Great success with Connecticut waterbirds
Today I sent out the final 2014 Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW) weekly update email to all of our shorebird monitors and volunteers. Waterbird nesting season has come to a close and all of the juvenile and adult birds are on the way south for the year. Despite having a reduced staff the third AAfCW year may be the most successful yet in terms of breeding productivity for critical species like the federally threatened Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), habitat monitoring, conservation efforts, volunteer engagement, outreach and education. Here is a brief rundown of some of...
Read MorePiping Plover hatchling success
We at the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds are thrilled that this could be an enormous year for Piping Plovers successfully fledged in Connecticut. We may even near the all-time record high for the state! It’s been a great season already and it could be a historic one with continued hard work by our staff and volunteers and a little luck over the next month. Fingers crossed…
Read MorePiping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
This Piping Plover was not foraging…it was getting defensive! However this was not towards us as it was actually in a territorial scuffle with another individual, a fully-grown juvenile Piping Plover. On those small and narrow beaches the proverbial lines in the sand sometimes remain post-breeding and are quite literal to them.
Read MorePiping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plovers are keeping our Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds staff very busy in Connecticut right now from birds not accepting exclosures, predator attacks and all the tiny hatchlings running around beaches. Caring for an endangered species 24/7 is tough but valuable and satisfying work.
Read MorePiping Plover hatchling (Charadrius melodus)
Over Memorial Day weekend Piping Plovers like this one by Sean started hatching across Connecticut. At the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds we and our tremendous volunteers have our hands full now 24/7! The hectic summer breeding season has commenced.
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