Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail - SBA Recent Sightings

Roger Eriksson

8/16/2017

Wood Duck 81
Blue-winged Teal 17
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 499
Northern Pintail 6
Green-winged Teal 1
Pied-billed Grebe 42
Double-crested Cormorant 82
Great Blue Heron 39
Great Egret 196
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Northern Harrier 3
Bald Eagle 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Virginia Rail 8
Sora 4
Common Gallinule 37
American Coot 26
Sandhill Crane 4
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 49
Least Sandpiper 9
Pectoral Sandpiper 17
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Ring-billed Gull 91
Caspian Tern 49
Forster's Tern 1
Mourning Dove 19
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 8
Eastern Phoebe 14
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 11
Purple Martin 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Vesper Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 18
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 19
Baltimore Oriole 5
American Goldfinch 51

Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
(Restricted Access)

Phil Odum

8/16/2017

1 Hooded Merganser
40 Common Merganser
1 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Common Loon
1 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
1 Bald Eagle
1 Semipalmated Plover
4 Sanderling
1 Least Sandpiper
1 Spotted Sandpiper
4 Black Tern
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
6 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Merlin
1 Peregrine Falcon
1 Least Flycatcher
4 Great Crested Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4 Gray Catbird
8 Cedar Waxwing
1 Northern Waterthrush
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Prothonotary Warbler
2 Nashville Warbler
5 American Redstart
1 Cape May Warbler
1 Northern Parula
1 Magnolia Warbler
3 Yellow Warbler
6 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
2 Chipping Sparrow
4 Song Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
4 Orchard Oriole -- All female type
3 Baltimore Oriole

Tawas Point, IO

Phil Odum

8/14/2017

21 Common Merganser
1 Common Loon
5 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Double-crested Cormorant
3 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
1 Bald Eagle
3 Sanderling
2 Baird's Sandpiper
2 Least Sandpiper
3 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Greater Yellowlegs
18 Ring-billed Gull
1 Caspian Tern
6 Mourning Dove
2 Chimney Swift
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Downy Woodpecker
6 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Alder Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
1 Blue-headed Vireo
1 Warbling Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireo
8 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
8 Purple Martin
3 Tree Swallow
2 Barn Swallow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
3 House Wren
1 Marsh Wren
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
6 American Robin
7 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
6 European Starling
19 Cedar Waxwing
2 Northern Waterthrush
1 Black-and-white Warbler
2 Nashville Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
10 American Redstart
1 Cape May Warbler
1 Northern Parula
1 Magnolia Warbler
4 Yellow Warbler
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 Chipping Sparrow
8 Song Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting
12 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Orchard Oriole
5 Baltimore Oriole

Tawas Point, IO

Roger Eriksson

8/13/2017

7 Trumpeter Swan
4 Wood Duck
2 Blue-winged Teal
11 Pied-billed Grebe
7 Great Blue Heron
8 Great Egret
2 Green Heron
2 Osprey
2 Bald Eagle
1 Caspian Tern
6 Belted Kingfisher
3 Eastern Wood-Pewee
7 Eastern Phoebe
4 Eastern Kingbird
2 Red-eyed Vireo
11 Black-capped Chickadee
1 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
11 Cedar Waxwing
2 Black-and-white Warbler
2 American Redstart

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Phil Odum

8/13/2017

1 Hooded Merganser
16 Common Merganser
2 Common Loon
2 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Green Heron
3 Turkey Vulture
2 Sandhill Crane
2 Sanderling
3 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
3 Caspian Tern
1 Common Tern
4 Chimney Swift
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Merlin
1 Alder Flycatcher
1 Least Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
3 Red-eyed Vireo
16 Blue Jay
2 Purple Martin
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Black-and-white Warbler
2 Nashville Warbler
8 American Redstart
1 Northern Parula
2 Yellow Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
2 Black-throated Green Warbler
6 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Bunting
4 Orchard Oriole
5 Baltimore Oriole

Tawas Point, IO

Phil Odum

8/12/2017

1 Hooded Merganser
2 Common Merganser
3 Pied-billed Grebe
3 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
2 Sanderling
1 Least Sandpiper
1 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
141 Ring-billed Gull
1 Caspian Tern
1 Common Tern
1 Least Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
2 House Wren
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher r
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
5 Yellow Warbler
4 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
4 Song Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting
7 Orchard Oriole
6 Baltimore Oriole

Tawas Point, IO

John Porath

8/12/2017

Wood Duck 31
Blue-winged Teal 5
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 17
Pied-billed Grebe 23
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 32
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
Northern Harrier 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 5
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Bonaparte's Gull 3
Purple Martin 400
Tree Swallow 125
Bank Swallow 200
Barn Swallow 75
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 9

Fish Point, TU

Roger Eriksson

8/11/2017

6 Trumpeter Swan
21 Wood Duck
2 Blue-winged Teal
8 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Great Blue Heron
2 Green Heron
2 Osprey
1 Bald Eagle
1 Virginia Rail
1 Black-billed Cuckoo
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
1 Canada Warbler

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Roger Eriksson

8/10/2017

84 Canada Goose
1 Trumpeter Swan
1 Tundra Swan
8 Wood Duck
15 Mallard
4 Blue-winged Teal
1 Redhead
5 Hooded Merganser
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Egret
3 Virginia Rail
3 Killdeer
5 Spotted Sandpiper
2 Lesser Yellowlegs

Standish Sewage Lagoons, AR
(Restricted Access)

Joe Soehnel

8/10/2017

Wood Duck 185
Mallard 312
Blue-winged Teal 38
Ruddy Duck 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 12
Pied-billed Grebe 43
Double-crested Cormorant 60
Great Blue Heron 55
Great Egret 653
Cattle Egret 4
Green Heron 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 11
Virginia Rail 10
Sora 6
Common Gallinule 32
American Coot 27
Sandhill Crane 8
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 14
Least Sandpiper 8
Pectoral Sandpiper 17
Wilson's Snipe 1
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Eastern Phoebe 8
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 11
Sedge Wren 4
Song Sparrow 37
Indigo Bunting 20
American Goldfinch 24

Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
(Restricted Access)

Joe Soehnel

8/8/2017

Tundra Swan 1
Hooded Merganser 5
Double-crested Cormorant 252
Bald Eagle 1
Caspian Tern 54

Wood Duck 64
Mallard 235
Blue-winged Teal 8
Green-winged Teal 6
Pied-billed Grebe 34
Sandhill Crane 4
Semipalmated Plover 9
Killdeer 8
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 86
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Short-billed Dowitcher 18
Red-necked Phalarope 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 24
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Black Tern 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15
Purple Martin 396
Tree Swallow 175
Bank Swallow 75
Barn Swallow 65

Whiting Overlook, MI

Fish Point SGA, TU

Roger Eriksson

8/8/2017

34 Canada Goose
60 Mallard
13 Double-crested Cormorant
3 Great Blue Heron
18 Great Egret
3 Green Heron
19 Black-crowned Night-Heron
7 Caspian Tern
2 Belted Kingfisher
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
4 Eastern Kingbird
1 Gray Catbird
2 Cedar Waxwing
2 Common Yellowthroat
2 Yellow Warbler
6 Song Sparrow
4 Swamp Sparrow
7 Red-winged Blackbird
30 American Goldfinch

Nayanquing Pt, BA

Joe Soehnel

8/7/2017

Wood Duck 24
Mallard 33
Double-crested Cormorant 288
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 6
Sanderling 9
Caspian Tern 8
Common Tern 1

Bay City SRA, BA

Craig Schafer

8/7/2017

Red tailed Hawk 1
Canada Geese 20
American Robin 4
Cedar Waxwing 4
Eastern Wood Pewee 1
Willow/Alder Flycatcher 5
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Red bellied Woodpecker 5
Norther Flicker 4
Gray Catbird 6
Rose Breasted Grosbeak 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
Vesper Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 1
Chipping Sparrow 6

Kochville Twp Yard Birds, SA

Tess & Gary Nelkie

8/6/2017

Trumpeter Swan 4
Wood Duck 25
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 3
Blue-winged Teal 1
Pied-billed Grebe 8 4 young
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 5
Green Heron 3
Osprey 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 2
Sandhill Crane 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 (3 juv)
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 11
Red-winged Blackbird 12

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Craig Schafer

8/6/2017

Red tailed Hawk 1
Cooper Hawk 1
Cedar Waxwing 5
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Red Bellied Woodpecker 3
Northern Flucker 1
American Robin 2
Ruby Throated Hummingbird 2
Rose Breasted Grosbeak 1
Mourning Dove 20
Rock Pigeon 8
Chipping Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 1
Brown Headed Cowbird 1. Being fed by Chippin Sparrow. 8
American Goldfinch 12
Hpuse Finch 18
Common Grackle 5
Red Winged Blackbird 3
Baltimore Oriole 4

Kochville Twp, SA

Kimberly Laskowski

8/6/2017

Wood Duck 3
Mallard 4
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 6
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
WHIMBREL 1
Sanderling 4

Bay City SRA, BA

Roger Eriksson

8/6/2017

6 Trumpeter Swan
5 Wood Duck
3 Blue-winged Teal
26 Pied-billed Grebe
5 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
1 Osprey
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
1 Caspian Tern
6 Belted Kingfisher
5 Eastern Kingbird
5 Purple Martin
9 Tree Swallow

Red-eyed Vireo
7 Black-capped Chickadee
1 House Wren
1 Black-and-white Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
3 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Canada Warbler

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Baldwin Twp, IO

Joe Soehnel

8/3/2017

Wood Duck 212
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 209
Blue-winged Teal 14
Hooded Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 1
Pied-billed Grebe 64
Double-crested Cormorant 49
Great Blue Heron 30
Great Egret 177
Green Heron 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron 9
Virginia Rail 8
Sora 5
Common Gallinule 40
American Coot 7
Sandhill Crane 8
Killdeer 21
Least Sandpiper 47
Pectoral Sandpiper 8
Spotted Sandpiper 7
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Belted Kingfisher 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Sedge Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Common Yellowthroat 22
American Redstart 1
Song Sparrow 36
Indigo Bunting 13
Dickcissel 1
Bobolink 6

Shiawassee NWR IWMMP Highlights, SA

(Restricted Access)

Joe Soehnel

8/2/2017

Wood Duck 115
Mallard 105
Blue-winged Teal 5
Hooded Merganser 3
Pied-billed Grebe 32
Double-crested Cormorant 26
Least Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 37
Great Egret 195
Black-crowned Night-Heron 7
Virginia Rail 13
Sora 3
Common Gallinule 13
American Coot 19
Sandhill Crane 2
Least Sandpiper 14
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Caspian Tern 11
Common Tern 3
Willow Flycatcher 2
Sedge Wren 1
Dickcissel 3

Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
(Restricted Access)

Roger Eriksson

8/2/2017

11 Wood Duck
9 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Great Blue Heron
4 Great Egret
2 Green Heron
2 Osprey
2 Virginia Rail
1 Caspian Tern
4 Black Tern
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2 Alder Flycatcher
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
6 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo
9 Purple Martin
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5 Cedar Waxwing
3 Common Yellowthroat
4 Yellow Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Joe Soehnel

8/1/2017

Wood Duck 107
American Wigeon 3
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 468
Blue-winged Teal 4
Green-winged Teal 9
Hooded Merganser 1
Pied-billed Grebe 16
Great Blue Heron 42
Great Egret 172
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 14
Northern Harrier 3
Bald Eagle 1 imm
Common Gallinule 1
Sandhill Crane 6
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 29
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 42
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Wilson's Snipe 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 94
Caspian Tern 28
Common Tern 4
Forster's Tern 8
Peregrine Falcon 1
Willow Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 13
Purple Martin 168

Systematically and carefully counted by ones of a roosting group in a somewhat bare cottonwood tree at the tower.

Tree Swallow 205
Bank Swallow 18
Barn Swallow 45
Swamp Sparrow 12

Fish Point SGA, TU

Good mud flat on the drawn down east pond. You have to walk roughly a mile on the dike near the tower to the east then to the north. There are two spots with the second one about a 150 yds further north on the dike from the first spot. The dike isn't mowed so pants are a must with thistle growing on the dike.

Phil Odum

7/30/2017

100 Wood Duck -- Under estimated
2 American Black Duck
300 Mallard
6 Blue-winged Teal
3 Hooded Merganser
4 Ruddy Duck
2 Pied-billed Grebe
20 Double-crested Cormorant
9 Great Blue Heron
87 Great Egret
7 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Northern Harrier
10 Common Gallinule
2 American Coot
12 Sandhill Crane
1 Semipalmated Plover
37 Killdeer
4 Least Sandpiper
2 Pectoral Sandpiper
1 Short-billed Dowitcher
2 Wilson's Snipe
6 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
4 Caspian Tern
3 Common Tern
2 Purple Martin
6 Barn Swallow

Fish Point, TU

Kim LeBlanc

7/30/2017

Osprey

Shiawassee NWR, SA
(Spaulding Drain Area)

Roger Eriksson

7/30/2017

14 Wood Duck
8 Pied-billed Grebe
5 Great Blue Heron
3 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
3 Osprey

First day of flight for one juvenile, other eating by itself and jumping up and down exercising.third one definitely not with us anymore- sad!!!

4 Virginia Rail
1 Caspian Tern
3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3 Alder Flycatcher
1 Willow Flycatcher
1 Common Raven
7 Marsh Wren
1 Veery
2 Gray Catbird
11 Cedar Waxwing
1 Black-and-white Warbler
4 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Compiler:
Joe Soehnel

To submit your sightings, email saginawbaybirding@ gmail.com. Thanks!

County Abbreviation Key:

AR = Arenac
BA = Bay
HU = Huron
IO = Iosco
MI = Midland
SA = Saginaw
TU = Tuscola
SBA = Saginaw Bay Area

Other Abbreviations:

SRA = State Recreation Area;
SGA = State Game Area;
NC=Nature Center;
SF = State Forest
NWR = National Wildlife Refuge;
IWMMP = Integrated Waterbird Management Monitoring Program;
CDF = Containment Disposal Facility (Dredge Island)

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