This is the fourteenth weekly update by the Audubon Alliance for
Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW) for the 2017 season. Today's update includes
reports of Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher, Least Tern, and Common
Tern through 12:00 p.m. on July 10 with sightings of birds by volunteers
and staff since the previous update on July 5.
Informational updates:
Informational updates:
Our collective surveys were a bit reduced over the past several days due to inclement weather and staff scheduling after the Fourth holiday and previous weekend. Nevertheless, we will maintain monitoring for Piping Plovers throughout July and all of August as we still have birds at all stages of life - even on nests! Silver Sands State Park is an example of why we work all summer long as we had hatchlings hatching this weekend that need frequent and vigilant monitoring and stewardship. We are on track to have a sensational year overall, so please remember what a tremendous difference all of you are making for them and our other focal species here in Connecticut. If you visit Pleasure Beach or Sandy/Morse Points you may see our WildLife Guards crew also conducting outreach and monitoring - please do say hello!
See more about the WildLife Guards on the Audubon Connecticut and Roger Tory Peterson Institute websites:
http://ct.audubon.org/conservation/coasts/wildlife-guards
http://rtpi.org/education/wildlife-guards/
And check out their own website and Facebook page:
https://www.bridgeportwildlifeguards.org/
https://www.facebook.com/AudubonWildlifeGuards/
Survey and monitoring updates:
Piping Plover
8 pairs, 2 adults, 15 hatchlings, 1 fledgling, 2 juveniles, 2 nests at Milford Point on 7/5
2 pairs, 1 adult, 2 juveniles at Griswold Point on 7/5
2 pairs, 1 adult, 2 juveniles at Griswold Point on 7/5
1 adult, 1 nest at Silver Sands State Park on 7/5
5 pairs, 10 adults, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/5
2 pairs, 4 hatchlings at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/5
3 pairs, 2 hatchlings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/5
1 pair, 3 hatchlings at East Broadway Milford on 7/5
1 pair, 16 adults, 1 fledgling at Long Beach on 7/5
1 adult, 1 nest at Silver Sands State Park on 7/6
1 pair, 16 adults, 1 fledgling at Long Beach on 7/5
1 adult, 1 nest at Silver Sands State Park on 7/6
2 pairs, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/6
1 pair, 3 fledglings at East Broadway Milford on 7/6
2 pairs, 10 adults, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/6
1 pair, 3 hatchlings at Shell Avenue on 7/6
1 pair, 1 nest at Short Beach on 7/6
1 pair, 1 nest at Fenwick Point on 7/6
1 adult, 1 nest at Short Beach on 7/6
1 pair, 1 nest at Short Beach on 7/6
1 pair, 1 nest at Fenwick Point on 7/6
1 adult, 1 nest at Short Beach on 7/6
5 pairs, 2 adults, 13 hatchlings, 1 juvenile at Milford Point on 7/7
1 adult, 1 nest at Silver Sands State Park on 7/7
1 adult, 1 nest at Short Beach on 7/7
1 adult, 1 hatchling, 1 nest at Silver Sands State Park on 7/8
1 pair, 3 fledglings at East Broadway Milford on 7/9
3 pairs, 6 adults, 5 hatchlings, 6 juveniles at Long Beach on 7/9
2 pairs, 2 adults, 5 fledglings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/9
1 pair, 10 adults, 3 juveniles, 2 nests at Long Beach on 7/9
3 pairs, 7 adults, 2 hatchlings, 5 fledglings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/9
3 pairs, 5 adults, 5 hatchlings, 4 fledglings at Bluff Point on 7/9
1 pair, 1 hatchling, 1 nest at Silver Sands State Park on 7/9
1 pair, 1 hatchling, 1 nest at Silver Sands State Park on 7/9
1 pair, 8 adults, 5 hatchlings, 11 fledglings, 1 nest at Long Beach on 7/9
3 fledglings at East Broadway Milford on 7/10
4 pairs, 3 adults, 2 hatchlings, 4 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/10
1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Silver Sands State Park on 7/10
1 pair, 3 hatchlings at Silver Sands State Park on 7/10
1 pair, 3 hatchlings at Silver Sands State Park on 7/10
American Oystercatcher
2 pairs at Waterford Town Beach on 7/5
1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/6
1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 7/7
1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 7/7
2 pairs at Milford Point on 7/7
1 adult, 1 fledgling at Bluff Point on 7/8
1 adult at East Broadway Milford on 7/9
2 pairs, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/9
3 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/9
2 pairs, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/9
2 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/10
Least Tern
Least Tern
9 pairs, 1 adult, 6 hatchlings, 9 nests at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/5
1 pair on Milford Point on 7/7
22 pairs, 5 hatchlings, 13 nests at Mumford Cove on 7/8
28 pairs, 1 adult, 1 hatchling, 2 fledglings, 20 nests at Long Beach on 7/9
4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/9
1 pair, 12 adults, 3 nests at Long Beach on 7/9
60 adults, 2 hatchlings, 1 fledgling, 10 nests at Long Beach on 7/9
Common Tern
3 adults at Fenwick Point on 7/6
1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 7/6
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