Roger Tory Peterson on the coast
#ThrowbackThursday to our own Dr. Roger Tory Peterson enjoying what looks to be a beautiful coastal view. I hope you’re also getting to spend the second half of August near the beach or the shore. We’re wrapping up our field season with the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds and saying goodbye to a near record number of juvenile Piping Plovers that we helped successfully fledge in 2014 across Connecticut.
Read MoreConnecticut volunteers needed: fencing and signage removal
We now have three fencing removal dates set by CT DEEP to take down signage, stakes and string fencing placed on Connecticut beaches for the protection of of nesting coastal waterbirds and education of the public during the spring and summer. Breeding season is winding down and our Piping Plovers, Least Terns, American Oystercatchers and Common Terns have nearly all fledged and started to head south. We at the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds would appreciate any volunteers who could help us out at these locations and times: Monday, August 18th at 10:30AM – Long Beach in...
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 MoreConnecticut waterbirds in action
We are currently at the peak of activity for Connecticut’s waterbirds with terns, shorebirds and long-legged waders raising young across the state. The shoreline and its beaches, marshes and other waterways are full of activity with birds foraging, carrying food back to hatchlings or mates, defending territories and protecting eggs…there is something to look at everywhere! RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser and I have been hard at work on our Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds project and spent some time surveying this week collecting these photos along the way. Bear in mind when...
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.
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