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John Porath

3/31/2016

 
Redhead  2
Ring-necked Duck  10
Lesser Scaup  12
Bufflehead  22
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Tree Swallow  13
American Robin  37
Snow Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  150
Common Grackle  250
Bay City SRA, BA

Joe Soehnel

3/31/2016

 
Wilson's Snipe  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
Winter Wren   4
Eastern Towhee   1

Tundra Swan  281
​American Black Duck  5
Northern Pintail  14
Green-winged Teal  65

Hampton Twp/Knight Rd, BA




Portsmouth Twp, BA

Roger Eriksson

3/31/2016

 
Bonaparte's Gull  2
Ring-billed Gull  1276
Herring Gull  78

​Greater Scaup  742
Bufflehead  35
Common Goldeneye  2
Common Merganser  22
Double-crested Cormorant  1

Canvasback  8
Redhead  2
Greater Scaup  3340   
Bufflehead  94
Great Egret  1

Canvasback  266   
Redhead  65
Greater Scaup  308
Bufflehead  12
Common Goldeneye  14
Beaver Rd, BA



Lebourdais Rd/Saginaw Bay, BA





​Linwood Rd/Saginaw Bay, BA





​Pinconning County Park, BA





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Doug Jackson

3/31/2016

 
G​adwall 24
Ring-necked Duck 8
Bufflehead 20
Mallard 34
Glaucous Gull 2 adult
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Wilson's Snipe 4
Killdeer 6
Northern Flicker 2
American Tree Swallow 6

Scaup Sp. 20 
Bufflehead 36
Fraser Twp, BA










​
​Pinconning County Park, BA

Monica Essenmacher

3/31/2016

 
1 Cackling Goose 
183 Canada Goose
3 Cackling/Canada Goose
1 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Great Egret

2 American Wigeon
4 Northern Shoveler
1 Ring-necked Pheasant
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle -- AD.
13 Sandhill Crane
14 Bonaparte's Gull
1 American Crow
1 Marsh Wren 
1 Swamp Sparrow
Linwood Rd/Saginaw Bay, BA






Nayanquing Point, BA

Monica Essenmacher, Dan Duso & Mark Simek

3/30/2016

 
372 Turkey Vulture 
21 Northern Harrier 
79 Sharp-shinned Hawk
8 Cooper's Hawk
7 Bald Eagle
93 Red-shouldered Hawk
109 Red-tailed Hawk 
1 Rough-legged Hawk
9 American Kestrel
Port Crescent Hawk Watch, HU

​Kinch Rd Site

John Porath

3/30/2016

 
Black Duck 11
Blue Winged Teal 8
Gadwall 4
Redhead 1
Canvasback 15
Bufflehead 9
Lesser/Greater Scaup 37
Ring Necked Duck 22
American Widgeon 4
Wilson's Snipe 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Killdeer 13
American Kestrel 1
Wood Duck 2
Snowy Owl 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Bonaparte's Gull 7
Great Egret 3
Canada Goose est 500+
Robin 28
Common Grackle 1000+
Red Winged blackbird 500+
Red bellied Woodpecker 1
Ring Necked Pheasant 2
Mallard 500+
Tundra Swan 18
Sandhill Crane 6
Hooded Merganser 7
Common Merganser 12
Northern Harrier 1
Fish Point, TU

Sandy Nava-Moreno

3/30/2016

 
Snowy Owl  1
Nayanquing Point, BA

David Peters

3/30/2016

 
Merlin  1
Saginaw, SA

Joe Soehnel

3/29/2016

 
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
American Tree Sparrow 2
Purple Finch  1 male

Wood Duck  2
Redhead  2990
Ring-necked Duck  86

Greater Scaup  884
Tree Swallow  12
Hampton Twp home feeders, BA

​The purple finch was a nice surprise.


Tobico Marsh, BA



​Bay City SRA, BA

Jason Bojczyk

3/29/2016

 
Gadwall-1
White-winged Scoter-1
Common Loon-2
Pied-billed Grebe-1
Bonaparte's Gull-3
Glaucous Gull-1
Brown Creeper-5
Golden-crowned Kinglet-5
Eastern Bluebird-4
Tawas Point, IO

Craig Schafer

3/28/2016

 
Bald Eagle  3

Pine Siskin  8
​Brown Creeper  1
Golson Park, BA

Bay City, BA
​  yard birds.

Joe Soehnel

3/28/2016

 
Greater Scaup  396
Bonaparte's Gull  163
Great Black-backed Gull  2 ad
Eastern Phoebe  1

Canvasback  579
Redhead  175
Greater Scaup  175
Horned Grebe  3

Blue-winged Teal  8
Northern Shoveler  34
Green-winged Teal  460
Bufflehead  42
Ruddy Duck  3
American Bittern  1
​Wilson's Snipe  6
Bay City SRA, BA




Pinconning County Park, BA




Nayanquing Point, BA

Roger Eriksson

3/28/2016

 
Long-tailed Duck  97   
Bufflehead  4
Red-breasted Merganser  5
Northern Harrier  1  
Belted Kingfisher  1
Northern Flicker  2
American Kestrel  3
Merlin  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

Redhead  650
Bufflehead  6
Common Merganser  317
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Common Loon  1
Bonaparte's Gull  3

​Canvasback  340    
Redhead  220
Ring-necked Duck  1
Greater Scaup  1882
Bufflehead  110
Common Goldeneye  92
Common Merganser  28
Tawas Point, IO










​Jerry's Marina/Tawas Bay, IO






​Pinconning County Park, BA

Jason Bojczyk

3/27/2016

 
Mute Swan-1
Tundra Swan-268
Wood Duck-21
Blue-winged Teal-4
Bufflehead-18
Pied-billed Grebe-1
Northern Harrier-3
Sharp-shinned Hawk-1
Killdeer-19
Wilson's Snipe-1
Bonaparte's Gull-1
Glaucous Gull-1
Great Black-backed Gull-2
Belted Kingfisher-2
Northern Flicker-37
American Kestrel-3
Eastern Phoebe-6
Tree Swallow-3
Brown Creeper-2
Golden-crowned Kinglet-1
Eastern Bluebird-9
American Robin-2,953+
European Starling-100+
Song Sparrow-55+
Red-winged Blackbird-600+
Eastern Meadowlark-8
Rusty Blackbird-2+
Common Grackle-500+
Brown-headed Cowbird-150+
Blackbird Sp.-650+
House Finch-12
Common Redpoll-2
Pine Siskin-2
Tawas Point, IO

Roger Eriksson

3/27/2016

 
Blue-winged Teal  4
Glaucous Gull  1

Redhead  218
Greater Scaup  12
Bufflehead  1
Common Goldeneye  1
Common Merganser  314
Red-breasted Merganser  12
Great Black-backed Gull  2 
Tawas Point, IO


Jerry's Marina/Tawas Bay, IO

Joe Soehnel

3/26/2016

 
Great Egret  28
Great Blue Heron  12
Great Black-backed Gull  19
Eastern Phoebe  1
Hampton Twp, BA
Picture
Take-off...

Jason Bojczyk

3/26/2016

 
White-winged Scoter-2
Belted Kingfisher-1
Merlin-2
Eastern Phoebe-2
Tree Swallow-2
Brown Creeper-1
Snow Bunting-6
Pine Siskin-3

Wood Duck-30+
Gadwall-3
American Wigeon-4
Blue-winged Teal-2
Ring-necked Duck-100+
Hooded Merganser-40+
American Woodcock-3
Rusty Blackbird-2
Tawas Point, IO








​Tuttle Marsh, IO

Roger Eriksson

3/26/2016

 
American Wigeon  4
Northern Shoveler  5
Ring-necked Duck  3
Bufflehead  8
Hooded Merganser  38
Tuttle Marsh, IO

Joe Soehnel

3/25/2016

 
Ring-necked Duck  62
Redhead  5
Horned Grebe  1
Killdeer 1 (very confused in the snow)
Haithco Park, SA

Wayne Shawl

3/24/2016

 
Ruffed Grouse  2
Mourning Dove  14
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  4
Pileated Woodpecker  3
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  4
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
European Starling  1
American Tree Sparrow  4
Dark-eyed Junco  6
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  47
Common Grackle  15
Purple Finch  2
Pine Siskin  42
American Goldfinch  4
Cooke Dam Area Yard Birds, IO

The starling was a first at Wayne's yard.

Monica Essenmacher

3/23/2016

 
1 Ring-necked Pheasant
13 Turkey Vulture
4 Killdeer
19 Wilson's Snipe
9 American Crow
1 Common Raven
Garfield Twp, BA

Craig Schafer

3/22/2016

 
Great Egret  1
Hampton Twp, BA

Jason Bojczyk

3/22/2016

 
Wood Duck-1
Green-winged Teal-6
Redhead-6,000+
Ring-necked Duck-4
Lesser Scaup-3
Hooded Merganser-4
American Woodcock-1
Great Black-backed Gull-3
Snowy Owl-1
Northern Flicker-1
Merlin-1
Eastern Phoebe-1
Golden-crowned Kinglet-1
Snow Bunting-1
American Tree Sparrow-40+
Brown-headed Cowbird-1

Redhead-1,000+
Double-crested Cormorant-1
Belted Kingfisher-1
Song Sparrow-15+
Tawas Point, IO
















​AuGres River Mouth, AR

Monica Essenmacher

3/22/2016

 
​Vesper Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Common Grackle  7
House Finch  1
Bayport Fishing Access, HU
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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

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

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