AAfCW 2016 Volunteer Update #10

This is the tenth weekly update by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW) for the 2016 season. Today's update includes reports of Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher, Least Tern and Common Tern from May 23 through 11:00 a.m. on May 31 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff.

Informational updates:

Thank you all for your help during Memorial Day weekend as it was an extremely busy time on our beaches with so many birds with young and nests plus perfect beach weather with many visitors. We continue to be in the most critical time of the season with nests hatching nearly every day, more re-nesting taking place after tidal washouts or abandonment, and the first nests from our terns. Please keep educating all of the beachgoers you can and reporting all of our bird data plus disturbances you note and any other applicable information in your reports. Thanks so much for your efforts!

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover
1 pair at Silver Sands State Park on 5/22
13 pairs, 3 hatchlings, 10 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/23
1 adult at Short Beach on 5/23
7 pairs, 1 adult, 7 hatchlings, 4 nests at Long Beach on 5/23
1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 5/23
2 pairs, 5 hatchlings at Long Beach on 5/23

5 pairs, 1 adult, 3 hatchlings, 3 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/23

1 pair, 9 adults, 2 hatchlings, 3 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/23

13 pairs, 3 hatchlings, 9 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/24
1 pair at Short Beach on 5/24
1 pair, 1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 5/24
3 pairs, 2 adults, 3 nests at Hammonasset on 5/24

8 pairs, 2 adults, 4 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/24

1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 5/25
1 adult at Short Beach on 5/25
10 pairs, 6 nests at Milford Point on 5/25

2 pairs, 11 adults, 3 hatchlings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/25

2 pairs, 1 adult, 4 hatchlings at Long Beach on 5/25

2 pairs, 12 adults, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/25
4 pairs, 10 adults, 7 hatchlings at Long Beach on 5/25

5 pairs, 9 adults, 5 nests at Milford Point on 5/25

2 pairs, 4 adults, 3 hatchlings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/25

3 pairs, 2 adults, 6 hatchlings at Long Beach on 5/26
8 pairs, 3 nests at Milford Point on 5/26
3 pairs, 3 nests at Hammonasset on 5/27
6 pairs, 7 hatchlings, 3 nests at Long Beach on 5/27
1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 5/27
6 pairs, 1 adult, 3 nests at Bluff Point on 5/27

5 pairs, 4 adults, 4 nests at Milford Point on 5/27

5 pairs, 2 adults, 3 nests at Hammonasset on 5/28
6 pairs, 5 nests at Milford Point on 5/28
13 pairs, 11 hatchlings, 9 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/28
5 pairs, 1 adult, 3 hatchlings, 2 nests at Griswold Point on 5/29
6 pairs, 1 adult, 10 hatchlings, 2 nests at Long Beach on 5/29
1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 5/29

8 pairs, 6 adults, 15 hatchlings, 6 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/29

3 pairs, 1 adult, 3 nests at Hammonasset on 5/29

5 adults, 10 hatchlings at Long Beach on 5/29

11 adults, 8 hatchlings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/30
2 pairs, 1 adult, 3 hatchlings at Long Beach on 5/30

American Oystercatcher
2 pairs, 1 adult, 3 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/23

2 pairs, 1 adult, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/23

3 pairs, 2 nests at Milford Point on 5/23
1 pair, 1 nest at Long Beach on 5/23

3 pairs, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/23

3 pairs, 3 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/24
1 pair, 3 adults, 1 nest at Long Beach on 5/24
1 pair, 1 nest at Hammonasset on 5/24

1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/24

1 pair at Salt Island on 5/25

1 pair, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/25

5 pairs, 1 adult, 2 hatchlings, 2 nests at Menunketesuck on 5/25
2 adults at Duck Island on 5/25
3 pairs, 3 adults, 2 hatchlings, 1 nest at Milford Point on 5/25

1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/25

1 pair, 1 nest at Long Beach on 5/25

2 pairs, 4 adults, 2 hatchlings, 1 nest at Milford Point on 5/25

3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/25

1 adult at Long Beach on 5/25

3 pairs, 3 adults, 2 hatchlings, 1 nest at Milford Point on 5/26
1 pair at Compo Beach on 5/26
12 pairs, 10 nests at Cockenoe Island on 5/26
1 pair, 1 nest at Calf Pasture Island, Norwalk on 5/26
1 pair, 1 nest at East White Rock, Norwalk on 5/26
1 pair, 1 nest at Betts Island, Norwalk on 5/26
1 pair at Grassy Island, Norwalk on 5/26
1 pair at Goose Island, Norwalk on 5/26
1 pair, 1 nest at Long Beach on 5/26
4 pairs, 2 hatchlings, 1 nest at Milford Point on 5/26
2 pairs, 1 adult, 1 nest at Hammonasset on 5/27
1 pair, 1 nest at Long Beach on 5/27
1 pair at Stratford Point on 5/27
1 pair at Pleasure Beach on 5/27
1 pair, 1 nest at Bluff Point on 5/27

2 pairs, 1 adult, 2 hatchlings at Milford Point on 5/27

4 adults at Sasco Hill Beach on 5/28
2 pairs, 1 nest at Hammonasset on 5/28
3 pairs, 3 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/28
1 pair, 1 nest at Griwold Point on 5/29
1 pair, 1 nest at Long Beach on 5/29
1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 5/29
2 pairs, 1 nest at Hammonasset on 5/29

2 pairs, 1 adult, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/29

5 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/30
1 adult, 1 nest at Long Beach on 5/30

Least Tern
1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 5/22
2 adults at Peck Ave, West Haven on 5/23
6 adults at Long Beach on 5/23   
3 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/24
5 pairs, 6 adults at Long Beach on 5/24
2 pairs at Silver Sands State Park on 5/24
2 pairs, 40 adults at Hammonasset on 5/24
35 pairs, 30 adults, 15 nests at Milford Point on 5/25

4 adults at Long Beach on 5/25

3 pairs at Long Beach on 5/25

2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/25

3 pairs, 69 adults, 12 nests at Milford Point on 5/25

3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/25

8 adults at Menunketsuck on 5/25

1 pair, 4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/25

100 adults, 3 nests at Milford Point on 5/26
40 pairs, 20 adults, 20 nests at Milford Point on 5/26
8 pairs, 6 nests at Long Beach on 5/27
5 pairs, 44 adults at Hammonasset on 5/27

40 adults at Milford Point on 5/27

10 pairs at Long Beach on 5/29
5 pairs, 48 adults at Hammonasset on 5/29

12 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/29

12 adults, 3 nests at Long Beach on 5/29

11 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/30
16 adults, 6 nests at Long Beach on 5/30

Common Tern
3 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/23
12 pairs at Hammonasset on 5/24
2 pairs at Salt Island on 5/25
38 adults at Menunketsuck on 5/25

2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/25

1 adult at Long Beach on 5/26
110 adults, nests present at Cockenoe Island on 5/26
8 pairs, 9 adults at Hammonasset on 5/27
3 adults at Sasco Hill Beach on 5/28
6 pairs at Hammonasset on 5/29

5 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 5/29

This concludes update #10 through 05/31/16 as of 1:00 p.m.