Volunteers Needed for Shorebird Monitoring 2018
The Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds/CT DEEP Wildlife
Division 2018 monitoring and stewardship season is about to begin! Please see
below for details, and please pass this along to any new volunteers you feel
would be interested in joining us. We hope all our past monitors will be
returning this year after yet another record-setting season in 2017. We can
only keep this success going with your help!
Spend your summer days at the beach and help protect a federally threatened species! The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Wildlife Divisioni and the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds are seeking volunteers to monitor Piping Plovers and other shorebirds from early April until late August at beaches across our state. A training and orientation session for new volunteers will be held on Saturday, March 31stth 2018 from 10:30am to 12:00pm at the Audubon Connecticut Office at Stratford Point, 1207 Prospect Drive, Stratford, CT 06615; past volunteers will be offered a refresher from 9:00am to 10:15am. The sessions will review the following: biology of the piping plover, how to monitor breeding pairs and chicks, volunteer organization and logistics, and law enforcement information. While there are only a few changes to the process this year, attendance by everyone planning to join us for the 2018 season is important.
Spend your summer days at the beach and help protect a federally threatened species! The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Wildlife Divisioni and the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds are seeking volunteers to monitor Piping Plovers and other shorebirds from early April until late August at beaches across our state. A training and orientation session for new volunteers will be held on Saturday, March 31stth 2018 from 10:30am to 12:00pm at the Audubon Connecticut Office at Stratford Point, 1207 Prospect Drive, Stratford, CT 06615; past volunteers will be offered a refresher from 9:00am to 10:15am. The sessions will review the following: biology of the piping plover, how to monitor breeding pairs and chicks, volunteer organization and logistics, and law enforcement information. While there are only a few changes to the process this year, attendance by everyone planning to join us for the 2018 season is important.
Atlantic Coast populations of Piping Plovers return to the
Connecticut coast in March from their wintering grounds on the Gulf Coast and
Caribbean. The cryptic nests of the piping plover are extremely susceptible to
human disturbance, predation, and tidal wash outs. To enhance the survival and
productivity of birds breeding in Connecticut, volunteers work at locations
across the shoreline to observe the shorebirds, record and report nesting data,
and educate the beach-going public about the monitoring program. Volunteers
work 4 hour shifts from April until the end of the breeding season (usually in
August) and must donate a minimum of 4 hours per month. The work can be very
rewarding, as volunteers will have the opportunity to positively affect the
nesting success of threatened shorebirds across the state.
For more information on the training session or for directions, please email the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds at ctwaterbirds@gmail.com. Reservations are not required; but an e-mail letting us know you will be attending is appreciated.
This training session is co-sponsored by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (Audubon Connecticut, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History and the Connecticut Audubon Society) and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Wildlife Division.
For more information on the training session or for directions, please email the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds at ctwaterbirds@gmail.com. Reservations are not required; but an e-mail letting us know you will be attending is appreciated.
This training session is co-sponsored by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (Audubon Connecticut, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History and the Connecticut Audubon Society) and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Wildlife Division.
