach on 6/6

5 adults, 2 nests at Sasco Hill Beach on 6/7

45 adults at Griswold Point on 6/8

5 adults at Sherwood Island State Park on 6/8

1 pair, 3 adults at Long Beach on 6/8

Common Tern

6 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/2
2 adults at Milford Point on 6/3
4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3

2 adults at Pleasure Beach on 6/4

1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/4

2 adults at Long Beach on 6/5

8 adults at Milford Point on 6/6

4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6

6 adults at Milford Point on 6/6

This concludes update #10 through 6/9/14 as of 1:00 p.m.

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