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Thursday, April 18, 2024

AAfCW 2024 Field Update #1

This is the first field update for the AAfCW in 2024 with data provided from volunteer monitors spanning the official beginning of field season on April 1 through April 17. A huge thanks to monitors who went out in March on their own time to submit observations as well. We are now all finished preparing for our season, and if you have not joined us yet in 2024, we will see you in the field in 2025.

Please remember to submit a separate report for each species when entering data. Please do not lump them all into one submission. We want to report on Piping Plovers, American Oystercatchers, Least Terns, and Common Terns. You do not need to enter a new report if you saw none of a species. You can mention this in the comments of others, or enter one report for a trip where you saw no focal species at all.

With that in mind, Connecticut’s Least and Common Terns should return around May 1, and the first sightings of them will likely be one, two, or a few birds at a time. Some April surveys were canceled due to rain or cold weather, and please stay home if the temperature at the beach is under 50, over 90, if it is extremely windy, or if it will be raining, for your safety and that of the birds. Please send ctwaterbirds@gmail.com an email if you are going to cancel a scheduled monitoring session for any reason.

These updates will occur more frequently now that we are nearly complete in getting all monitors into the field and all scheduling is completed. We have over 140 volunteer monitors at more than a dozen sites in Connecticut. That sounds like a lot, but when our sites and birds need monitoring from dawn to dusk, seven days a week, avoiding bad weather, targeting specific tides, it means we need all the help we can get. It is okay to overlap with other volunteers if you see them in the field, and it can help with public perception, data, and education.

Thank you to all for your efforts thus far! Many nests will begin to appear soon, and we hope we can get through the early spring weather and tides with most intact. New nests should be reported to Laura.Saucier@ct.govrsuzf@hotmail.com, and ctwaterbirds@gmail.com. Please remember to report issues to ctwaterbirds@gmail.com and CT DEEP directly via email if it involves downed fencing or signage, lost nests, moderate disruptions and disturbances, or contact local animal control, police, or EnCon police for “take” situations and emergencies, subsequently letting us know about the event.

Species

Date

Location

Pairs

Adults

Nests

AMOY

April 6

Sherwood Island

2

0

0

AMOY

April 8

Long Beach

2

0

0

AMOY

April 9

Milford Point

1

1

0

AMOY

April 9

Milford Point

0

3

0

AMOY

April 9

Sandy/Morse Points

1

0

0

AMOY

April 10

Long Beach

1

0

0

AMOY

April 10

Milford Point

1

5

0

AMOY

April 10

Milford Point

1

4

0

AMOY

April 11

Bluff Point

1

0

0

AMOY

April 11

Milford Point

3

2

1

AMOY

April 13

Sandy/Morse Points

0

1

0

AMOY

April 13

Harkness Memorial State Park

1

0

0

AMOY

April 14

Milford Point

6

0

0

AMOY

April 14

Milford Point

0

1

0

AMOY

April 15

Sandy/Morse Points

1

0

0

AMOY

April 15

Milford Point

1

1

1

AMOY

April 15

Long Beach

5

0

0

AMOY

April 16

Sandy/Morse Points

2

4

0

AMOY

April 16

Long Beach

1

0

1

AMOY

April 16

Long Beach

1

0

1

AMOY

April 16

Milford Point

2

3

1

AMOY

April 16

Sandy/Morse Points

2

0

0

AMOY

April 16

Milford Point

0

6

0

AMOY

April 17

Sandy/Morse Points

2

0

0

AMOY

April 17

Pleasure Beach

2

0

0

AMOY

April 17

Milford Point

2

14

2

AMOY

April 17

Long Beach

2

0

0

PIPL

April 1

Milford Point

5

4

0

PIPL

April 8

Milford Point

1

3

0

PIPL

April 8

Long Beach

3

7

0

PIPL

April 9

Milford Point

2

1

0

PIPL

April 9

Milford Point

0

8

0

PIPL

April 9

Long Beach

0

3

0

PIPL

April 9

Long Beach

0

9

0

PIPL

April 9

Sandy/Morse Points

0

3

0

PIPL

April 10

Long Beach

6

7

0

PIPL

April 10

Milford Point

0

3

0

PIPL

April 10

Milford Point

2

1

0

PIPL

April 11

Bluff Point

4

0

0

PIPL

April 11

Milford Point

2

5

0

PIPL

April 12

Milford Point

0

15

0

PIPL

April 13

Sandy/Morse Points

0

5

0

PIPL

April 14

Milford Point

5

0

0

PIPL

April 14

Milford Point

2

0

0

PIPL

April 15

Sandy/Morse Points

0

8

0

PIPL

April 15

Milford Point

3

2

0

PIPL

April 15

Long Beach

7

2

0

PIPL

April 16

Milford Point

1

3

0

PIPL

April 16

Sandy/Morse Points

4

6

0

PIPL

April 16

Sandy/Morse Points

0

3

0

PIPL

April 16

Long Beach

0

6

0

PIPL

April 16

Long Beach

0

1

0

PIPL

April 16

Milford Point

0

16

0

PIPL

April 16

Milford Point

0

8

0

PIPL

April 17

Sandy/Morse Points

3

5

0

PIPL

April 17

Milford Point

2

5

0

PIPL

April 17

Pleasure Beach

0

1

0

PIPL

April 17

Long Beach

5

5

0


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