AAfCW 2015 Volunteer Update #3

This is the third weekly update by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW) for the 2015 season. Today's update includes reports of Piping Plover and American Oystercatcher from April 13 through 4:00 p.m. on April 20 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.

Informational updates:

Thank you again to all of the volunteers who have assisted us with fencing, and we apologize for the sudden cancellation at Bluff Point. If there is a public fencing and signage date rescheduled by DEEP we will let you know as soon as possible.

AAfCW is proud to present this new American Oystercatcher brochure! It is available for download in PDF form here: http://rtpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/American-Oyster-Catcher-Brochure.pdf

Please use this brochure as you use the Piping Plover brochure for education on and off of our beaches. We are printing thousands of copies that will be available to you to pick up from staff members you may see on the beach or by visiting Stratford Point, 1207 Prospect Drive in Stratford, during regular weekday business hours, from mid-May onward after they are printed.

Weather will be up and down for the upcoming week, so please try to avoid visiting the beach on rainy, particularly windy, or cold days with temperatures well below 50. Be sure to check our blog for photos of our focal species, information on education and outreach we conduct, and helpful documents in the right-hand column including some with more information on our birds all the way to dog laws and reporting phone numbers in various towns.

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover
8 adults at Griswold Point on 4/13
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/13
1 pair at Short Beach on 4/14
1 adult at Long Beach on 4/14
3 pairs, 2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/14
1 pair at Long Beach on 4/14
3 pairs at Milford Point on 4/15
1 pair at Short Beach on 4/15
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/15
1 pair, 3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/16
7 pairs at Milford Point on 4/16
2 pairs, 8 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/16
6 pairs, 1 adult at Milford Point on 4/16
2 pairs at Long Beach on 4/16
1 pair, 1 adult at Long Beach on 4/16
3 pairs, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/18
3 pairs, 4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/18
1 pair at Long Beach on 4/18
1 pair at Long Beach on 4/18
3 pairs, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/18
1 pair at Short Beach on 4/19
1 adult at Stratford Point on 4/19
1 pair at East Broadway Milford on 4/19
4 pairs, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/19
4 adults at Long Beach on 4/19
1 pair, 3 adults at Bluff Point on 4/19

American Oystercatcher
1 pair at Griswold Point on 4/13
1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/13
1 pair at Short Beach on 4/14
1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/14
2 adults at Long Beach on 4/14
4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/15
2 pairs, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/15
3 pairs at Milford Point on 4/15
1 pair, 3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/16
3 pairs at Milford Point on 4/16
2 pairs, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/16
3 pairs at Milford Point on 4/16
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/18
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/18
2 pairs, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/18
1 pair at Short Beach on 4/19
1 pair at Stratford Point on 4/19
1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 4/19
4 adults at Long Beach on 4/19
1 pair at Bluff Point on 4/19

This concludes update #3 through 4/20/15 as of 5:00 p.m.