AAfCW 2014 Volunteer Update #14

This is the fourteenth 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 30 through 4:00 p.m. on July 7 with sightings of birds by volunteers and staff spanning that period.

Informational updates:

Thank you to those who assisted us with the fireworks displays last week.  We still have a lot of monitoring left this year for young terns on several beaches as well as Piping Plovers and American Oystercatchers of all ages - hatchlings, fledglings, and juveniles plus some birds still with eggs and on nest! Please continue stewardship efforts on the usual schedule during this now busy beach season after a terrific first few months of 2014 thanks to all of you.

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover 

5 pairs, 5 fledglings at Bluff Point on 6/30
8 pairs, 2 adults, 8 hatchlings, 7 fledglings, 1 nest at Griswold Point on 6/30
7 pairs, 8 hatchlings, 13 fledglings, 2 juveniles at Milford Point on 6/30
7 adults, 4 hatchlings, 7 fledglings, 3 juveniles at Griswold Point on 6/30
7 pairs, 4 hatchlings, 4 fledglings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1
4 pairs, 2 adults, 3 hatchlings, 9 juveniles at Griswold Point on 7/1

19 adults, 5 juveniles, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1

13 adults, 4 fledglings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1

12 adults, 5 fledglings, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/2
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/2
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/2
1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 7/2
1 adult, 1 hatchling at Long Beach on 7/2
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Short Beach on 7/2
3 pairs, 1 adult, 3 hatchlings at Sandy Point Stonington on 7/2

8 adults, 10 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/2

3 pairs, 3 fledglings, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/2

16 adults, 4 hatchlings, 8 fledglings at Milford Point on 7/3
1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Long Beach on 7/3
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Short Beach on 7/3
2 pairs, 1 hatchling at Mumford Cove on 7/3
1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/4

1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Long Beach on 7/5

7 pairs, 9 fledglings, 1 juvenile, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/5

1 pair, 1 nest at Pleasure Beach on 7/5

2 adults, 4 fledglings at Milford Point on 7/5

8 adults, 6 juveniles, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/6
1 pair, 2 hatchlings at Long Beach on 7/6

1 pair, 4 hatchlings at Shell Avenue Milford on 7/7

American Oystercatcher
2 pairs at Tuxis Island on 6/30
1 adult at Griswold Point on 6/30
2 pairs, 7 adults, 1 fledgling at Milford Point on 6/30
1 adult at Griswold Point on 6/30
1 pair, 1 fledgling at Quinnipeag Rocks on 6/30
2 pairs, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1
2 adults at Griswold Point on 7/1

1 pair at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1

2 pairs, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1

1 adult at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/2
2 adults at Thimble Islands on 7/2
7 pairs, 1 adult, 6 fledglings at Sandy Point Stonington on 7/2

2 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/2

1 pair, 1 adult, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/2

3 pairs at Milford Point on 7/3
6 adults at Short Beach on 7/3
1 adult at Ram Island on 7/3
1 pair at Mumford Cove on 7/3

3 adults, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/6

Least Tern

25 pairs, 6 adults, 2 hatchlings, 25 nests at Milford Point on 6/30
50 adults, 2 hatchlings at Griswold Point on 6/30
4 pairs, 3 nests at Bluff Point on 6/30
35 pairs, 10 adults, 20 hatchlings, 25 nests at Griswold Point on 6/30
9 pairs, 6 adults, 1 hatchling, 2 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1
1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 7/1
65 adults, 3 hatchlings at Griswold Point on 7/1
7 adults, 3 hatchlings at Sasco Hill Beach on 7/1

3 pairs, 3 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1

20 adults, 1 hatchling, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1

20 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/2
1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 7/2

12 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/2

3 pairs, 14 adults at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/2

35 adults, 10 nests at Milford Point on 7/3
5 adults at Long Beach on 7/3
2 pairs, 2 nests at Mumford Cove on 7/3
11 adults, 1 hatchling at Sasco Hill Beach on 7/6

3 pairs, 1 adult, 1 nest at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/6
13 adults at Long Beach on 7/6

Common Tern

1 adult, 1 nest at Milford Point on 6/30
1 adult at Bluff Point on 6/30
2 pairs, 2 adults at Griswold Point on 6/30
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/1
11 adults at Griswold Point on 7/1
3 adults at Sandy Point Stonington on 7/2
6 adults, 1 nest at Milford Point on 7/3

This concludes update #14 through 7/7/14 as of 5:00 p.m.