June 2019 local nesting birds: PIPL, AMOY, Killdeer,

Monarch caterpillar, on backyard milkweed

AMOY, Milford Point, band T1

Common Terns, Milford Point, 6/18/19--flock of 35-40

AMOY, Milford Point, band T3

Killdeer fledgling, Silver Sands, 6/19/19

June 2019 birds.  At Silver Sands, where a nest on the main beach was exclosed,  only one adult remains with a single chick: below it broods the chick on a cool, misty day west of the Tombolo.  Also possible re-nesting (show lining nest scrape with shell fragments) at Milford Point.

Piping Plover adult brooding chick

Sandy Point PIPL adult, 6/6/19

PIPL chick, Sandy Point 6/6/19

PIPL adult brooding 2-3 chicks, Sandy Point 6/6/19

PIPL adults, female/male, perhaps re-nesting, Milford Pt, 6/18/19

PIPL adults, female/male, perhaps re-nesting, Milford Pt, 6/18/19

adult sheltering PIPL chick, Milford Pt, 6/17/19 (Francis St spit)

PIPL chick, Milford Pt, 6/17/19 (Francis St spit)