Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
When seen alone the Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) doesn’t look so small in stature, does it?
Read MoreAudubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds thanks volunteers
On Monday evening, September 15, the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds held a thank you party for all of the tremendous volunteers who helped us conduct surveys, monitoring, stewardship, education and outreach across Connecticut in 2014. We thank the Town of Stratford and the Stratford Conservation Commission for allowing us to use the pavilion at Short Beach Park in Stratford. There have been at least 2,200 hours logged by over 379 volunteers in the AAfCW program this year. We have seen 51 species of shorebirds, terns and long-legged waders at nearly 200 important sites in the state....
Read MoreRuddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
There are still plenty of shorebird migrants to be found like this Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) which Sean photographed while it was obviously rather busy! Good thing that’s not quicksand…
Read MoreHurricane/Tropical Storm Irene Sooty Terns
Three years ago tonight we in Connecticut and the tri-state area were recovering from the shock of being hammered by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. She made landfall early on the 28th and I filmed these very rare Sooty Terns (Onychoprion fuscatus) she carried up from the topics as they made their way back down the Housatonic River, which separates Stratford and Milford, as the storm waned. As you can see the wind and water were still very turbulent! Most of us had damaged homes, yards and/or no power for several days and spent the next week seeing other unbelievably rare birds in our local...
Read MoreShare eBird checklists with us
These Semipalmated Sandpipers may be flying by a coast near you now as shorebird migration heats up. Have you birded in Connecticut in 2014? Do you have eBird checklists from ANY 2014 date with ANY tern, shorebird or wader species? Please share them with us with the email address ctwaterbirds@gmail.com via eBird’s share function. This extra data and hours from time you spent as a citizen scientist helps our mission at the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds tremendously – thanks!
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