Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

Monica Essenmacher

2/28/2017

8 Snow Goose
1 Ross's Goose
440 Canada Goose
414 Tundra Swan
4 American Wigeon
1 American Black Duck
167 Mallard
6 Northern Shoveler
26 Northern Pintail
42 Green-winged Teal
5 Redhead
34 Common Goldeneye
12 Hooded Merganser
55 Common Merganser
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Sandhill Crane
3 Killdeer
177 Ring-billed Gull
4 Snowy Owl
1 Northern Flicker
1 Northern Shrike
10 Horned Lark
27 American Tree Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
2 Rusty Blackbird
89 Common Grackle
15 American Goldfinch

1 Northern Harrier
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Rough-legged Hawk
7 Sandhill Crane

11 Tundra Swan
5 Common Goldeneye
15 Common Merganser
5 Red-breasted Merganser

4 Hooded Merganser
70 Common Merganser
1450 Ring-billed Gull
1 Snowy Owl

Fish Point, TU

Port Crescent Hawk Watch, HU

Port Austin Harbor, HU

Fairhaven Twp, HU

Ryan Dziedzic

2/28/2017

Killdeer 2

Greendale Twp., MI

Monica Essenmacher

2/27/2017

1 Snow Goose
15 Tundra Swan
1 American Black Duck
26 Redhead
500 Aythya sp.
80 Common Goldeneye
17 Hooded Merganser
300 Common/Red-breasted Merganser
2800 duck sp.

2 Gadwall
115 Mallard
3 Hooded Merganser
1 Common Merganser
2 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Bald Eagle
1 Red-tailed Hawk
4 Sandhill Crane

21 Wild Turkey
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Pileated Woodpecker
4 Tufted Titmouse
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Eastern Bluebird

Pinconning County Park, BA

Nayanquing Pt, BA

Beaver Twp, BA

Joe Soehnel

2/27/2017

Greater White-fronted Goose 1
Snow Goose 8
Ross's Goose 1
Canada Goose 1309
Tundra Swan 564
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 46
American Black Duck 8
Mallard 650
Northern Pintail 25
Green-winged Teal 1
Killdeer 1
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Snowy Owl 2
Winter Wren 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 500
Rusty Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 10

Fish Point SWA, TU

John Porath

2/27/2017

American Wigeon 2
Mallard 12
Canvasback 1
Redhead 55
Greater Scaup 15
Common Goldeneye 10
Common Merganser 15
duck sp. 2500
Great Black-backed Gull 2

Pinconning County Park, BA

Craig Schafer

2/26/2017

Snow Goose 9
Greater White-fronted Goose 5

Ringle Rd N of M-25, BA

Michael Nelson

2/26/2017

Red-wing Blackbird 500+
Rusty Blackbird 100+
Common Grackle 21
Tundra Swan 283
Snow Geese 44
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Shrike 1
Tree Sparrow 29
Wild Turkey 2
Horned Lark 25
Snow Bunting 175

Fish Point, TU

Monica Essenmacher

2/25/2017

3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
4 Downy Woodpecker
2 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Pileated Woodpecker
5 Black-capped Chickadee
4 Tufted Titmouse
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3 White-breasted Nuthatch
6 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
1 White-crowned Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal
8 Red-winged Blackbird
8 American Goldfinch

Beaver Twp, BA

Joe Soehnel

2/23/2017

Cackling Goose 3
Bufflehead 3
Common Goldeneye 67
Hooded Merganser 17
Common Merganser 82
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Bald Eagle 1
Killdeer 1

Pinconning County Park, BA

Ryan Dziedzic

2/23/2017

SNOW GOOSE 1
Canada Goose 300
Gadwall 3
Mallard 20
Redhead 11
Ring-necked Duck 25
Bufflehead 5
Common Merganser 450
Ruddy Duck 8
Bald Eagle 1
Ring-billed Gull 110
Herring Gull 15
American Kestrel 1

American Woodcock 1

Dow Ponds, MI

Oil City area, MI

Joe Soehnel

2/22/2017

Mute Swan 23
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan 16
Gadwall 28
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 6
Canvasback 84
Redhead 720
Ring-necked Duck 18
Bufflehead 3
Hooded Merganser 13
Common Merganser 4
Bald Eagle 4
American Coot 1
Sandhill Crane 2

Nayanquing Pt, BA

David Peters

2/22/2017

Snow Goose 3
Canada Goose 8848
Mute Swan 2
Tundra Swan 4
Gadwall 8
American Black Duck 49
Mallard 1896
Northern Shoveler 4
Northern Pintail 318
Green-winged Teal 8
Canvasback 5
Redhead 61
Ring-necked Duck 236
Common Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 16
Common Merganser 231
Great Blue Heron 1
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 11
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Sandhill Crane 321
Ring-billed Gull 34
American Crow 27
Red-winged Blackbird 61

Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
(Restricted Access)

Melissa Eddy

2/21/2017

American Woodcock 1

Midland County Yard Bird!

Joe Soehnel

2/21/2017

Killdeer 4
American Woodcock 2
Song Sparrow 1

Hampton Twp, BA

Ryan Dziedzic

2/21/2017

Wild Turkey 110

Ring-necked Duck 2
Common Goldeneye 96
Hooded Merganser 8
Common Merganser 225
Bald Eagle 1
Ring-billed Gull 16
Herring Gull 9
House Finch 15

Canada Goose 141
Mute Swan 16
Trumpeter Swan 1
Gadwall 2
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 116
Ring-necked Duck 5
Bufflehead 1
Common Goldeneye 55
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 330
Bald Eagle 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1

Canada Goose 215
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 105
Redhead 11
Ring-necked Duck 6
Common Goldeneye 26
Common Merganser 3
Bald Eagle 2

Trumpeter Swan 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1

Sandhill Crane 2
Rough-legged Hawk 1

Ring-necked Pheasant 17
Mourning Dove 20
SHORT-EARED OWL 1
American Kestrel 1
Horned Lark 5
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Rusty Blackbird 14

Jerome Twp., MI

Sanford Lake Marina, MI

Sanford Lake (Anna Lane), MI

Wixom Lake, MI

Hope Twp., MI

Edenville Twp., MI

Warren Twp., MI

Roger Eriksson

2/20/2017

36 Canada Goose
49 Common Merganser
1 Bald Eagle
82 Herring Gull
2 Glaucous Gull
2 American Crow

9 Common Goldeneye
68 Common Merganser
58 Ring-billed Gull
49 Herring Gull

AuGres River Mouth, AR

Linwood Rd/Saginaw Bay, BA

Joe Soehnel

2/20/2017

Cooper's Hawk 1
Merlin 1
American Kestrel 1

Hampton Twp, BA

Phil Odum

2/20/2017

Red-shouldered Hawk 1

Stover Rd, AR

Joe Soehnel

2/19/2017

Gadwall 2
American Black Duck 6
Northern Pintail 5
Redhead 4
Red-winged Blackbird 28
Common Grackle 52

Greater Scaup 2
Black-crowned Night Heron 2
Great Blue Heron 2

Hampton Twp/Jones Rd, BA

Karn Plant, BA
(Restricted Access)

Jason Bojczyk

2/19/2017

Canada Goose-9
Redhead-42
Long-tailed Duck-150+
Common Merganser-10
Red-breasted Merganser-30
Killdeer-1
Glaucous Gull-1
Great Black-backed Gull-2
Northern Harrier-1
American Crow-18
Horned Lark-62
American Robin-6
Red-winged Blackbird-1
Pine Siskin-1

Northern Harrier-1

Eastern Bluebird-1

Cackling Goose-6
Canada Goose-500+
Mute Swan-4
Trumpeter Swan-15+
Gadwall-7+
American Wigeon-4
American Black Duck-12+
Mallard-250+
Northern Shoveler-1
Northern Pintail-29+
Green-winged Teal-3
Redhead-150+
Ring-necked Duck-5
Sandhill Crane-5
Killdeer-1
Ring-billed Gull-3
Northern Harrier-2
Cooper’s Hawk-1
American Kestrel-1
Red-winged Blackbird-10

Tawas Point, IO

US-23, AR

Maloney Rd, BA

Nayanquing Pt, BA

Roger Eriksson

2/19/2017

1 Ring-necked Pheasant
1 Rough-legged Hawk
8 Mourning Dove
12 American Crow
40 European Starling
1 Northern Cardinal
7 Red-winged Blackbird

8 Canada Goose
22 Mallard
222 Redhead
1 Greater Scaup

88 Canada Goose
1 Mute Swan
54 Mallard
4 Redhead
7 Bufflehead
28 Common Goldeneye
14 Common Merganser
4 Herring Gull

Alabaster Twp, IO

National Gypsum Dock, IO

Gateway Park, IO

Ryan Dziedzic, Mic Hamas, & Dan Bettendorf

2/18/2017

Canada Goose 53
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Cedar Waxwing 14
Dark-eyed Junco 8

Common Goldeneye 45
Bald Eagle 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 3
American Robin 2

Mute Swan 30
Mallard 50
Redhead 1
Ring-necked Duck 3
Common Goldeneye 50
Common Merganser 225
Bald Eagle 3
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 2

Canada Goose 75
American Black Duck 1
Belted Kingfisher 1

Sanford Lake (Community Fishing Platform), MI

Sanford Lake Marina, MI

Sanford Lake (Anna Lane), MI

Tittabawassee River (N Sanford Lake Road) ,MI

Jason Bojczyk

2/18/2017

Canada Goose-12
Mallard-6
Common Goldeneye-4
Glaucous Gull-1
Great Black-backed Gull-1
Pileated Woodpecker-1
Horned Lark-52
Golden-crowned Kinglet-1
European Starling-66
Lapland Longspur-1
Snow Bunting-37
Rusty Blackbird-1
Brown-headed Cowbird-1
Pine Siskin-1

Wild Turkey-66

Tawas Point, IO

Hyzer Rd, IO

Ryan Dziedzic

2/18/2017

Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Sandhill Crane 5
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
American Crow 9
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Dark-eyed Junco 4

Oil City area, MI

Yard birds!

Monica Essenmacher

2/17/2017

175 Canada Goose
72 Mallard
4 Redhead
7 Lesser Scaup
115 Common Goldeneye
230 Common Merganser
2 Bald Eagle
8 Herring Gull

Dow Ponds, MI