AAfCW 2015 Volunteer Update #10

This is the tenth weekly update by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW) for the 2015 season. Today's update includes reports of Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher, Least Tern and Common Tern from June 1 through 4:00 p.m. on June 8 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.

Informational updates:

We seem to be near the peak of Piping Plover hatchlings running around our beaches, and this is a very critical period. The more time you can spend monitoring and educating the public the better as the birds face many threats. We may have already lost some hatchlings to Fish Crows and high tides in a couple of locations, and we want to ensure that beachgoers are mindful of these little ones while the birds are so vulnerable. Please use caution around distraction displays and remember how often the tiny birds freeze in place on the beach. Good luck and thank you!

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover
3 pairs, 3 adults, 11 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3
1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 6/3
5 pairs, 7 hatchlings, 2 nests at Long Beach on 6/3
2 pairs, 2 nests at Short Beach on 6/3
3 pairs, 1 adult, 7 hatchlings at Long Beach on 6/3
1 pair, 1 hatchling at East Broadway Milford on 6/3
2 pairs, 2 nests at Hammonasset on 6/3
2 pairs, 1 adult, 4 hatchlings, 1 nest at Cedar Island on 6/3
11 adults, 14 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3
1 adult at Waterford Town Beach on 6/4
3 pairs, 2 adults, 6 hatchlings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/4
1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 6/4
3 pairs, 4 adults, 6 hatchlings, 1 nest at Bluff Point on 6/4
2 pairs, 1 adult, 6 hatchlings at Bluff Point on 6/4
3 pairs, 2 adults, 5 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/4
7 pairs, 6 hatchlings, 2 nests at Bluff Point on 6/4
5 pairs, 3 adults, 16 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6
7 pairs, 14 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6
10 adults, 9 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6
1 pair, 4 adults, 5 hatchlings at Bluff Point on 6/7
2 pairs, 2 adults at Long Beach on 6/7
8 pairs, 5 hatchlings, 4 nests at Griswold Point on 6/7
1 adult at Menunketesuck Island on 6/8

American Oystercatcher
2 pairs, 3 hatchlings at Falkner Island on 6/1
1 pair at Stratford Point on 6/3
1 pair at Hammonasset on 6/3
4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3
1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3
3 adults at Long Beach on 6/3
1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/4
1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Green Island on 6/4
1 adult, 2 hatchlings at Tuxis Island on 6/4
2 pairs, 3 hatchlings at Shore Rock on 6/4
1 pair, 1 hatchling at Quinnipeag Rock on 6/4
1 pair at Long Beach on 6/4
1 pair, 1 adult at Pleasure Beach on 6/4
2 adults at Bluff Point on 6/4
2 pairs, 1 nest at Bluff Point on 6/4
2 pairs, 4 adults, 2 hatchlings at Milford Point on 6/6
1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6
2 pairs, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6
2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6
2 pairs, 8 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/7
2 adults at Bluff Point on 6/7
1 pair at Long Beach on 6/7
1 pair at Short Beach on 6/7
3 adults at Long Beach on 6/7
6 pairs, 7 adults, 5 hatchlings at Menunketesuck Island on 6/8
6 pairs, 2 adults, 5 hatchlings at Menunketesuck Island on 6/8

Least Tern
8 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3
5 adults at Long Beach on 6/3
3 adults at Stratford Point on 6/3
3 adults at East Broadway Milford on 6/3
1 pair at Hammonasset on 6/3
13 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/3
1 pair at Shore Rock on 6/4
2 adults at Stratford Point on 6/4
5 adults at Long Beach on 6/4
1 pair, 1 nest at Sasco Hill Beach on 6/5
2 adults at Stratford Point on 6/5
2 adults at Stratford Point on 6/6
3 pairs, 5 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6
50 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6
8 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/6
2 adults, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/7
45 adults, 10 nests at Griswold Point on 6/7
3 adults at Stratford Point on 6/8
40 adults at Menunketesuck Island on 6/8

Common Tern
2 adults at Stratford Point on 6/3
2 pairs at Hammonasset on 6/3
8 pairs, 1 adult at Shore Rock on 6/4
1 adult at Stratford Point on 6/4
9 adults at Stratford Point on 6/5
7 adults at Stratford Point on 6/6
4 adults at Stratford Point on 6/8

This concludes update #10 through 6/8/15 as of 5:00 p.m.