AAfCW 2014 Volunteer Update #12

This is the twelfth weekly update by the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW) for the 2014 season. Today's update includes reports of Piping Plover, American Oystercatcher, Least Tern and Common Tern from June 16 through 4:00 p.m. on June 23 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.

Informational updates:

We need your help for fireworks celebrations! Please email us if you can plan to be at Stratford's Short Beach, Milford Point, or Sandy/Morse Points in West Haven on the evening of July 3. Our staff will be on these beaches and at other locations along with CT DEEP and the more help we can get the more we can do to ensure a successful evening for our birds while continuing our outreach and education efforts. Thank you!

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover

1 pair, 3 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/16
1 pair, 1 hatchling at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/16
2 pairs at Pleasure Beach on 6/16
1 pair, 1 hatchling at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/16
3 pairs at Milford Point on 6/17
5 pairs, 1 adult, 2 hatchlings, 3 nests at Sandy Point Stonington on 6/17
13 adults, 7 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17
2 pairs, 6 adults, 7 hatchlings, 4 fledglings at Griswold Point on 6/17
1 adult, 1 nest at Short Beach on 6/17
1 adult, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/17
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/17
8 pairs, 25 hatchlings at Milford Point on 6/17

4 pairs, 2 adults, 7 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17

13 adults, 7 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17

5 pairs, 2 adults, 6 hatchlings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17

10 adults, 9 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/18
2 pairs, 2 hatchlings at Mumford Cove on 6/18
3 pairs, 2 adults, 7 hatchlings at Bluff Point on 6/18
2 pairs, 2 nests at Pleasure Beach on 6/18
8 pairs, 10 hatchlings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/18

5 pairs, 6 hatchlings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/18

1 pair, 3 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/19
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/19
15 adults, 15 hatchlings at Milford Point on 6/19
1 pair, 1 nest at Long Beach on 6/19
1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 6/19
1 pair, 1 nest at Short Beach on 6/19

2 pairs, 9 adults, 4 hatchlings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/19

2 pairs, 2 nests at Pleasure Beach on 6/20

3 adults at Pleasure Beach on 6/20

1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/21

1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Long Beach on 6/21

2 pairs, 2 nests at Pleasure Beach on 6/21

1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/22

1 pair, 2 adults, 7 fledglings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/22
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 6/23

6 adults, 4 hatchlings at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/23

2 pairs, 6 adults, 6 hatchlings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/23

American Oystercatcher

1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Branford Harbor Channel Marker on 6/16
1 pair, 1 nest at Green Island on 6/16
1 pair at Darrow Rocks on 6/16
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Umbrella Island on 6/16
1 pair at Salt Island on 6/16
6 pairs, 1 hatchling, 1 nest at Menunketesuck Island on 6/16
1 pair, 1 nest at Duck Island on 6/16

1 pair at Great Captain's Island on 6/16

1 pair at Milford Point on 6/17
8 pairs, 1 adult, 7 hatchlings at Sandy Point Stonington on 6/17
2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17
3 pairs, 1 hatchling, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/17

2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17

1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17

2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17

1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/18
1 pair, 1 nest at Mumford Cove on 6/18
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Quinnipeag Rock on 6/18
1 pair, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/18

2 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/18

1 adult at Long Beach on 6/18

7 adults, 2 nests at Milford Point on 6/19
4 adults at Long Beach on 6/19
2 adults at Milford Point on 6/19

2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/19

1 pair, 1 fledgling at Salt Island on 6/20
5 pairs, 1 fledgling, 3 nests at Menunketesuck Island on 6/20
2 pairs, 1 nest at Duck Island on 6/20

2 pairs, 1 adult, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/22

4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/23

2 pairs, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/23

 

Least Tern

12 adults at Milford Point on 6/17
1 pair at Sandy Point Stonington on 6/17
10 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17
60 adults at Griswold Point on 6/17
2 adults at Long Beach on 6/17

4 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17

10 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17

9 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17

1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/18
2 pairs, 2 nests at Mumford Cove on 6/18
2 pairs, 2 nests at Bluff Point on 6/18
5 pairs, 5 nests at Pleasure Beach on 6/18
4 pairs, 4 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/18

6 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/18

1 adult at Long Beach on 6/18

2 pairs, 2 nests at Sasco Hill Beach on 6/19
50 adults at Milford Point on 6/19
8 pairs, 2 nests at Pleasure Beach on 6/19
1 adult at Long Beach on 6/19

5 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/19

10 pairs, 3 adults, 10 nests at Menunketesuck Island on 6/20

1 pair, 1 adult, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 6/20

1 pair, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/22

2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/23

1 pair, 5 adults, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/23

Common Tern

3 pairs, 3 nests at Umbrella Island on 6/16
1 pair at Green Island on 6/16
1 pair at Kelsey Island on 6/16

1 adult at Great Captain's Island on 6/16

2 pairs at Sandy Point Stonington on 6/17
1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17
4 adults at Milford Point on 6/17

1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17

3 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/17

2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/18

1 adult at Long Beach on 6/18

1 adult at Long Beach on 6/19

1 pair, 1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 6/19

This concludes update #12 through 6/23/14 as of 4:00 p.m.