Happy new year, all!
If we can look back to 2023 for a moment, I'd ask you to please share any eBird checklists that include shorebirds, terns, herons, or egrets with the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds at ctwaterbirds@gmail.com. We have requested this help in previous years, and please keep them coming from 2023.
There is a button on eBird to share in the upper left when viewing checklists, and if you click that, enter ctwaterbirds@gmail.com, then “share checklist”, we'll be all set. This helps us record the staging, foraging, and nesting areas for other species - those that we do not monitor every pair in Connecticut as we do for Piping Plovers and American Oystercatchers.
These checklists should contain your time spent in the field to help track level of effort. Your assistance is greatly appreciated! If you are not an “official” monitor, we still would love your time and data. And if you would like to join us in 2024, you can email ctwaterbirds@gmail.com anytime as well as training will take place in March.
Thanks and best,
Scott Kruitbosch
AAfCW Volunteer Coordinator
