Stake Delivery!
The stakes have arrived! Here’s our Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds crew, with Patrick Comins and Corrie Folsom-O’Keefe of Audubon Connecticut, doing some heavy lifting yesterday morning, unloading a delivery of stakes used for string fencing on beaches across Connecticut this spring. We will be needing your help to put them up throughout April, so please stay tuned for fencing and signage dates!
Read MoreShorebirds are arriving
Shorebirds are finally beginning to arrive in Connecticut after a continually cold winter and now early spring have meant the Atlantic Coast has been slow in seeing their usual March residents. Piping Plovers showed up across the state in the last week. American Oystercatchers have been around for about a month but in very low numbers. They are now finally becoming common on beaches, salt marshes and coastal waterways. This pair was photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser at Milford Point today. All of this activity is very important to us at RTPI as we are partners in the Audubon...
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