AAfCW 2014 Volunteer Update #16

This is the sixteenth 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 12 through 3:00 p.m. on July 21 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.

Informational updates:

Juvenile Piping Plovers are now being found on more of our beaches and numbers are fluctuating at various locations with birds dispersing and some migrating. With that said there are still hatchlings at locations like Long Beach, as a family has moved down from Pleasure Beach, and Sandy/Morse Points. Thanks to your help we have done a tremendous job of aiding most hatchlings in reaching juvenile stage this year so let's keep it going! The first terns have started to fledge and those young can be expected to be seen nearly anywhere as well.

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover

2 pairs, 3 hatchlings at Long Beach on 7/12
3 pairs, 12 adults, 4 hatchlings, 12 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/14

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

10 adults, 4 juveniles at Griswold Point on 7/15

9 adults, 2 hatchlings, 4 juveniles, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/15

1 adult, 4 fledglings at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/16
1 adult, 4 juveniles at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/16
1 adult, 2 hatchlings, 2 fledglings at Long Beach on 7/16
1 adult, 2 hatchlings at Short Beach on 7/16
2 pairs, 9 adults, 2 hatchlings, 3 fledglings, 4 juveniles at Griswold Point on 7/16

3 pairs, 2 adults, 3 hatchlings, 6 fledglings at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/16

1 pair, 4 adults, 2 hatchlings at Long Beach on 7/16

1 adult at Long Beach on 7/17
6 adults, 14 juveniles at Milford Point on 7/17
2 adults, 5 juveniles at Bluff Point on 7/18
2 adults, 2 hatchlings, 2 fledglings at Long Beach on 7/18

4 pairs, 3 hatchlings, 10 fledglings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/19

1 adult, 5 juveniles at Milford Point on 7/20
10 adults, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/20

3 adults, 4 hatchlings, 1 fledgling at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/20

1 pair at Long Beach on 7/20

1 adult, 4 hatchlings at Short Beach on 7/20

4 adults, 1 hatchling, 7 fledglings at Griswold Point on 7/20
2 pairs, 3 adults, 1 hatchling, 5 fledglings, 2 juveniles, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/21

American Oystercatcher
3 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/14
4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/14
6 pairs, 3 fledglings at Menunketesuck Island on 7/14
1 pair at Duck Island on 7/14
1 adult at Tuxis Island on 7/14
4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/15
10 adults, 1 juvenile at Milford Point on 7/17
1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/19
4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/20
3 pairs at Milford Point on 7/20
3 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/21

Least Tern

1 pair, 16 adults at Long Beach on 7/12
7 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/14
2 pairs, 34 adults, 3 hatchlings at Menunketesuck Island on 7/14

15 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/14

40 adults, 4 fledglings, 1 juvenile at Griswold Point on 7/15
15 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/15
6 adults at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/16
7 adults at Pleasure Beach on 7/16
23 adults at Long Beach on 7/16
5 adults at Short Beach on 7/16
5 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/16
2 adults at Long Beach on 7/16
2 adults at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/17
23 adults at Long Beach on 7/17
44 adults, 4 hatchlings, 2 juveniles at Milford Point on 7/17
65 adults, 6 hatchlings, 13 fledglings at Griswold Point on 7/17
2 pairs, 4 adults, 2 hatchlings, 1 nest at Bluff Point on 7/17
28 adults at Long Beach on 7/18
2 adults at Sasco Hill Beach on 7/19

16 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/19

2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/20
10 pairs, 20 adults, 2 hatchlings, 2 juveniles, 4 nests at Milford Point on 7/20
8 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/20
2 pairs, 3 adults, 2 fledglings at Bluff Point on 7/20
4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/20

10 adults at Long Beach on 7/20

36 adults, 1 hatchling, 3 fledglings at Griswold Point on 7/20
1 adult, 1 fledgling at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/21

Common Tern

5 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/14
2 pairs, 20 adults at Menunketesuck Island on 7/14
16 adults at Griswold Point on 7/15

1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/15

2 adults at Pleasure Beach on 7/16
6 adults at Long Beach on 7/16
1 adult at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/17
8 adults at Pleasure Beach on 7/17
15 adults at Milford Point on 7/17
14 adults at Griswold Point on 7/17
2 adults at Pleasure Beach on 7/18
2 adults at Sasco Hill Beach on 7/19
12 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/19
25 adults at Milford Point on 7/20
6 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/20
2 adults at Bluff Point on 7/20

1 adult at Long Beach on 7/20
16 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/21

This concludes update #16 through 7/21/14 as of 4:00 p.m.