Hey all - as we get into the busier birding season in 2018 I would like to ask that folks please share any eBird checklists that include shorebirds, terns, herons or egrets with the Audubon Alliance for Coastal Waterbirds at ctwaterbirds@gmail.com whenever you can. We have requested this help in previous years, and please keep them coming throughout 2018. There is a button on eBird to "share checklist with others in my party", and if click that and paste in ctwaterbirds@gmail.com you can easily do so with applicable checklists. This helps us record the staging and nesting areas for these birds - those that we do not monitor every pair in CT as we do for Piping Plovers and American Oystercatchers - and also helps us track volunteer hours for folks who are recording shorebird activity. Please be sure to estimate your time spent in the field in your reports to help track level of effort. Don't forget that you can join AAfCW as a regular shorebird monitor on our beaches with Audubon Connecticut, the Connecticut Audubon Society, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Wildlife Division: http://ctwaterbirds.blogspot.com/2018/03/reminder-volunteers-needed-for.html See the post above or feel free to email ctwaterbirds@gmail.com about becoming a monitor. Thanks on all counts! Best, Scott -- Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach Coordinator Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History 311 Curtis Street Jamestown, NY 14701-9620 skruitbosch@rtpi.org www.rtpi.org <http://www.rtpi.org> Celebrating Wild America