AAfCW 2015 Volunteer Update #14

This is the fourteenth weekly update by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW) for the 2015 season. Today's update includes reports of Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher, Least Tern and Common Tern from June 29 through 4:00 p.m. on July 6 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.

Informational updates:

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for extra monitoring, fireworks coverage, or the Pleasure Beach trail creation and clean-up efforts this weekend. We were able to get a lot of tremendous work done and educate so many beachgoers. Please get out if you can this week to check on the young on your beach. We will be looking for counts of chicks, especially those that may have just hatched or birds hopefully still on nests. Watch out for thunderstorms in the next couple of days as well - please be safe and good luck!

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover
3 pairs, 1 adult, 7 hatchlings, 1 fledgling at Hammonasset on 6/29
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Cedar Island on 6/29
21 adults, 10 fledglings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/29
3 pairs, 1 adult, 3 hatchlings, 6 fledglings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30
1 pair, 1 nest at East Broadway Milford on 6/30
1 pair, 3 hatchlings at Menunketesuck Island on 6/30
13 adults, 3 hatchlings, 16 fledglings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30
1 pair, 6 adults, 9 fledglings at Long Beach on 6/30
31 adults/juveniles/fledglings, 3 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1
1 adult, 1 nest at East Broadway Milford on 7/2
16 adults, 5 hatchlings, 6 fledglings at Milford Point on 7/2
1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Menunketesuck Island on 7/2
2 pairs, 4 adults, 2 hatchlings, 2 fledglings, 1 nest at Bluff Point on 7/2
1 pair, 1 nest at East Broadway Milford on 7/3
1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Menunketesuck Island on 7/3
4 pairs, 2 adults, 8 fledglings at Griswold Point on 7/4
12 adults, 7 hatchlings, 3 juveniles at Milford Point on 7/4
26 adults/juveniles/fledglings, 3 hatchlings, 3 fledglings at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/4
4 pairs, 6 adults/juveniles at Long Beach on 7/4
4 pairs, 2 adults, 2 hatchlings, 9 fledglings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 7/5
1 adult at Menunketesuck Island on 7/5
2 pairs, 2 adults, 5 fledglings at Long Beach on 7/5
1 adult, 1 nest at East Broadway Milford on 7/6
5 adults, 3 hatchlings, 5 fledglings at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/6

American Oystercatcher
1 pair, 1 nest at Hammonasset on 6/29
2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/29
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30
5 pairs, 3 fledglings, 1 hatchling at Menunketesuck Island on 6/30
1 adult at Rocks North of Channel Marker on 6/30
1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Channel Marker on 6/30
1 pairat Rocks SE of Channel Marker on 6/30
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Democrat Rock on 6/30
1 pair, 2 fledglings at Rock at Mouth of Farm River Gut on 6/30
1 pair, 1 nest at Darrow Rocks on 6/30
5 pairs, 1 hatchling, 3 fledglings at Menunketesuck Island on 6/30
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30
4 adults at Long Beach on 6/30
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30
2 pairs, 2 adults, 2 hatchlings at Falkner Island on 6/30
2 pairs at Goose Island on 7/1
11 pairs, 3 adults, 4 hatchlings, 7 fledglings, 3 juveniles, 2 nests at Cockenoe Island on 7/1
1 pair, 2 fledglings at East White Rock on 7/1
1 pair at Grassy Island on 7/1
1 pair at Crow Island on 7/1
1 pair at Shea Island on 7/1
1 pair at Long Beach Norwalk on 7/1
1 pair at Sheffield Island on 7/1
2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1
1 pair at Lewis Island, Thimbles on 7/2
1 pair at Governor Island, Thimbles on 7/2
1 adult at Davis Island, Thimbles on 7/2
4 pairs, 3 adults, 3 fledglings at Menunketesuck Island on 7/2
2 pairs, 2 juveniles at Salt Island on 7/2
1 pair, 9 adults on Duck Island on 7/2
1 adult at Bluff Point on 7/2
4 pairs, 4 adults, 3 fledglings, 1 juvenile at Menunketesuck Island on 7/3
1 pair at Ram Island on 7/3
3 adults at Milford Point on 7/3
1 adult at Griswold Point on 7/4
2 pairs, 2 nests at Milford Point on 7/4
1 pair at Long Beach on 7/4
7 pairs, 3 adults, 3 fledglings at Menunketesuck Island on 7/5
2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/6

Least Tern
1 pair at Hammonasset on 6/29
23 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/29
25 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30
111 adults, 76 nests, 11 hatchlings at Menunketesuck Island on 6/30
35 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/30
25 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1
1 pair, 1 hatchling at Sasco Hill Beach on 7/2
2 pairs, 2 adults, 2 nests at Bluff Point on 7/2
100 adults, 29 nests, 11 hatchlings at Menunketesuck Island on 7/3
35 adults at Griswold Point on 7/4
54 adults, 19 nests at Milford Point on 7/4
50 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/4
87 adults, 14 nests, 23 hatchlings at Menunketesuck Island on 7/5
24 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/6

Common Tern
1 adult at Cedar Island on 6/29
2,969 adults at Falkner Island on 6/29
2 pairs, 2 nests at Green Island on 6/30
1 pair, 1 nest at Darrow Rocks on 6/30
27 adults, 12 nests at Menunketesuck Island on 6/30
27 adults, 13 nests at Menunketesuck Island on 7/3
22 adults, 10 nests at Menunketesuck Island on 7/5

This concludes update #14 through 7/6/15 as of 5:00 p.m.

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