AAfCW 2014 Volunteer Update #13

This is the thirteenth 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 23 through 4:00 p.m. on June 30 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.
 

Informational updates:

Several fireworks celebrations are taking place in Connecticut this week and we could use your help! Email us at ctwaterbirds@gmail.com if you can be at Stratford's Short Beach, Milford Point, or Sandy/Morse Points in West Haven on the evening of July 3. Our staff will be on these beaches and at other locations along with CT DEEP and the more help we can get the more we can do to ensure a successful evening for our birds while continuing our outreach and education efforts. Thank you!

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover 

3 pairs, 2 adults, 3 hatchlings, 1 nest at Sandy Point Stonington on 6/23
2 pairs, 2 adults, 2 hatchlings, 2 fledglings at Harkness Memorial State Park on 6/23
14 adults, 8 hatchlings at Milford Point on 6/23
9 pairs, 21 hatchlings, 4 fledglings at Milford Point on 6/23
5 pairs, 8 hatchlings, 4 fledglings at Griswold Point on 6/24
7 pairs, 11 hatchlings, 4 fledglings, 1 nest at Griswold Point on 6/24
6 pairs, 8 hatchlings, 1 nest at Bluff Point on 6/24
2 pairs, 2 hatchlings at Mumford Cove on 6/24
3 pairs, 5 adults, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/24
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/25
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/25
4 pairs, 2 adults, 5 hatchlings at Bluff Point on 6/25
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Short Beach on 6/25
7 pairs, 3 hatchlings, 7 fledglings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/25

4 pairs, 1 adult, 7 hatchlings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/25

7 adults, 2 hatchlings, 10 fledglings at Griswold Point on 6/25
15 adults, 8 hatchlings, 5 fledglings at Milford Point on 6/26
3 pairs, 10 hatchlings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/26
4 adults at Pleasure Beach on 6/26
9 adults, 9 fledglings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/26
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/27
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Short Beach on 6/27
1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Long Beach on 6/27

1 adult at Pleasure Beach on 6/27

18 adults, 3 hatchlings, 2 fledglings at Griswold Point on 6/27
1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 6/28
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Short Beach on 6/28
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/29
12 adults, 8 hatchlings, 8 fledglings at Milford Point on 6/29
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Short Beach on 6/29

American Oystercatcher
7 pairs, 1 adult, 5 fledglings at Sandy Point Stonington on 6/23
2 adults at Shore Rock on 6/23
2 adults at Milford Point on 6/23
2 pairs, 1 hatchling, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/23
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Quinnipeag Rock on 6/24
1 pair, 1 nest at Mumford Cove on 6/24

1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/24

1 adult at Long Beach on 6/24
1 pair at Ram Island on 6/25
1 pair, 1 adult at Bluff Point on 6/25
1 adult, 2 hatchlings at Branford Harbor Channel Marker on 6/25
1 pair at Green Island on 6/25
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Umbrella Island on 6/25
1 adult at Kelsey Island on 6/25
3 pairs, 2 nests at Faulkner Island on 6/25

1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/25

1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Vincent Island on 6/25

1 adult at Greenway Island on 6/25

1 adult at Fish Islands on 6/25

1 pair, 5 adults at Thimble Islands on 6/26
1 pair, 1 nest at Lewis Island on 6/26
3 pairs, 1 fledgling, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/26
1 adult at Long Beach on 6/26
4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/26
1 pair, 1 nest at Duck Island on 6/27
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Salt Island on 6/27
7 pairs, 1 adult, 2 hatchlings, 2 nests at Menunketesuck Island on 6/27
1 adult at Short Beach on 6/27
2 adults at Pleasure Beach on 6/28
15 adults, 1 fledgling at Milford Point on 6/29

Least Tern

50 adults at Milford Point on 6/23
25 pairs, 10 adults, 25 nests at Milford Point on 6/23
45 adults at Griswold Point on 6/24
30 pairs, 10 adults, 30 nests at Griswold Point on 6/24
3 pairs, 2 adults, 10 nests at Bluff Point on 6/24
2 pairs, 2 nests at Mumford Cove on 6/24

1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/24

2 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 6/25
4 adults at Short Beach on 6/25
3 pairs, 4 adults, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/25
3 pairs, 1 adult, 3 nests at Bluff Point on 6/25

1 pair, 4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/25

2 adults at Long Beach on 6/25

4 adults at Vincent Island on 6/25

2 pairs, 3 hatchlings at Sasco Hill Beach on 6/26
2 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 6/26
40 adults at Milford Point on 6/26
1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 6/26
1 pair, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/26
4 adults, 2 nests at Pleasure Beach on 6/27
2 pairs, 4 adults, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 6/28

6 adults at Long Beach on 6/29

25 adults at Milford Point on 6/29

Common Tern

24 adults at Thimble Islands on 6/20
11 adults at Sandy Point Stonington on 6/23
1 adult at Milford Point on 6/23
1 pair, 4 adults at Milford Point on 6/23
3 pairs at Griswold Point on 6/24
2 pairs at Bluff Point on 6/24
2 pairs, 2 adults at Umbrella Island on 6/25

5 pairs, 6 nests at Vincent Island on 6/25

5 adults at Thimble Islands on 6/26
2 adults at Milford Point on 6/26
1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/26
1 adult at Short Beach on 6/27

This concludes update #13 through 6/30/14 as of 5:00 p.m.