AAfCW 2014 Volunteer Update #15

This is the fifteenth 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 July 7 through 4:00 p.m. on July 14 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.

Informational updates:
 

Thank you to those who assisted us with the fireworks displays once again in the last week. After some early week chances for wet weather we should have pleasant and cooperative weather for monitoring and outreach and great conditions for our young birds. We are now to the point where young Piping Plovers have reached the juvenile stage and are moving around a bit. You can expect to find these birds dispersing to all of our beaches, even those that did not have breeding individuals this season. With that said very young hatchlings and even eggs are still present as well!

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover 

3 pairs, 5 fledglings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/5

1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Short Beach on 7/5

7 pairs, 5 hatchlings, 12 fledglings, 7 juveniles at Milford Point on 7/6
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Short Beach on 7/6
1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Long Beach on 7/6
7 pairs, 10 fledglings, 3 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/7
3 pairs, 4 adults, 3 hatchlings, 7 juveniles at Griswold Point on 7/7
2 pairs, 1 adult, 4 fledglings at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/7
13 adults, 3 hatchlings, 12 juveniles at Griswold Point on 7/7

4 adults, 4 hatchlings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/7

1 pair, 4 hatchlings, 1 juvenile at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/8
1 adult, 4 hatchlings, 1 juvenile at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/8
3 pairs, 1 adult, 3 hatchlings, 5 juveniles, 1 nest at Griswold Point on 7/8
2 adults, 2 fledglings, 1 juvenile, 1 nest at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/8
3 pairs, 1 adult, 3 juveniles at Bluff Point on 7/8

1 pair, 17 adults, 10 juveniles, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/8

6 adults, 7 fledglings, 9 juveniles at Milford Point on 7/9
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Short Beach on 7/9
1 adult, 2 hatchlings at Long Beach on 7/9
1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Long Beach on 7/9

1 pair, 4 adults, 2 hatchlings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/9

2 pairs, 2 hatchlings, 2 juveniles at Mumford Cove on 7/10
3 pairs, 2 juveniles at Bluff Point on 7/10
1 adult, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/10
1 adult, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/10
15 adults, 1 hatchling, 14 juveniles at Milford Point on 7/10

3 pairs, 10 hatchlings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/10

1 adult, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/12
2 pairs, 7 adults, 4 hatchlings, 14 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/12
1 pair, 1 adult, 3 hatchlings at Long Beach on 7/12

1 pair, 3 hatchlings at Long Beach on 7/13

1 pair, 4 fledglings at Short Beach on 7/13

1 pair, 1 adult, 5 hatchlings at Long Beach on 7/13

4 pairs, 4 adults, 4 fledglings, 9 juveniles at Long Beach on 7/13

1 adult at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/13

26 adults/juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/13

1 adult, 4 fledglings at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/14

7 adults, 7 fledglings, 1 hatchling at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/14

American Oystercatcher
1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/5
2 pairs, 3 adults, 1 hatchling at Milford Point on 7/6
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/7
1 adult at Griswold Point on 7/7
1 adult at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/7

2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/7

1 pair, 2 adults at Thimble Islands on 7/8
8 pairs, 1 adult, 6 fledglings at Sandy Point Stonington on 7/8
1 pair at Ram Island on 7/8

1 adult, 2 hatchlings at Long Beach on 7/8

1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/8

3 pairs, 5 fledglings at Cockenoe Island on 7/8

2 pairs, 1 fledgling at Milford Point on 7/9

1 adult at Long Beach on 7/9

1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/9

1 pair at Mumford Cove on 7/10
1 pair at Bluff Point on 7/10
3 pairs, 1 hatchling, 1 juvenile at Milford Point on 7/10
1 pair, 1 adult at Tuxis Island on 7/10

1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/10

1 pair at Green Island on 7/11
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Umbrella Rocks on 7/11
1 adult, 2 fledglings at Branford Harbor Channel Marker on 7/11
1 pair at Lewis Island, Thimble Islands on 7/11
3 pairs, 1 adult at Rocks off Cedar Island, Thimble Islands on 7/11
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Quinnipeag Rocks on 7/11
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/11

2 adults at Great Captain's Island on 7/11

2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/12

2 pairs, 2 adults, 1 fledgling at Milford Point on 7/13

1 adult at Short Beach on 7/13

4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/13

4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/14

Least Tern

4 pairs, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/5

12 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/5

29 pairs, 3 hatchlings, 22 nests at Milford Point on 7/6
3 adults at Long Beach on 7/6
65 adults, 5 hatchlings at Griswold Point on 7/7
10 adults, 1 hatchling at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/7
60 adults, 6 hatchlings at Griswold Point on 7/7
4 pairs, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/7

6 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/7

16 hatchlings, 1 fledgling, 10 nests at Griswold Point on 7/8
10 pairs, 10 hatchlings, 4 nests at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/8
5 pairs, 3 hatchlings, 3 nests at Bluff Point on 7/8
5 adults at Barn Island on 7/8

18 adults at Long Beach on 7/8

8 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/8

1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 7/9
14 pairs, 22 adults, 2 hatchlings, 8 nests at Milford Point on 7/9
1 adult at Short Beach on 7/9
9 adults at Long Beach on 7/9
2 adults at Russian Beach on 7/9

12 adults at Long Beach on 7/9

11 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/9

3 pairs, 2 adults, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 7/10
3 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/10
4 pairs, 1 adult, 2 hatchlings, 3 nests at Bluff Point on 7/10
38 adults, 2 hatchlings, 8 nests at Milford Point on 7/10
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Sasco Hill Beach on 7/10

3 pairs, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/10

4 pairs, 14 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/12
23 adults at Long Beach on 7/12

22 adults at Long Beach on 7/13

17 adults at Long Beach on 7/13

1 pair, 3 adults, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 7/13

13 pairs, 18 adults, 1 fledgling, 8 nests at Milford Point on 7/13

1 pair, 2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/13
15 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/14

Common Tern

2 pairs, 1 nest at Milford Point on 7/6
3 adults at Griswold Point on 7/7
5 adults at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/7
10 adults, 1 juvenile at Griswold Point on 7/7
26 adults at Griswold Point on 7/8
1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy Point Stonington on 7/8

5 adults at Long Beach on 7/8

1 pair, 1 nest at Milford Point on 7/9

2 adults at Long Beach on 7/9

1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 7/10
20 adults at Milford Point on 7/10

1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/10

2 pairs, 2 adults at Umbrella Island on 7/11
1 pair, 3 adults at Branford Harbor on 7/11

6 adults at Thimble Islands on 7/11

5 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/12
2 adults at Long Beach on 7/12

1 adult at Milford Point on 7/13

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