PIPL

PIPL

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

AAfCW 2023 Field Update #4

This is the fourth field update for the AAfCW in 2023 with data provided from volunteer monitors spanning May 22 through May 30. Thank you all for your extra help on Memorial Day weekend! While we saw a lot of people at the beaches, and we had some notable disturbances, we did a terrific job at avoiding any extremely difficult situations. We also reached a lot of curious beachgoers and talked with some wonderful visitors who love our birds.

Newly hatched American Oystercatcher and Piping Plover chicks will need space on the beach from us, too. Their parents can defend them, but they have to face threats from predators, pets, people, tides and bad weather, and more. Please remain below the high tide line, and also know that terns can nest very close to or even in the wrack line.

Please let us and CT DEEP know as soon as possible if you see any nests outside of fenced areas. Keep in mind that only Piping Plover nests are exclosed, and this does not occur for every pair. These exclosures are meant to keep predators away from eggs, and not to keep the birds in. Adults and young do not use exclosures as protection, and they are only meant to protect eggs.

Please review aging young birds in this CT DEEP PDF brochure. Piping Plovers and American Oystercatcher young are precocial, meaning they can walk and feed themselves almost immediately. However, they are still in the care of their parents and are incapable of flight. It takes approximately four weeks for Piping Plovers to “fledge” and be able to fly and live independently. We have no fledglings yet in Connecticut for any of our species.

Don't forget to refer to the YouTube training sessions if needed...

New monitor training: https://youtu.be/qJTW2WsyUYE
Returning monitor training: https://youtu.be/8qd1ObK0Fo4

Thanks again, and enjoy the beaches!


Species

Date

Location

Pairs

Adults

Nests

Hatchlings

PIPL

May 22

Milford Point

1

9

3

4

AMOY

May 22

Compo Beach

1




COTE

May 22

Compo Beach


3



AMOY

May 22

Milford Point


7



PIPL

May 22

Milford Point


11

8


LETE

May 22

Milford Point


19



PIPL

May 22

Long Beach


2

1


PIPL

May 22

Sandy/Morse Points

7

17

2


AMOY

May 22

Sandy/Morse Points

3

1

1


COTE

May 22

Sandy/Morse Points

20

25

8


COTE

May 22

Sandy/Morse Points

1




AMOY

May 23

Long Beach

2


2


PIPL

May 23

Long Beach

1

6

5


AMOY

May 23

Milford Point

1

6

2

3

PIPL

May 23

Milford Point


20

7


LETE

May 23

Milford Point


37



AMOY

May 23

Long Beach

2


2


PIPL

May 23

Long Beach

1

3

4


AMOY

May 23

Milford Point

1

2

1

1

PIPL

May 23

Milford Point

2

8

6


LETE

May 23

Milford Point


14

2


AMOY

May 23

Bluff Point


4



AMOY

May 23

Sandy/Morse Points

2

1

1


PIPL

May 23

Sandy/Morse Points

1

15

1


LETE

May 23

Sandy/Morse Points


40



AMOY

May 23

Bluff Point


1



PIPL

May 23

Bluff Point


4

2


LETE

May 23

Bluff Point


3



PIPL

May 23

Long Beach

2

8

7


PIPL

May 23

Milford Point

8

16

4


AMOY

May 23

Compo Beach

1

1

1


PIPL

May 24

Sandy/Morse Points


11



LETE

May 24

Sandy/Morse Points


122



AMOY

May 24

Sandy/Morse Points

2

1

1


PIPL

May 24

Sandy/Morse Points

3

18

5


AMOY

May 24

Sandy/Morse Points


5

1


LETE

May 24

Sandy/Morse Points

1

60

9


PIPL

May 24

Long Beach

3

6

8


AMOY

May 24

Long Beach

1

9

2


AMOY

May 24

Long Beach

2


2


PIPL

May 24

Long Beach

1

9

6


LETE

May 24

Long Beach

1




AMOY

May 24

Long Beach


7

2


PIPL

May 24

Long Beach

3

4

7


COTE

May 24

Long Beach


2



PIPL

May 24

Sandy/Morse Points

1

16

2


AMOY

May 24

Sandy/Morse Points


2



LETE

May 24

Sandy/Morse Points


18

1


AMOY

May 24

Long Beach

2

4

2


PIPL

May 24

Long Beach

3

10

8


AMOY

May 25

Sandy/Morse Points


6



PIPL

May 25

Sandy/Morse Points

1

18

6

1

LETE

May 25

Sandy/Morse Points

2

70

7


PIPL

May 25

Long Beach



5


AMOY

May 25

Long Beach


5

2


AMOY

May 25

Griswold Point


3

1


PIPL

May 25

Griswold Point


1



LETE

May 25

Griswold Point

1




PIPL

May 26

Milford Point

2

6

9

5

AMOY

May 26

Milford Point

1




LETE

May 26

Milford Point

7

10

3


PIPL

May 26

Milford Point

1

11

5


AMOY

May 26

Milford Point


2



LETE

May 26

Milford Point

1

22

1


AMOY

May 27

Compo Beach

1


1


AMOY

May 27

Sandy/Morse Points

2


1


PIPL

May 27

Sandy/Morse Points

5

4

7

8

LETE

May 27

Sandy/Morse Points

9

100

25


PIPL

May 28

Sandy/Morse Points

4

1

8

11

AMOY

May 28

Sandy/Morse Points

1

1



LETE

May 28

Sandy/Morse Points


50

10


AMOY

May 28

Long Beach

1


1


PIPL

May 28

Long Beach

3

4

4

7

COTE

May 28

Long Beach

1




AMOY

May 28

Fort Trumbull Beach

1




AMOY

May 28

Long Beach

2

1

2


PIPL

May 28

Long Beach

2

5

5

3

PIPL

May 29

Milford Point

1

6

1

3

AMOY

May 29

Bluff Point

1




LETE

May 29

Bluff Point


1



PIPL

May 29

Bluff Point

3

2

1

2

PIPL

May 29

Short Beach


2



PIPL

May 29

Bluff Point

1

4

1

2

LETE

May 29

Bluff Point

2




AMOY

May 29

Compo Beach

1




COTE

May 29

Compo Beach


6



AMOY

May 30

Long Beach

2

2

2


PIPL

May 30

Long Beach

2

7

2

10

AMOY

May 30

Milford Point

1

1


2

PIPL

May 30

Milford Point

4

7

7

8

LETE

May 30

Milford Point

6

34

6


No comments:

Post a Comment