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  • In Memorium: Joseph M. Soehnel

Joe Soehnel

2/29/2016

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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.
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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.
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Monica Essenmacher

2/29/2016

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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
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Roger Eriksson

2/28/2016

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Long-tailed Duck  28
Common Merganser  12
Red-winged Blackbird  1 
House Finch  5
Common Redpoll  8
Pine Siskin  14
Tawas Point, IO
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Joe Soehnel

2/28/2016

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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.
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Monica Essenmacher

2/28/2016

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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
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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

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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
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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

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​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
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Larry Abraham

2/24/2016

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Lapland Longspur  150
Snow Bunting  12
Bridgeport Area, SA
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Roger Eriksson

2/23/2016

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Redhead  1326  
Common Goldeneye  38
Hooded Merganser  1
Common Merganser  1
Great Black-backed Gull  1   
Gateway Park, IO
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Larry Abraham

2/23/2016

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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
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Joe Soehnel & Roger Eriksson

2/23/2016

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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.
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Joe Soehnel

2/21/2016

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Snowy Owl  3

Eastern Screech Owl  2
Akron Rd Area, TU

​Little Rd, TU
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Monica Essenmacher

2/21/2016

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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
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John Porath

2/21/2016

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​Canada Geese- 30
Mallards- 35
Bald Eagle-1
Red Tailed Hawk-1
Herring Gull-2
American Crow-1
Tree Sparrow-12
Fish Point, TU
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Roger Eriksson

2/20/2016

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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
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Ryan Dziedzic & Corinna Warnars

2/20/2016

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Common Goldeneye 250+
Common Merganser 110

Belted Kingfisher 1

Rough-legged Hawk 1
Sanford Lake, MI (Anna Lane)


Edenville, MI

Warren Twp., MI
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John Porath

2/19/2016

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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
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Joe Soehnel

2/18/2016

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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
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Ryan Dziedzic & Corinna Warnars

2/18/2016

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Northern Harrier 1
American Kestrel 1
Horned Lark 6
Lapland Longspur 12
Jasper Twp., MI
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John Porath

2/17/2016

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

Snowy Owl  1
Middlegrounds, BA





​M-15, SA
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Monica Essenmacher

2/17/2016

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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
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Joe Soehnel

2/17/2016

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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
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Joe Soehnel

2/17/2016

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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
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