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Posts Tagged "coastal"

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Posted on Sep 21, 2014

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

I loved seeing this Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) surrounded by fall foliage of a more uncommon sort in the Great Meadows Marsh in Stratford, Connecticut earlier today, living up to its past (and still current) billing as one of the best coastal birding habitats in the United States according to our own Roger Tory Peterson. Are you elated for autumn yet?!  

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Willet (Tringa semipalmata)

Posted on Jul 8, 2014

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)

This Willet (Tringa semipalmata) had a lot to say…and I left as quickly as I could!

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Hurricane Arthur

Posted on Jul 6, 2014

Hurricane Arthur

There always seems to be something strange going on with the weather in the Northeast United States and this Independence Day weekend was no exception. I cannot recall a time where we were even talking about tropical cyclones in early July but sure enough, Hurricane Arthur decided to make a close pass right off the Mid-Atlantic and New England coasts on the Fourth after ramming through the Carolinas. The most engrossing image I saw in the last week was this radar grab by the Severe Weather Institute – Radar & Lightning Laboratories at UAHuntsville. As they said it depicts the power...

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Beach birds and volunteer monitoring

Posted on Apr 13, 2014

Beach birds and volunteer monitoring

Yesterday I was a part of beach training for the new volunteer monitors of the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds (AAfCW). This session, to help those entering the AAfCW program with how to safely monitor and survey Piping Plovers and Least Terns, was conducted by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection with staff from Audubon Connecticut and myself from RTPI on hand. AAfCW and our collective staff act as a bridge to aid the State of Connecticut and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, regulatory agencies for these state and, in the case of the Piping Plover,...

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