Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds update #20

I wanted to post the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds data update here so all of you could see the changing results as we are about to enter the last month of the monitoring season. Piping Plovers are on the way south, American Oystercatchers and young are spreading out a bit, and both tern species are still finishing up raising their young.

Survey and monitoring updates:

Piping Plover
Volunteer and staff surveys:
2 adults, 5 chicks at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/23
2 adults, 3 juveniles at Milford Point on 7/23
1 pair, 1 adult, 1 chick, 3 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/23
3 adults, 4 juveniles at Long Beach on 7/23
3 adults, 1 juvenile at Milford Point on 7/23
2 pairs, 4 adults, 1 chick, 2 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/23
6 adults, 4 juveniles at Milford Point on 7/24
3 adults, 6 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/24
1 pair, 1 adult, 3 chicks at Griswold Point on 7/24
1 adult, 5 chicks, 2 juveniles at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/24
1 adult, 2 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Point on 7/24
2 adults, 5 chicks at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/25
2 adults, 2 chicks at Bluff Point on 7/25
1 adult, 4 juveniles at Long Beach on 7/25
2 adults, 1 chick, 1 juvenile at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/25
1 chick, 3 juveniles at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/25
2 adults, 1 juvenile at Long Beach on 7/26
1 adult, 2 juveniles at Milford Point on 7/26
1 adult, 2 chicks at Bluff Point on 7/27
1 adult, 2 chicks at Bluff Point on 7/27
2 adults, 3 chicks at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/27
6 adults, 2 chicks at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/29
9 adults/juveniles at Long Beach on 7/29

American Oystercatcher
Volunteer and staff surveys:
1 pair, 1 adult at Milford Point on 7/23
2 pairs, 2 chicks at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/23
1 adult at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/23
2 pairs, 1 chick at Milford Point on 7/23
2 pairs, 1 chick at Milford Point on 7/23
2 pairs, 8 adults, 3 chicks at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/23
1 pair, 2 juveniles at Kelsey Island on 7/24
1 pair, 1 chick at Milford Point on 7/24
2 adults at Stratford Point on 7/24
3 adults at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/24
3 pairs, 2 chicks at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/24
2 pairs, 1 adult, 3 juveniles at Vincent Island on 7/25
2 pairs, 2 chicks at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/25
1 pair, 2 adults, 2 chicks at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/25
2 pairs, 1 chick at Milford Point on 7/26
1 pair, 1 chick at Bluff Point on 7/27
1 pair, 1 chick at Bluff Point on 7/27
1 pair, 1 chick at Bluff Point on 7/27
1 pair at Griswold Point on 7/27
1 adult at Pleasure Beach on 7/28
4 adults at Milford Point on 7/28
6 adults, 1 juvenile at Milford Point on 7/29
1 pair, 15 adults, 1 chick at Cockenoe Island on 7/29
6 adults at Norwalk Islands on 7/29
2 pairs at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/29
1 adult at Long Beach on 7/29

Least Tern 
Volunteer and staff surveys:
24 adults at Salt Island on 7/23
12 adults, 5 nests at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/23
12 adults at Milford Point on 7/23
25 adults, 1 nest at Long Beach on 7/23
1 adult at Pleasure Beach on 7/23
8 adults at Milford Point on 7/23
80+ adults, 76 chicks, 25 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/23
8 adults at Milford Point on 7/24
21 adults 1 nest at Long Beach on 7/24
14 adults at Stratford Point on 7/24
18 adults, 4 juveniles, 7 nests at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/24
76+ adults, 46+ chicks, 58+ nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/24
14 adults, 2 juveniles at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/25
4 adults at Bluff Point on 7/25
30 adults at Long Beach on 7/25
100 adults, 20 chicks at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/25
40 individuals at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/25
19 adults, 1 nest at Long Beach on 7/26
3 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/26
12 adults, 1 nest at Milford Point on 7/26
2 adults, 1 nest at Bluff Point on 7/27
2 adults at Bluff Point on 7/27
15 adults, 2 juveniles, 4 nests at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/27
6 adults at Long Beach on 7/28
10 adults at Long Beach on 7/28
1 pair, 10 adults at Milford Point on 7/28
1 adult at Silver Sands State Park on 7/28
11 adults at Stratford Point on 7/29
25 adults at Milford Point on 7/29
50-100 adults, 33 chicks, 28 juveniles, 5 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/29
20 adults at Long Beach on 7/29

Common Tern
Volunteer and staff surveys:
4 adults at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/23
75 adults/juveniles at Milford Point on 7/23
6 adults, 2 chicks at Long Beach on 7/23
100-130 adults, 2 chicks at Milford Point on 7/23
51+ adults, 1 chick, 6 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/23
5 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/24
6 adults at Milford Point on 7/24
220 adults/juveniles at Stratford Point on 7/24
13 adults at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/24
57 adults, 2 juveniles, 11 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/24
50 individuals at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/25
1 pair at Long Beach on 7/26
6 adults at Silver Sands State Park on 7/26
75 adults/juveniles at Milford Point on 7/26
8 adults at Bluff Point on 7/27
41 adults, 1 juvenile at Bluff Point on 7/27
10 adults at Harkness Memorial State Park on 7/27
8 adults at Long Beach on 7/28
1 adult at Pleasure Beach on 7/28
1 adult at Long Beach on 7/28
7 adults at Milford Point on 7/28
450 adults/juveniles at Stratford Point on 7/29
350 adults/juveniles at Milford Point on 7/29
206 adults, 6 nests at Cockenoe Island on 7/29
57 adults, 2 juveniles, 4 nests at Sandy/Morse Points on 7/29
3 adults at Long Beach on 7/29

This concludes update #20 through 7/30/12 as of 3:30 p.m.

If you were not a part of the AAfCW this year, we hope you will be next season! There is no better time to get a feel for the 2013 endeavor than now, and if you want to join the ranks please email ctwaterbirds@gmail.com. As you can tell we are already planning next season before this one is over - our work never ends.

Scott Kruitbosch
Conservation Technician