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Jack Peters

4/30/2014

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Baltimore Oriole
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Spaulding Twp, SA
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David Peters

4/30/2014

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Green Heron 
Turkey Vulture 
Sora 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe 
Warbling Vireo 
Cliff Swallow 
House Wren 
Winter Wren 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush 
Brown Thrasher  
Northern Waterthrush  
Yellow Warbler 
Black-throated Green Warbler
Eastern Towhee  
American Tree Sparrow  
Field Sparrow  
White-throated Sparrow 
White-crowned Sparrow  
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  
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Shiawassee NWR, SA
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Monica Essenmacher

4/30/2014

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Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Common Loon
Great Black-backed Gull
Sandhill Crane
Great-crested Flycatcher
Black-thr Green Warbler
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Port Crescent Hawk Watch, HU

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Craig Schafer

4/30/2014

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Baltimore Oriole
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Bay City, BA
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Joe Soehnel

4/30/2014

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Chimney Swift 
Great Crested Flycatcher 
Bank Swallow 
Winter Wren 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Hermit Thrush 
Orange-crowned Warbler 
Palm Warbler 
Pine Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
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Hampton Twp Nature Trail, BA
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Roger Eriksson

4/30/2014

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Bufflehead       
Common Goldeneye   
Common Merganser  
Red-breasted Merganser 
Greater Scaup       
Scaup Sp.      
Bufflehead       
Common Goldeneye  
Common Merganser  
Red-breasted Merganser  
Great Egret  
Greater Yellowlegs       
Lesser Yellowlegs 
Bonaparte's Gull 
Canvasback       
Redhead       
Greater Scaup       
Bufflehead       
Common Merganser  
Ruddy Duck  
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster's Tern     
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Phil Odum

4/30/2014

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Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 
Common Loon 
Horned Grebe
Osprey
WILLET
Bonaparte's Gull
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East Tawas State Dock, IO
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Ryan Dziedzic

4/30/2014

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Blackburnian Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Green Heron
Ruffed Grouse 
Spotted Sandpiper 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Brown Creeper 
Greater Yellowlegs 
Lesser Yellowlegs 
American Kestrel 
Brown Thrasher 
Yellow Warbler 
Pine Warbler 
Eastern Towhee 
Field Sparrow 
Vesper Sparrow 
Fox Sparrow 
Bobolink 
American Bittern 
Sandhill Crane 
American Woodcock 
Barred Owl 
Pileated Woodpecker 
Palm Warbler 
Rusty Blackbird 
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Oil City Area, MI
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Gary Paveglio

4/29/2014

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Bay City, BA
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Joe Soehnel

4/29/2014

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Common Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Sandhill Crane
American Woodcock
House Wren
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
American Tree Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
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Hampton Twp Nature Trail, BA
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Trevor Edmonds

4/29/2014

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SHORT-EARED OWL
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Shenfield/Bessinger Rds, AR
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Phil Odum

4/29/2014

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Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Merganser 
Great Egret 
Greater Yellowlegs 
American Woodcock 
Caspian Tern
Northern Flicker 
Common Raven
House Wren 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco 
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Tawas Point, IO
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Monica Essenmacher

4/29/2014

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Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
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Port Crescent Hawk Watch, HU
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David Peters

4/28/2014

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Horned Grebe
Virginia Rail
Sora
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Caspian Tern
Chimney Swift
Peregrine Falcon
Lapland Longspur
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Shiawassee NWR, SA
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Phil Odum

4/27/2014

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Piping Plover
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Tawas Point, IO
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Monica Essenmacher

4/27/2014

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Sandhill Crane
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Greater Yellowlegs
American Tree Sparrow
Red-headed Woodpecker
Purple Finch
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Geneva Twp, MI
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Doug Jackson

4/27/2014

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Hermit Thrush 
Hooded Merganser
Pine Warbler     
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Blue-headed Vireo        
Black-throated Green Warbler
Purple Finch   
White-throated Sparrow 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
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Tyler Plains, AR
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Craig Schafer

4/27/2014

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Hermit Thrush
Eastern Towhee
White-throated Sparrow
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Bay City, BA
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Ryan Dziedzic & Val Trabucchi

4/27/2014

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Broad-winged Hawk
White-throated Sparrow 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 
Brown Creeper 
Winter Wren 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Hermit Thrush 
Louisiana Waterthrush 
Pine Warbler 
Black-throated Green Warbler 
Redhead 
Lesser Scaup 
Bufflehead 
Common Goldeneye 
Horned Grebe 
Caspian Tern 
Purple Martin 
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Sanford Rails-to-Trails, MI
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Joe Soehnel

4/26/2014

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Winter Wren
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
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Hampton Twp Nature Trail, BA
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Paul Revard

4/26/2014

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Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Black and White Warbler
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
White-throated Sparrow
Eastern Towhee    
Wilson’s Snipe     
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Hampton Twp, BA
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Ryan Dziedzic

4/26/2014

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Sandhill Crane 
 Wilson's Snipe 
 Chipping Sparrow 
Savannah Sparrow  
Eastern Meadowlark 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
Sandhill Crane 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Common Raven
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Orange-crowned Warbler 
Pine  Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler  
Eastern Towhee 
White-throated Sparrow 
Broad-winged Hawk 
Field Sparrow 
Purple Finch 
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Ryan Dziedzic

4/25/2014

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Greater Yellowlegs  
Wilson's Snipe  
Belted Kingfisher  
Northern Flicker  
Pileated Woodpecker  
Lapland Longspur 
Pine Warbler  
Eastern Towhee  
Vesper Sparrow  
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Jasper Twp, BA
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Monica Essenmacher

4/25/2014

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Bufflehead 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 
Wilson's Snipe
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Bald Eagle
Common Tern
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Nayanquing Point, BA
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Monica Essenmacher

4/24/2014

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Red-breasted Nuthatch 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
Eastern Bluebird 
Hermit Thrush 
Brown Thrasher 
Field Sparrow 
Savannah Sparrow 
Cliff Swallow
Hermit Thrush  6
American Robin  3
Brown Thrasher  1
Field Sparrow  2
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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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