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Monica Essenmacher

2/28/2017

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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
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Ryan Dziedzic

2/28/2017

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Killdeer   2
Greendale Twp., MI
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Monica Essenmacher

2/27/2017

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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
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Joe Soehnel

2/27/2017

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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
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John Porath

2/27/2017

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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
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Craig Schafer

2/26/2017

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Snow Goose  9
​Greater White-fronted Goose  5
Ringle Rd N of M-25, BA
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Michael Nelson

2/26/2017

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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
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Monica Essenmacher

2/25/2017

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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
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Joe Soehnel

2/23/2017

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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
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Ryan Dziedzic

2/23/2017

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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
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Joe Soehnel

2/22/2017

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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
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David Peters

2/22/2017

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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)
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Melissa Eddy

2/21/2017

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American Woodcock  1
Midland County Yard Bird!
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Joe Soehnel

2/21/2017

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Killdeer   4
American Woodcock  2
Song Sparrow  1
Hampton Twp, BA
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Ryan Dziedzic

2/21/2017

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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



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Roger Eriksson

2/20/2017

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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
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Joe Soehnel

2/20/2017

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Cooper's Hawk  1
Merlin  1
​American Kestrel  1
Hampton Twp, BA
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Phil Odum

2/20/2017

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Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Stover Rd, AR
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Joe Soehnel

2/19/2017

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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
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Jason Bojczyk

2/19/2017

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​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
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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
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Roger Eriksson

2/19/2017

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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



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National Gypsum Dock, IO



Gateway Park, IO
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Ryan Dziedzic, Mic Hamas, & Dan Bettendorf

2/18/2017

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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
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Jason Bojczyk

2/18/2017

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​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
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Ryan Dziedzic

2/18/2017

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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!
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Monica Essenmacher

2/17/2017

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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
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    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; 
    • SWA = State Wildlife Area;
    • SGA = State Game Area; 
    • SF = State Forest;
    • NWR = National Wildlife Refuge;
    • IWMMP = Integrated Waterbird Management Monitoring Program; 
    • CDF = Containment Disposal Facility (Dredge Island).

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