AAfCW 2016 Volunteer Update #17

This is the seventeenth 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 July 11 through 12:00 p.m. on July 18 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff.

Informational updates:

While we are in mid-July and normally out of the nesting period by now the 2016 season still has late nests to monitor for multiple species along with hatchlings on several beaches. Please keep monitoring and reporting as you have all season! Temperatures should cool a bit this week before once again rising temperatures and humidity make it uncomfortable or dangerous for you and the young birds on the beach, so please skip monitoring during very hot conditions. The weather continues to be very good for beachgoers and your education of visitors is always welcome. We have heard a lot of great and positive stories from interactions with the public this year amidst the disturbances, so please keep them coming, too! Thank you all once again for this constant effort. It makes a huge difference for our birds.

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover

4 pairs, 2 adults, 10 hatchlings, 2 juveniles at Bluff Point on 7/11
6 adults, 4 hatchlings, 4 fledglings, 2 juveniles at Long Beach on 7/11
1 adult, 1 hatchling at Silver Sands State Park on 7/11
2 pairs, 1 adult, 7 hatchlings, 3 juveniles, 1 nest at Long Beach on 7/12
1 adult, 3 hatchlings at Short Beach on 7/12
1 adult, 1 hatchling at Silver Sands State Park on 7/12

5 adults, 2 fledglings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 7/12

1 pair, 9 adults, 7 hatchlings, 3 fledglings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 7/12

8 pairs, 12 adults, 5 hatchlings, 2 fledglings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/12

17 adults, 1 hatchling, 9 fledglings at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/12

3 pairs, 1 hatchling, 2 fledglings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/12

1 adult, 1 hatchling at Silver Sands State Park on 7/13
6 adults, 7 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/13
4 pairs, 2 fledglings at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/13
4 pairs, 4 adults, 8 hatchlings at Griswold Point on 7/13

3 adults, 8 fledglings at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/13

1 pair, 10 adults, 7 fledglings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 7/13

4 adults, 3 hatchlings, 3 fledglings at Milford Point on 7/13

2 adults, 4 fledglings, 3 nests at Long Beach on 7/13

2 pairs, 3 adults, 6 hatchlings, 1 fledgling, 1 nest at Long Beach on 7/14

9 adults, 2 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/14

8 adults, 5 hatchlings, 5 fledglings at Milford Point on 7/14
1 adult, 1 hatchling at Silver Sands State Park on 7/15
5 pairs, 6 hatchlings, 4 fledglings at Milford Point on 7/15
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Short Beach on 7/15

10 birds at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/15

1 adult, 1 hatchling at Silver Sands State Park on 7/15

3 pairs, 15 adults, 3 hatchlings, 8 fledglings at Milford Point on 7/15

1 adult, 1 hatchling at Silver Sands State Park on 7/16
6 adults, 7 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/16
2 pairs, 5 adults, 5 hatchlings, 1 nest at Hammonasset on 7/16
1 adult, 1 hatchling at Silver Sands State Park on 7/16
1 adult, 1 hatchling at Silver Sands State Park on 7/16

19 birds at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/16

3 pairs, 4 adults, 3 fledglings, 2 nests at Long Beach on 7/16

1 adult, 1 hatchling at Silver Sands State Park on 7/17
1 adult, 1 hatchling at Silver Sands State Park on 7/17

3 pairs, 2 adults, 7 hatchlings, 8 fledglings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 7/17

1 adult, 1 hatchling at Silver Sands State Park on 7/17

8 adults, 8 fledglings at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/17
1 adult, 1 hatchling at Silver Sands State Park on 7/18

American Oystercatcher

4 pairs, 4 adults, 2 hatchlings, 2 fledglings at Menunketsuck on 7/11
1 pair, 1 nest at Bluff Point on 7/11
3 pairs, 1 fledgling at Milford Point on 7/11

4 adults, 2 fledglings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/12

1 pair, 1 nest at Compo Beach on 7/12

4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/12

2 adults at Long Beach on 7/12

1 adult at Long Beach on 7/12
1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/13
1 adult at Griswold Point on 7/13

3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/13

8 adults at Milford Point on 7/13

15 adults at Milford Point on 7/14

1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/14

1 pair, 1 nest at Compo Beach on 7/14
3 pairs, 5 adults, 1 fledgling at Milford Point on 7/15

4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/15

7 adults at Milford Point on 7/15

6 adults at Short Beach on 7/15
1 adult at Penfield Reef on 7/16

1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/16

1 adult, 1 nest at Compo Beach on 7/16
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/16
1 adult at Long Beach on 7/16

3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/17

Least Tern

2 adults at Sherwood Island State Park on 7/12

15 pairs, 2 hatchlings, 1 fledgling at Long Beach on 7/12

1 adult at Compo Beach on 7/12
11 pairs, 18 adults, 4 hatchlings, 7 nests at Long Beach on 7/12

19 adults at Long Beach on 7/12

1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 7/13

2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/13

65 adults at Milford Point on 7/13
6 pairs, 7 adults at Long Beach on 7/13

26 pairs, 35 adults, 4 hatchlings, 8 fledglings, 12 nests at Griswold Point on 7/13

2 pairs, 12 adults, 2 nests at Long Beach on 7/13

53 adults, 2 hatchlings, 5 fledglings, 10 nests at Milford Point on 7/14
16 pairs, 34 adults, 4 hatchlings, 2 fledglings, 8 nests at Long Beach on 7/14

1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/15

1 adult at East Broadway Milford on 7/15

50 adults at Milford Point on 7/15

5 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/15
37 pairs, 10 adults, 4 hatchlings, 7 fledglings, 23 nests at Milford Point on 7/15

4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/16

12 pairs, 16 adults, 4 nests, 8 fledglings at Long Beach on 7/16

Common Tern

5 adults at Sherwood Island State Park on 7/12
18 adults at Compo Beach on 7/12

16 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/12

4 adults at Long Beach on 7/12

2 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/13
3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/13
18 adults at Griswold Point on 7/13

8 adults at Milford Point on 7/13

6 adults at Milford Point on 7/14
1 pair at Long Beach on 7/14
12 adults at Compo Beach on 7/14
6 adults at Sherwood Island State Park on 7/15

3 adults at Milford Point on 7/15

6 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/15

4 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/15
21 adults at Milford Point on 7/15
19 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/16
24 adults at Hammonasset on 7/16

2 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/17
3 adults at Long Beach on 7/17

5 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/17
5 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/17

This concludes update #17 through 07/18/16 as of 1:00 p.m.