This is the twenty-second update by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW) for the 2012 season. It includes reports of Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher, Least Tern, and Common Tern received from 12:00 p.m. on August 6 through 12:00 p.m. on August 13 with sightings of birds spanning August 6 through August 12 by our staff and volunteers.
Informational updates:
Fencing removal took place today at Stratford’s Long Beach and will take place on Wednesday at Milford Point. Thank you to everyone helping out! Once a site has had the string fencing removed we consider it completed for the season, and surveys of our target species can end. If you would like to still contribute please email us at ctwaterbirds@gmail.com to help with International Shorebird Surveys.
Survey and monitoring updates:
Piping Plover
Volunteer and staff surveys:
1 adult, 1 chick at Harkness Memorial State Park on 8/6
1 adult, 1 chick, 1 juvenile at Harkness Memorial State Park on 8/6
1 juvenile at Bluff Point on 8/7
1 juvenile at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/8
2 juveniles at Bluff Point on 8/8
1 juvenile at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/8
1 juvenile at Long Beach on 8/8
1 chick at Harkness Memorial State Park on 8/9
1 adult, 2 juveniles at Griswold Point on 8/9
1 juvenile at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/10
American Oystercatcher
Volunteer and staff surveys:
2 pairs, 1 chick at Milford Point on 8/6
1 pair, 1 adult, 1 chick at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/7
1 pair, 1 chick at Bluff Point on 8/7
2 pairs, 1 chick at Milford Point on 8/7
1 pair, 1 juvenile at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/7
1 adult at Outer Island, Thimble Islands on 8/8
1 pair, 1 chick at Milford Point on 8/8
1 pair, 1 chick at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/8
1 pair, 1 adult, 2 chicks at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/8
1 pair, 1 juvenile at Stratford Point on 8/8
1 pair, 1 juvenile at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/8
1 adult at Ram Island on 8/9
1 pair at Barn Island on 8/9
1 pair at Griswold Point on 8/9
5 adults at Darien Pear Tree Point Marina on 8/9
3 adults at Vincent Island on 8/9
1 adult at Greenway Island on 8/9
1 pair, 2 adults, 1 juvenile at Milford Point on 8/9
2 pairs, 1 chick at Milford Point on 8/10
2 pairs, 2 chicks at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/10
1 pair, 1 chick at Milford Point on 8/11
1 pair, 1 juvenile at Milford Point on 8/11
Least Tern
Volunteer and staff surveys:
13 individuals at Harkness Memorial State Park on 8/6
17 adults, 1 chick, 1 juvenile at Harkness Memorial State Park on 8/6
18 adults, 2 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/7
1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 8/7
18 adults, 8 juveniles at Milford Point on 8/7
34 adults, 18 juveniles at Long Beach on 8/7
50 adults, 15 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/7
2 adults at Bluff Point on 8/7
1 pair, 88+ adults, 4 chicks, 77 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/8
1 adult, 1 chick at Bluff Point on 8/8
6 adults, 2 juveniles at Stratford Point on 8/8
100 individuals at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/8
25 adults/juveniles at Long Beach on 8/8
8 adults, 3 juveniles at Harkness Memorial State Park on 8/9
29 adults, 3 chicks, 11 juveniles at Griswold Point on 8/9
12 adults, 4 juveniles at Milford Point on 8/9
11 adults, 9 juveniles at Milford Point on 8/10
64 adults, 52 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/10
3 adults at Stratford Point on 8/11
2 adults at Stratford Point on 8/12
Common Tern
Volunteer and staff surveys:
75-100 adults, 3 juveniles at Milford Point on 8/6
6 adults at Milford Point on 8/7
100-120 adults, 40 juveniles at Long Beach on 8/7
100 adults, 13 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/7
165 adults, 21 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/8
950 adults/juveniles at Stratford Point on 8/8
50 individuals at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/8
80 adults/juveniles at Long Beach on 8/8
55 adults, 5 juveniles at Vincent Island on 8/9
8 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 8/9
4 adults at Harkness Memorial State Park on 8/9
48 adults, 17 juveniles at Griswold Point on 8/9
700 adults/juveniles at Milford Point on 8/9
60 adults at Milford Point on 8/10
150-200 adults, 31-50 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/10
90 adults/juveniles at Stratford Point on 8/11
120 adults/juveniles at Stratford Point on 8/12
Shorebird diversity and numbers are growing – check our blog for some of the species we saw during our second shorebird identification seminar held at the Coastal Center at Milford Point last Thursday: http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/2012/08/second-shorebird-identification-seminar.html
This concludes update #22 through 8/13/12 as of 6:00 p.m.
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