AAfCW 2015 Volunteer Update #11

This is the eleventh 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 8 through 4:00 p.m. on June 15 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.

Informational updates:

This week should be a bit cooler, cloudier and wetter than the last, with still moderate and average conditions persisting to help our young birds grow safely. We have a good chance to have a very strong year of fledged Piping Plovers if we can all continue to monitor as much as possible while they are at this vulnerable stage of life. Thank you for all making a real difference on our beaches in picking up trash, talking to beachgoers, maintaining fencing and signage, reporting loose dogs, educating boaters, and everything all of you do every day to facilitate a successful season.

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover
2 pairs, 1 adult, 2 hatchlings at Long Beach on 6/9
3 pairs, 2 adults, 6 hatchlings at Long Beach on 6/9
2 pairs at Hammonasset on 6/9
2 pairs, 4 fledglings at Cedar Island on 6/9
6 pairs, 11 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/10
2 pairs, 4 adults, 3 hatchlings at Griswold Point on 6/10
15 adults, 20 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/10
4 pairs, 2 adults, 10 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/11
2 pairs, 5 hatchlings at Long Beach on 6/11
1 pair, 1 hatchling at East Broadway Milford on 6/11
13 adults, 9 hatchlings at Milford Point on 6/11
2 pairs at Hammonasset on 6/11
2 pairs, 4 fledglings at Cedar Island on 6/11
1 pair, 1 nest at Menunketesuck Island on 6/12
4 pairs, 2 adults, 12 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/13
2 pairs, 3 adults, 7 hatchlings at Bluff Point on 6/13
3 pairs, 3 adults, 8 hatchlings, 1 nest at Griswold Point on 6/14
10 adults, 8 hatchlings at Milford Point on 6/14
6 pairs, 2 adults, 9 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/14
13 adults, 16 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/14
7 adults, 5 hatchlings at Long Beach on 6/14
1 pair, 3 hatchlings at Long Beach on 6/14

American Oystercatcher
2 pairs, 1 nest at Vincent Island on 6/8
1 pair at Griswold Point on 6/8
1 pair, 1 nest at Hammonasset on 6/9
1 pair, 5 adults, 2 fledglings at Falkner Island on 6/9
3 adults at Long Beach on 6/9
1 adult at Stratford Point on 6/9
1 adult at Long Beach on 6/10
2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/10
1 pair at Salt Island on 6/10
1 pair at Quinnipeag Rock on 6/10
2 pairs, 3 hatchlings, 2 fledglings at Shore Rock on 6/10
3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/10
1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/11
8 adults, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/11
3 pairs, 1 nest at Hammonasset on 6/11
3 pairs at Cedar Island on 6/11
5 pairs, 3 adults, 5 fledglings at Menunketesuck Island on 6/12
2 pairs, 3 adults, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/12
1 pair, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/13
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/13
1 pair at Bluff Point on 6/13
5 pairs, 6 adults, 2 hatchlings, 3 fledglings at Menunketesuck Island on 6/13
2 adults at Milford Point on 6/14
2 pairs, 1 adult, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/14
1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/14
3 pairs, 1 adult, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/14
1 pair at Long Beach on 6/14
1 pair, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/14

Least Tern
3 adults at Stratford Point on 6/9
1 pair, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/9
1 pair, 1 adult, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/9
1 adult at Short Beach on 6/9
3 adults at Stratford Point on 6/10
2 adults at Long Beach on 6/10
20 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/10
14 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/10
6 adults at Griswold Point on 6/10
1 pair, 1 nest at Sasco Hill Beach on 6/10
10 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/11
3 adults at Stratford Point on 6/11
30 pairs, 15 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/11
60 adults at Milford Point on 6/11
4 adults at Stratford Point on 6/12
25 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/13
3 adults at Stratford Point on 6/13
30 adults at Griswold Point on 6/14
24 adults, 4 nests at Milford Point on 6/14
35 adults, 8 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/14
60 adults, 20 nests at Milford Point on 6/14
1 adult at Long Beach on 6/14

Common Tern
2 adults at East Broadway Milford on 6/9
1 adult at Long Beach on 6/9
2 adults at Milford Point on 6/9
4 adults at Stratford Point on 6/9
2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/10
1 pair at Milford Point on 6/10
4 adults at Stratford Point on 6/10
1 adult at East Broadway Milford on 6/11
8 adults at Stratford Point on 6/11
1 pair, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/11
1 pair at Milford Point on 6/11
5 adults at Stratford Point on 6/12
5 adults at Stratford Point on 6/13
2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/14

This concludes update #11 through 6/15/15 as of 5:00 p.m.