Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail - SBA Recent Sightings

Randy Kursinsky

6/17/2018

Blue-winged Teal 2
Green-winged Teal 2
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Great Egret 55
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
WHITE-FACED IBIS 1
Bald Eagle 1
Sandhill Crane 41
Killdeer 22
Caspian Tern 3
Forster's Tern 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Willow Flycatcher 7
Eastern Kingbird 6
Warbling Vireo 3
Horned Lark 10
Marsh Wren 10
Yellow Warbler 25
Swamp Sparrow 13
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird 200

Fish Point SWA, TU

Monica Essenmacher

6/17/2018

1 Ring-necked Pheasant
28 Great Egret
1 WHITE-FACED IBIS
14 Sandhill Crane
2 Caspian Tern
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
5 Willow Flycatcher
1 Least Flycatcher
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
3 Warbling Vireo
5 Marsh Wren
5 Common Yellowthroat
2 Yellow Warbler
2 Chipping Sparrow
1 Vesper Sparrow
27 Savannah Sparrow
6 Song Sparrow
9 Swamp Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
3 Bobolink
1 Eastern Meadowlark
1 Baltimore Oriole

Fish Point SWA, TU

Phil Odum

6/17/2018

2 Common Merganser
6 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Common Loon
1 SNOWY EGRET
1 Green Heron
4 Spotted Sandpiper
14 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Little Gull
40 Ring-billed Gull
4 Caspian Tern
21 Common Tern
1 Chimney Swift
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Red-headed Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
6 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed)
22 Blue Jay
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
16 Tree Swallow
2 Barn Swallow
1 Tufted Titmouse
2 Brown Thrasher
4 American Redstart
6 Yellow Warbler
1 Field Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Bunting
2 Orchard Oriole
8 Baltimore Oriole
2 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point SP, IO

John Porath

6/16/2018

Wood Duck 4
Green Heron 1
Osprey 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 4
American Redstart 2

Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Wild Turkey 3
Sandhill Crane 2
American Woodcock 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Red-eyed Vireo 4
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Wood Thrush 2
Gray Catbird 5
Brown Thrasher 1
Ovenbird 1
American Redstart 5
Yellow Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7
Baltimore Oriole 1

Lake Evergreen, Dayton Twp., TU

Cass City area, TU

Ryan Dziedzic

6/15/2018

Ruffed Grouse 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 13
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Red-eyed Vireo 24
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Veery 38
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 5
Ovenbird 23
Northern Waterthrush 7
Scarlet Tanager 6

Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 8
Alder Flycatcher 2
Least Flycatcher 8
Great Crested Flycatcher 7
Yellow-throated Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 29
Sedge Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Veery 63
Gray Catbird 24
Ovenbird 17
Golden-winged Warbler 5
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Nashville Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 41
American Redstart 24
Yellow Warbler 45
Chestnut-sided Warbler 13
Canada Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 11
Song Sparrow 16
Swamp Sparrow 16
Eastern Towhee 21
Scarlet Tanager 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 17

AuSable SF, Greendale Twp., MI

AuSable SF, Geneva Twp., MI

Wayne Shawl

6/15/2018

Trumpeter Swan 1
Blue-winged Teal 2
Green-winged Teal 1
Pied-billed Grebe 5
American Bittern 2
Osprey 1
American Coot 1
Black Tern 4
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 5
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 30
March Wren 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
American Redstart 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Swamp Sparrow 5
Bobolink 1

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Monica Essenmacher

6/15/2018

1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Sandhill Crane
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
6 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Alder Flycatcher
2 Willow Flycatcher
2 Least Flycatcher
5 Great Crested Flycatcher
2 Eastern Kingbird
3 Warbling Vireo
12 Red-eyed Vireo
11 House Wren
3 Eastern Bluebird
19 Veery
7 Wood Thrush
11 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
14 Ovenbird
1 Black-and-white Warbler
4 Mourning Warbler
11 Common Yellowthroat
9 American Redstart
2 Blackburnian Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
1 Canada Warbler
8 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
2 Vesper Sparrow
8 Savannah Sparrow
13 Song Sparrow
6 Eastern Towhee
3 Scarlet Tanager
4 Northern Cardinal
5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
5 Indigo Bunting
6 Eastern Meadowlark
3 Baltimore Oriole

Deford SGA, TU

Phil Odum

6/15/2018

3 Mute Swan
1 Red-breasted Merganser
38 Bonaparte's Gull
1 LITTLE GULL
1 Caspian Tern
20 Common Tern
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
2 Warbling Vireo
4 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher
4 American Redstart
4 Yellow Warbler
1 Field Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting
4 Orchard Oriole
8 Baltimore Oriole

Tawas Point SP, IO

Wayne Shawl

6/13/2018

Hooded Merganser 4

Cooke Dam, IO

Monica Essenmacher

6/12/2018

1 Ring-necked Pheasant
2 Sedge Wren
4 Eastern Bluebird
7 Clay-colored Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
14 Savannah Sparrow
8 Bobolink
5 Eastern Meadowlark

Gibson Twp., BA

Monica Essenmacher

6/11/2018

70 Canada Goose
1 Ring-necked Pheasant
2 Pied-billed Grebe
1 American Coot
1 Spotted Sandpiper
17 Bonaparte's Gull
437 Ring-billed Gull
16 Herring Gull
1 Forster's Tern
6 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Alder Flycatcher
9 Willow Flycatcher
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
10 Warbling Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
5 Purple Martin
14 Tree Swallow
2 Barn Swallow
10 House Wren
4 Marsh Wren
2 Eastern Bluebird
2 Brown Thrasher
61 European Starling
12 Common Yellowthroat
4 American Redstart
25 Yellow Warbler
8 Chipping Sparrow
16 Song Sparrow
15 Swamp Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
6 Baltimore Oriole
129 Red-winged Blackbird
6 Brown-headed Cowbird
15 Common Grackle
2 House Finch
5 House Sparrow

Pinconning Twp., BA

Ryan Dziedzic & Val Trabucchi

6/11/2018

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 20
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 16
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Wood Thrush 3
Louisiana Waterthrush 2
American Redstart 2
Cerulean Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 3
Scarlet Tanager 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
Indigo Bunting 7
Baltimore Oriole 6

Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Virginia Rail 1
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Purple Martin 1
Marsh Wren 1
Veery 16
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 20
Pine Warbler 4
Swamp Sparrow 15
Eastern Towhee 9
Scarlet Tanager 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 8

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1

Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 4
Sandhill Crane 5
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Black Tern 3
Least Flycatcher 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Warbling Vireo 1
Tree Swallow 16
House Wren 1

Broad-winged Hawk 2

Bank Swallow 15

Northern Shoveler 1
Gadwall 2
Mallard 60
Redhead 1
Lesser Scaup 2
Osprey 2
Ring-billed Gull 150
Caspian Tern 4

Green Heron 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3

Ring-necked Pheasant 3
Sandhill Crane 1
American Kestrel 1
Horned Lark 2
Brown Thrasher 2
Bobolink 1

American Woodcock 1

Chimney Swift 5
Savannah Sparrow 3
Dickcissel 1

Pine Haven RA, MI

County "Big Day" Attempt : 102 species!

AuSable SF, Jerome Twp., MI

Shearer Road Marsh, Mills Twp., MI

Kawkawlin Wildlife Flooding, MI

Larkin Twp., MI

Midland (City), MI

Dow Ponds, MI

Chippewa Nature Center, MI

Kent Rd Grasslands, Mt. Haley Twp., MI

Kent Road, Mt. Haley Twp., MI

Jasper Twp., MI

Monica Essenmacher

6/10/2018

11 Wild Turkey
1 Green Heron
3 Sandhill Crane
8 Killdeer
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Pileated Woodpecker
13 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Alder Flycatcher
4 Willow Flycatcher
4 Least Flycatcher
8 Great Crested Flycatcher
6 Eastern Kingbird
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
9 Warbling Vireo
11 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Common Raven
12 House Wren
10 Sedge Wren
2 Veery
5 Wood Thrush
7 Gray Catbird
5 Brown Thrasher
2 Ovenbird
2 Blue-winged Warbler
8 Common Yellowthroat
8 American Redstart
8 Yellow Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
11 Chipping Sparrow
1 Clay-colored Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
3 Vesper Sparrow
29 Savannah Sparrow
12 Song Sparrow
4 Scarlet Tanager
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
7 Indigo Bunting
13 Bobolink
7 Eastern Meadowlark
9 Baltimore Oriole
2 Purple Finch

Gibson Twp., BA

John Porath

6/8/2018

Louisiana Waterthrush 1

Murphy Lake, TU

Monica Essenmacher

6/7/2018

2 Green Heron
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Sandhill Crane
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2 Hairy Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Pileated Woodpecker
11 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Alder Flycatcher
5 Willow Flycatcher
8 Least Flycatcher
2 Eastern Phoebe
7 Great Crested Flycatcher
2 Eastern Kingbird
3 Yellow-throated Vireo
2 Blue-headed Vireo
7 Warbling Vireo
12 Red-eyed Vireo
12 House Wren
2 Wood Thrush
4 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher
1 Ovenbird
1 Black-and-white Warbler
3 Common Yellowthroat
10 American Redstart
8 Yellow Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
14 Chipping Sparrow
1 Clay-colored Sparrow
3 Vesper Sparrow
9 Savannah Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee
2 Scarlet Tanager
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
8 Indigo Bunting
16 Bobolink
8 Eastern Meadowlark
1 Orchard Oriole
4 Baltimore Oriole

Gibson Twp., BA

John Porath

6/7/2018

Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Egret 1
Bald Eagle 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Purple Martin 3
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 2
Marsh Wren 6

Santiago Road Boardwalk, AR

Wayne & Toni Shawl

6/6/2018

Trumpeter Swan 10
Wood Duck 1
Blue-winged Teal 3
Green-winged Teal 1
Pied-billed Grebe 3
American Bittern 1
Green Heron 1
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1
Virginia Rail 4
Sora 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Tree Swallow 12
Brown Thrasher 2
Baltimore Oriole 1

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Ryan Dziedzic

6/6/2018

Wild Turkey 11
Sandhill Crane 2
Willow Flycatcher 3
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 4
Horned Lark 6
House Wren 2
Wood Thrush 1
Brown Thrasher 5
European Starling 20
Vesper Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 20
Dickcissel 4
Bobolink 6
Eastern Meadowlark 4
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 2

Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Baltimore Oriole 1

Jasper Twp., MI

Oil City area, MI

Monica Essenmacher

6/6/2018

2 Pied-billed Grebe
5 American Bittern
6 Great Egret
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron
2 Sandhill Crane
1 Spotted Sandpiper
40 Ring-billed Gull
8 Caspian Tern
3 Eastern Kingbird
26 Marsh Wren
3 Gray Catbird
4 Common Yellowthroat
7 Yellow Warbler
9 Savannah Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
13 Swamp Sparrow
2 Yellow-headed Blackbird
2 Baltimore Oriole

Nayanquing Point SWA, BA

Monica Essenmacher

6/3/2018

4 Eastern Wood-Pewee
4 Great Crested Flycatcher
4 House Wren
2 Veery
1 Wood Thrush
2 Gray Catbird
2 Ovenbird
2 Common Yellowthroat
2 Yellow Warbler

1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Eastern Wood-Pewee
3 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Common Yellowthroat
3 Northern Cardinal
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Bunting
3 Bobolink
3 Baltimore Oriole

Garfield Twp., BA

Mt Forest Twp., BA

Ryan Dziedzic

6/2/2018

Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 110
Great Blue Heron 8
Great Egret 7
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Common Gallinule 5
American Coot 4
Sandhill Crane 19
Caspian Tern 6
Black Tern 3
Common Tern 3
Chimney Swift 10
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Willow Flycatcher 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 3
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 6
American Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Tree Swallow 40
Barn Swallow 4
Cliff Swallow 2
Brown Creeper 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 13
Song Sparrow 23
Swamp Sparrow 1
Indigo Bunting 6
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1
Bobolink 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 2

Shiawassee NWR Wildlife Drive, SA

Monica Essenmacher

6/2/2018

2 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
3 Eastern Kingbird
1 Philadelphia Vireo
3 Warbling Vireo
4 American Redstart
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting
2 Baltimore Oriole

Garfield Twp., BA

John Porath

6/1/2018

Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 55
Great Blue Heron 12
Great Egret 10
Turkey Vulture 4
Bald Eagle 3
American Coot 6
Sandhill Crane 2
Killdeer 5
Ring-billed Gull 15
Caspian Tern 4
Black Tern 2
Willow Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 50
Barn Swallow 12
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 4
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 55
Common Grackle 7

Shiawassee NWR, SA

Monica Essenmacher

6/1/2018

1 Ruffed Grouse
5 Wild Turkey
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Alder Flycatcher
5 Least Flycatcher
5 Great Crested Flycatcher
2 Blue-headed Vireo
3 Warbling Vireo
7 Red-eyed Vireo
10 Bank Swallow
5 House Wren
4 Sedge Wren
1 Eastern Bluebird
1 Wood Thrush
7 Gray Catbird
3 Brown Thrasher
7 Common Yellowthroat
9 American Redstart
15 Savannah Sparrow
5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Bunting
16 Bobolink
1 Western Meadowlark
3 Eastern Meadowlark
4 Baltimore Oriole

Gibson Twp., BA

Ryan Dziedzic

6/1/2018

Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Sedge Wren 2
Savannah Sparrow 2
Bobolink 2
Eastern Meadowlark 1

Warren Twp., MI