We will soon be seeing Piping Plovers on Connecticut shores as we enter March tomorrow. A couple of birds were spotted on Long Island last week at Robert Moses State Park. They likely moved north on the southerly winds and more moderate temperatures we felt as the snowpack has finally started to melt. Here's a Piping Plover from Milford Point last summer.
Connecticut can sometimes find a bird, or even a few, at the shore in the first week of March. It takes a few weeks for birds to arrive, find their mate, and establish a territory on a suitable beach. Once we get towards April 1 our monitoring will officially commence right as Piping Plovers start nesting. If you want to join us in monitoring in 2021 please let us know by emailing ctwaterbirds@gmail.com. Our training sessions for new and past volunteers will be on Saturday, March 13, via Zoom.
Scott Kruitbosch
AAfCW Volunteer Coordinator
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