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Jane Ruster

3/31/2015

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Common Redpoll           56
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Doug Jackson

3/31/2015

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Cackling Geese 
Canada Geese
Common Merganser
Ring-billed Gull
Bald Eagle
Killdeer 
  
Northern Pintail 
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye 
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Brown Creeper 
Song Sparrow
2
600
12
140
1
2

5
3
4
4
5
40
3
2
Standish Sewage Lagoons, AR






Pinconning County Park, BA
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David Peters

3/31/2015

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Tundra Swan
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
548
2
SNWR, SA
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Ryan Dziedzic

3/31/2015

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Canada Goose  
Tundra Swan  
American Wigeon 
Gadwall  
Redhead  
Ring-necked Duck 
Canvasback  
Bufflehead  
Common Goldeneye 
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe  
Bald Eagle 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 

Gadwall 
Northern Shoveler  
Redhead 
Common Goldeneye  
Ruddy Duck  
Horned Grebe 
238
74
2
5
10
100
10
20
92
2
2
3
1

4
4
16
80
7
3
Sanford Lake, MI













Dow Ponds, MI
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David Peters

3/30/2015

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Eastern Phoebe
1
SNWR, SA
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Ryan Dziedzic

3/30/2015

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Sandhill Crane 
American Woodcock 
Barred Owl  
Belted Kingfisher 
Eastern Bluebird 
Cedar Waxwing 
1
1
3
1
1
1
Greendale Twp., MI
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Craig Schafer

3/29/2015

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Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
7
2
2
6
Tobico Marsh, BA
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Monica Essenmacher

3/29/2015

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Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
PRAIRIE FALCON
Tundra Swan
Great Egret
Sandhill Crane
Glaucous Gull
128
3
3
5
34
57
14
2
5
1
1
249
1
18
1

Port Crescent Hawk Watch, HU
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Craig Schafer

3/28/2015

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Bald Eagle
Northern Shrike
2
1
Patterson Rd, BA
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Joann & Tom Green

3/27/2015

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American Woodcock
Northern Harrier

Sandhill Crane
1
1

26
Tuttle Marsh, IO


Brooks Rd, IO
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Ryan Dziedzic

3/27/2015

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Snow Goose     (Two blue forms)
Cackling Goose     
Canada Goose 
Mute Swan  
Trumpeter Swan  
Tundra Swan  
Wood Duck 
Gadwall  
American Wigeon 
American Black Duck 
Mallard 
Blue-winged Teal  
Northern Shoveler 
Northern Pintail   
Green-winged Teal 
Canvasback 
Redhead  
Ring-necked Duck    
Lesser Scaup 
Bufflehead  
Common Goldeneye  
Hooded Merganser     
Common Merganser 
Wild Turkey 
Pied-billed Grebe  
Horned Grebe  
Great Blue Heron  
Northern Harrier  
Bald Eagle  
Rough-legged Hawk  
American Coot  
Sandhill Crane  
Killdeer  
Great Horned Owl  
Short-eared Owl   
Northern Shrike  
Horned Lark  
Brown Creeper  
American Tree Sparrow  
Song Sparrow  
Rusty Blackbird 
4
4
6785
4
11
294
268
23
59
196
4887
9
29
665
238
1
61
638
29
26
2
44
156
25
3
1
3
4
23
4
20
102
15
3
1
1
20
1
70
13
7
SNWR, SA

Another great (albeit cold) IWMMP survey!
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Monica Essenmacher

3/26/2015

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Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Tundra Swan
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Meadowlark
21
3
3
3
1
28
2
1
Port Crescent Hawk Watch, HU
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Craig Schafer

3/26/2015

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Canada Goose
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Tundra Swans
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Northern Harrier
Song Sparrow
Sandhill Crane

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

Sandhill Crane
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Northern Harrier
American Kestrel
Great Egret
Wild Turkey

Ringed-necked Duck
Common Merganser
Greater Scaup
500+
300+
5
12
6
16
1
4
4

1

1

5
400+
486+
22
3
16
3
1
1
13

23
38
36
Nayanquing Pt. SWA, BA









Golson Park, BA

Middlegrounds, BA

Fish Point, TU










Quanicassee River area, TU






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Monica Essenmacher

3/25/2015

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Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel

Port Crescent Hawk Watch, HU
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Monica Essenmacher

3/24/2015

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Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
8
1
1
1
Port Crescent Hawk Watch, HU
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Ryan Dziedzic

3/23/2015

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Purple Finch  
American Goldfinch 
1
45+
Oil City area, MI
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Wayne Shawl

3/23/2015

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Golden Eagle  1 imm                                           Cooke Dam, IO
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Michael Nelson

3/23/2015

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Horned Lark 30                                                     Fish Point, TU
Canada Goose 906
Bald Eagle 2 (Both imm.)
Tundra Swan 62 (All seen flying)
Song Sparrow 3
American Tree Sparrow 7
Northern Harrier   1
Snow Goose 4
American Kestrel 2
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Roger Eriksson

3/23/2015

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Turkey Vulture  9
Rough-legged Hawk  9

Trumpeter Swan  3
Bald Eagle  4   
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Rough-legged Hawk  1
Common Raven  2
Eastern Meadowlark  1


Redhead  956
Greater Scaup  48
Bufflehead  1
Noggle Rd Area, AR


Tuttle Marsh, IO






Alabaster Twp, IO
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Jim Dawe (via eBird)

3/22/2015

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CACKLING GOOSE
Tree Swallow
15
1
Dow Ponds, MI
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Doug Jackson

3/22/2015

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Northern Harrier 1                                                Tawas Point, IO
American Robin 7
American Tree Sparrow 29 (some singing)
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Common Grackle 9
Red-winged Blackbird
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Ryan Dziedzic et al.

3/21/2015

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CACKLING GOOSE

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
4

3
Dow Ponds, MI

The GWFG initially discovered by M. Hamas were not re-found
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Ryan Dziedzic & Val Trabbuchi

3/20/2015

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Tundra Swan 
Gadwall
American Black Duck  
Mallard  
Canvasback  
Redhead 
Ring-necked Duck 
Greater Scaup  
Lesser Scaup 
Bufflehead  
Common Goldeneye 
Hooded Merganser  
Common Merganser  
Red-breasted Merganser 
Ruddy Duck  
Wild Turkey  
American Coot 
Sandhill Crane 
Northern Harrier 
Bald Eagle  
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull 
Pileated Woodpecker 
Pine Siskin  

Turkey Vulture
4
3
2
119
1
7
82
10
14
5
385
22
256
1
1
11
3
2
1
6
29
6
1
6

1
Sanford Lake, MI
























Lee Twp., MI
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Monica Essenmacher

3/20/2015

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Turkey Vulture  7                                                 Port Crescent Hawk Watch, HU
Bald Eagle  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  6

Raptor Observations:
Birds were coming in from the SE, making a variety of choices upon reaching shoreline. PEFA was moving west a short distance offshore. I was alerted to its pending arrival by the gangs of crows lifting out of trees and moving to "head it off at the pass." Local BAEAs (2 breeding adults and a 3rd-yr) were seen multiple times; there is a local redtail as well. 

Non-raptor Observations:
1 Killdeer . 1 Blue Jay 52 American Crow 11 Eastern Bluebird 1 Eastern Meadowlark 
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Joe Soehnel & Roger Eriksson

3/20/2015

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7408 Canada Goose                                            Shiawassee NWR, SA
1       ROSS'S GOOSE                                            (IWMMP Survey Highlights)
2       Snow Goose
337   Tundra Swan
4       Trumpeter Swan
53     Wood Duck
26     Gadwall
60     American Wigeon
78     American Black Duck
2607 Mallard
5       Northern Shoveler
486   Northern Pintail
13     Redhead
14     Ring-necked Duck
8       Lesser Scaup
2       Bufflehead
23     Common Goldeneye
18     Hooded Merganser
57     Common Merganser
151   Sandhill Crane
6    Red-tailed Hawk   
    1    Rough-legged Hawk 
    2    American Coot    
    1    Great Horned Owl (on nest)   
    1    Brown Creeper (singing!) 
    325    European Starling       
    36    American Tree Sparrow       
    12    Song Sparrow 
    134    Red-winged Blackbird       
    56    Rusty Blackbird       
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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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