Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds update #25

This is the twenty-fifth and final weekly 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 27 through 7:00 p.m. on September 3 with sightings of birds spanning August 27 through September 3 by our staff and volunteers.

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover
Volunteer and staff surveys:
1 juvenile at Harkness Memorial State Park on 8/29

American Oystercatcher
Volunteer and staff surveys:
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/27
1 pair at West Haven on 8/27
7 adults at Bay Beach on 8/27
2 pairs at Menunketesuck Island on 8/27
1 adult at Menunketesuck Island on 8/28
1 pair at Milford Point on 8/28
2 pairs, 1 juvenile at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/29
2 pairs at Milford Point on 8/29
25 adults at Stonington Point on 8/29
2 adults at Ram Island on 8/29
2 pairs at Vincent Island on 8/29
1 pair at Greenway Island on 8/29
1 adult at Bluff Point on 8/30
2 pairs, 2 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/30
1 pair, 1 adult at Milford Point on 8/30
2 pairs, 1 juvenile at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/31
2 pairs, 1 juvenile at Milford Point on 8/31
2 pairs, 2 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 9/1
1 pair, 1 adult at Stratford Point on 9/2

Least Tern
Volunteer and staff surveys:
1 adult, 2 juveniles at Bluff Point on 8/27
1 adult, 1 juvenile at Long Beach on 8/28
1 adult, 2 juveniles at Griswold Point on 8/29
1 adult, 1 juvenile at Griswold Point on 8/30

Common Tern
Volunteer and staff surveys:
21 adults, 10 juveniles at Harkness Memorial State Park on 8/29
500 adults/juveniles at Stratford Point on 8/29
9 adults at Harkness Memorial State Park on 8/29
4 adults at Harkness Memorial State Park on 8/30
50 adults/juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/30
16 adults/juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 8/31
75 adults/juveniles at Milford Point on 8/31
1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 9/1
900 adults/juveniles at Stratford Point on 9/1
600 adults/juveniles at Stratford Point on 9/2
120 adults/juveniles at Stratford Point on 9/3

This concludes update #25 and the weekly regular season updates through 9/3/12 as of 7:00 p.m.


Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds, Audubon Connecticut and the Connecticut Audubon Society partnering to improve conditions for coastal waterbirds in Connecticut.