Thursday, June 13, 2024

AAfCW 2024 Field Update #9

This is the ninth field update for the AAfCW in 2024 with data provided from volunteer monitors spanning June 6 through June 12. We have a lot of chicks on our beaches with young Piping Plovers and American Oystercatchers starting to grow up. Please keep assessing their age as best as you can, and remember that data is secondary to their safety as well as that of the nest. As of now, we have mostly hatchlings with some fledglings.

If you cannot see or find all of them, or see if a bird is on a nest, do not worry about it! That is why we have so many wonderful volunteers to help our staff. The same goes for terns in colonies when it is very difficult to see if they have nests or young. Our collective data helps us to discover what is going on at the beach seven days a week, dawn to dusk.

Keep in mind this is only one role, and your vigilance in reporting disturbances or threats, from weather to predators to people, is vital. Additionally, positive and caring education and outreach to beachgoers can go a long way in helping us all share the shore.

We are to do as the public does at all times. While we have a badge and are collecting data, educating beachgoers, and viewing our focal species, we want to keep out of fenced areas no matter the circumstances, never linger near nests, and be mindful of birds alarmed by our presence and/or attempting to move us. Loud calling, broken-wing displays, terns dive bombing - these are all signs to move cautiously out of the area along the water. We are no different than any other scary predator in their eyes.

Thank you all for your help!

Species

Date

Location

Pairs

Adults

Nests

Hatchlings

Fledglings

AMOY

June 7

Bluff Point

0

1

0

0

0

AMOY

June 7

Bluff Point

2

1

0

0

0

AMOY

June 7

Long Beach

3

0

3

0

0

AMOY

June 7

Sandy/Morse Points

0

4

0

0

0

AMOY

June 7

Milford Point

2

0

0

0

0

AMOY

June 7

Sandy/Morse Points

0

2

0

0

0

AMOY

June 8

Sandy/Morse Points

1

1

0

0

0

AMOY

June 8

Sandy/Morse Points

2

1

0

0

0

AMOY

June 8

Milford Point

0

4

2

0

0

AMOY

June 8

Sandy/Morse Points

2

1

0

0

0

AMOY

June 8

Griswold Point

1

0

0

0

0

AMOY

June 8

Long Beach

0

1

0

0

0

AMOY

June 8

Long Beach

0

3

0

0

0

AMOY

June 9

Sandy/Morse Points

1

3

1

0

0

AMOY

June 9

Compo Beach

1

3

0

2

0

AMOY

June 10

Milford Point

4

4

3

0

0

AMOY

June 10

Long Beach

1

0

1

0

0

AMOY

June 10

Griswold Point

1

0

0

0

0

AMOY

June 10

Long Beach

1

1

0

0

0

AMOY

June 10

Long Beach

1

0

0

0

0

AMOY

June 11

Long Beach

0

1

0

0

0

AMOY

June 11

Long Beach

1

1

1

0

0

AMOY

June 11

Griswold Point

1

0

0

0

0

AMOY

June 11

Milford Point

1

4

3

0

0

AMOY

June 11

Bluff Point

0

4

0

0

0

AMOY

June 12

Griswold Point

0

2

0

0

0

AMOY

June 12

Pleasure Beach

2

0

0

0

0

AMOY

June 12

Long Beach

0

5

0

0

0

COTE

June 7

Bluff Point

1

0

0

0

0

COTE

June 8

Griswold Point

1

0

0

0

0

COTE

June 9

Sherwood Island

0

18

0

0

0

COTE

June 9

Sandy/Morse Points

0

26

0

0

0

COTE

June 9

Compo Beach

0

9

0

0

0

LETE

June 7

Bluff Point

2

0

0

0

0

LETE

June 7

Sandy/Morse Points

0

5

1

0

0

LETE

June 7

Milford Point

0

5

0

0

0

LETE

June 7

Sandy/Morse Points

0

1

0

0

0

LETE

June 8

Milford Point

1

0

0

0

0

LETE

June 8

Sandy/Morse Points

0

1

0

0

0

LETE

June 8

Griswold Point

0

5

0

0

0

LETE

June 8

Long Beach

1

0

0

0

0

LETE

June 9

Sandy/Morse Points

0

30

0

0

0

LETE

June 10

Long Beach

0

4

2

0

0

LETE

June 10

Long Beach

2

0

1

0

0

LETE

June 10

Long Beach

0

8

0

0

0

LETE

June 11

Long Beach

2

0

0

0

0

LETE

June 11

Griswold Point

1

0

0

0

0

LETE

June 12

Long Beach

0

6

0

0

0

PIPL

June 7

Bluff Point

1

4

0

3

0

PIPL

June 7

Sandy/Morse Points

10

0

3

4

0

PIPL

June 7

Bluff Point

3

2

2

0

2

PIPL

June 7

Long Beach

1

1

0

0

0

PIPL

June 7

Sandy/Morse Points

2

8

1

2

0

PIPL

June 7

Milford Point

10

3

8

8

0

PIPL

June 7

Sandy/Morse Points

0

11

3

4

0

PIPL

June 8

Sandy/Morse Points

6

4

4

4

0

PIPL

June 8

Sandy/Morse Points

4

4

0

0

0

PIPL

June 8

Milford Point

1

24

6

14

0

PIPL

June 8

Sandy/Morse Points

3

4

3

0

0

PIPL

June 8

Griswold Point

0

1

0

0

0

PIPL

June 8

Milford Point

3

7

2

5

0

PIPL

June 8

Long Beach

11

9

1

8

2

PIPL

June 8

Long Beach

0

1

0

0

1

PIPL

June 9

Long Beach

0

15

0

6

0

PIPL

June 9

Sandy/Morse Points

1

6

4

3

0

PIPL

June 9

Compo Beach

0

1

0

0

0

PIPL

June 10

Milford Point

3

14

7

7

0

PIPL

June 10

Long Beach

8

8

0

7

4

PIPL

June 10

Griswold Point

0

1

0

0

0

PIPL

June 10

Long Beach

8

2

2

2

0

PIPL

June 10

Long Beach

2

7

4

4

0

PIPL

June 11

Long Beach

0

6

1

5

0

PIPL

June 11

Milford Point

2

4

0

0

0

PIPL

June 11

Milford Point

3

9

3

3

0

PIPL

June 11

Long Beach

1

12

1

0

4

PIPL

June 11

Griswold Point

0

2

0

0

0

PIPL

June 11

Milford Point

0

12

6

5

0

PIPL

June 11

Bluff Point

3

1

2

2

0

PIPL

June 12

Pleasure Beach

0

2

2

0

0

PIPL

June 12

Long Beach

1

16

3

2

0

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