Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

Joe Soehnel

2/29/2016

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 2
Canada Goose 750
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 4
American Black Duck 18
Mallard 1250 Continuing.
Northern Shoveler 1
Northern Pintail 2

American Kestrel 1
Eastern Bluebird 1

Hampton Twp, BA

Jones Rd.

Arms Rd, BA

There's a blue cinder block pump house on the west side of the road near the north end of Jones Rd in Hampton Twp. That's a good vantage point to view the Greater White-fronted Geese and other good numbers of waterfowl.

Dan Duso just texted me and he found more. He now has EIGHT Greater White-fronted Geese at the same location.

Monica Essenmacher

2/29/2016

15 Common Goldeneye
1 Common Merganser
1 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Bald Eagle
5 Ring-billed Gull
9 Herring Gull
4 Glaucous Gull
8 Great Black-backed Gull
11 Bohemian Waxwing
110 Cedar Waxwing
21 Snow Bunting

24 Tundra Swan
1 Canvasback
127 Redhead
21 Common Goldeneye
21 Common Merganser
3 Great Black-backed Gull
12 American Crow
30 Cedar Waxwing
1 Lapland Longspur

1 American Kestrel
12 American Crow
5 Horned Lark
60 Snow Bunting
6 Pine Siskin
72 American Goldfinch

105 Ring-billed Gull
211 Herring Gull
1 Thayer's/Iceland Gull
5 Glaucous Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull

Port Austin Harbor, HU

Harbor Beach, HU

Verona State Game Area, HU

Huron County Landfill, HU

Roger Eriksson

2/28/2016

Long-tailed Duck 28
Common Merganser 12
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Finch 5
Common Redpoll 8
Pine Siskin 14

Tawas Point, IO

Joe Soehnel

2/28/2016

Gadwall 3
American Wigeon 4
American Black Duck 24
Mallard 1250
Northern Shoveler 1 Male.
Northern Pintail 2
Redhead 4
Bald Eagle 1
Ring-billed Gull 694

Hampton Twp/Jones Rd, BA
North of Arms Rd.

Monica Essenmacher

2/28/2016

17 Canada Goose
73 Common Goldeneye
1 Common Merganser
6 Herring Gull
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull -- Adult
4 Great Black-backed Gull

Port Austin Harbor, HU

Craig Schafer

2/28/2016

Bald Eagle 1
American Robin 2
Cedar Waxwing 23
Herring Gull 2

Peregrine Falcon 2 ad

Bangor Twp, BA

Bay City City Hall, BA

Roger Eriksson

2/27/2016

Hairy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
American Tree Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 4
Purple Finch 2
Pine Siskin 185

Baldwin Twp, IO

Joe Soehnel

2/27/2016

Northern Shrike 1
(Thanks Craig S.)

Peregrine Falcon 1 imm

Redhead 76
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 11
Common Goldeneye 1490
Hooded Merganser 17
Common Merganser 325
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Bald Eagle 4
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 ad
Red-winged Blackbird 8

Patterson Rd/Bangor Twp, BA

Saginaw River Mouth Boat Launch

Karn Plant, BA

The immature Peregrine Falcon was putting on quite an aerial show for me then pursued a Ring-billed Gull for a minute or so and chased it upriver and out of sight. The stealthy falcon came back empty handed and landed on Consumer's Weadock building where it had been fledged the previous summer.

Craig Schafer

2/25/2016

Red tailed hawk 1
American Robin 2
American Tree Sparrow 1
Dark eyed Junco 2
Red winged Blackbird 23
Common Grackle 12
Brown headed Cowbird 1

Hampton Twp, BA

Larry Abraham

2/24/2016

Lapland Longspur 150
Snow Bunting 12

Bridgeport Area, SA

Roger Eriksson

2/23/2016

Redhead 1326
Common Goldeneye 38
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1

Gateway Park, IO

Larry Abraham

2/23/2016

Trumpeter Swan 7

Bald Eagle 1
Eastern Screech Owl (reddish morph) 1
Northern Cardinal 1 male singing!
Brown Creeper 1

Prairie Farm, SA

Bridgeport, SA

Joe Soehnel & Roger Eriksson

2/23/2016

Canada Goose 2398
Trumpeter Swan 6
American Wigeon 2
American Black Duck 9
Mallard 172
Northern Pintail 15
Ring-necked Duck 11
Common Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 4
Common Merganser 59
GOLDEN EAGLE 1 imm.
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 8
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Sandhill Crane 9
Northern Flicker 1
American Tree Sparrow 34
Red-winged Blackbird 9

Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
(Restricted Access)

Click here for complete eBird checklist along with documentation photos of several of the early arrivals.

Joe Soehnel

2/21/2016

Snowy Owl 3

Eastern Screech Owl 2

Akron Rd Area, TU

Little Rd, TU

Monica Essenmacher

2/21/2016

1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Bald Eagle -- AD
2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 American Crow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
15 European Starling
550 Snow Bunting -- Not surprising. Excellent habitat.
5 American Tree Sparrow
18 Pine Siskin
42 American Goldfinch

4 Mallard
1 Ring-necked Pheasant
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Mourning Dove
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Shrike
4 Horned Lark
55 Snow Bunting
1 Northern Cardinal
81 Red-winged Blackbird
67 Rusty Blackbird
1 House Finch

Verona SGA, HU

Fish Point, TU

John Porath

2/21/2016

Canada Geese- 30
Mallards- 35
Bald Eagle-1
Red Tailed Hawk-1
Herring Gull-2
American Crow-1
Tree Sparrow-12

Fish Point, TU

Roger Eriksson

2/20/2016

Blue Jay 24
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 6
American Tree Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Purple Finch 4
Common Redpoll 1
Pine Siskin 60
American Goldfinch 130
Evening Grosbeak 9

Hale Area, IO

Ryan Dziedzic & Corinna Warnars

2/20/2016

Common Goldeneye 250+
Common Merganser 110

Belted Kingfisher 1

Rough-legged Hawk 1

Sanford Lake, MI (Anna Lane)

Edenville, MI

Warren Twp., MI

John Porath

2/19/2016

Canada Geese-200.
Belted Kingfisher-1
Mourning Dove-8
American Crow-13
Red Bellied Woodpecker-1
Downy Woodpecker-1
Northern Harrier-2
American Kestrel-1
Robin-1
Bald Eagle-2
Horned Lark-21
Cardinal-1

Shiawassee NWR, SA

Joe Soehnel

2/18/2016

Red-breasted Nuthatch 6
Purple Finch 1 male

Red-headed Woodpecker 2

Pine Siskin 37
Evening Grosbeak 8

Trumpeter Swan 53
American Black Duck 4

Ruffed Grouse 1
Common Raven 1

Bufflehead 1
Long-tailed Duck 1
Bald Eagle 1 ad
Cooper's Hawk 1

Turkey Vulture 1 - Continuing
Pileated Woodpecker 2

Old State Rd, IO

Indian Lake Area, IO

Shellenbarger Rd Area, IO

Iargo Springs, IO

Cooke Dam Area, IO

AuSable River Mouth, Io

Baldwin Resort Rd, IO

Ryan Dziedzic & Corinna Warnars

2/18/2016

Northern Harrier 1
American Kestrel 1
Horned Lark 6
Lapland Longspur 12

Jasper Twp., MI

John Porath

2/17/2016

Black duck- 7
Mallards- 125
Canvasback-3
Common Merganser- 2
Canada Geese- 27

Snowy Owl 1

Middlegrounds, BA

M-15, SA

Monica Essenmacher

2/17/2016

217 Common Goldeneye
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
3 Red-tailed Hawk
9 Mourning Dove
4 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
2 Pileated Woodpecker
6 Black-capped Chickadee
3 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
3 American Robin
3 Cedar Waxwing
3 Northern Cardinal

Tittabawassee River Rd, MI

Joe Soehnel

2/17/2016

Peregrine Falcon 1 ad

Cedar Waxwing 37

Gadwall 26
Canvasback 1 male

Pileated Woodpecker 2

Snowy Owl 1

Bay City City Hall, BA

Water St/Bay City, BA

Middlegrounds, BA

Price Nature Center, SA

Portsmouth Rd, SA

Joe Soehnel

2/17/2016

Mallard- 125
Canvasback- 2 males
Black Duck- 3
Common Merganser- 2
Tree Sparrow- 1

Cardinal- 7
White Breasted Nuthatch- 6
Black Capped Chickadee- 4
Tree Sparrow- 1
Cooper’s Hawk- 1
House Sparrow- 13

Middlegrounds, BA

Bay City SRA, BA