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Ryan Dziedzic

4/30/2016

 
Ruffed Grouse  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
​American Woodcock  2
Barred Owl  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Purple Finch  7
Pine Siskin  2

​Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Barred Owl  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  4
Northern Flicker  4
Eastern Phoebe  1
House Wren  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Northern Waterthrush  2
Nashville Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 17
White-throated Sparrow  11
Vesper Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  3
Purple Finch  1
Pine Siskin  1

Ruffed Grouse  1
Wilson's Snipe  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  5
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Common Raven  1     
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Eastern Bluebird  1
Brown Thrasher  3
Field Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

Wood Duck  2
Hooded Merganser  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  4
Winter Wren  1
Hermit Thrush  2
Louisiana Waterthrush  1

Ring-necked Pheasant  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Sandhill Crane  4
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Barn Swallow  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Eastern Bluebird  3
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  3
Yellow Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  19
Field Sparrow  10
Savannah Sparrow  11
Bobolink  3
Eastern Meadowlark  7
Oil City area, MI









Greendale Twp., MI

















Coleman Rd. clear-cut, Geneva Twp., MI












Laur Big Salt River County Park, MI

This is a potential new breeding location for LOWA in Midland Co.





Geneva Twp., MI















​

Roger Eriksson

4/30/2016

 
Lesser Scaup  4
Bufflehead  2
Red-breasted Merganser  25
Common Loon  2
Osprey  1
Piping Plover  2   
Bonaparte's Gull  20
Tawas Point, IO

Joe Soehnel & Jim VanAlen

4/30/2016

 
Northern Harrier  1
​BLACK-NECKED STILT  1
Dunlin 1
Pectoral Sandpiper  3
Sora  1
​Virginia Rail  1
Fish Point, TU

​A few highlights of a very rewarding trip to Fish Point to get the Black-necked Stilt and finally meet Jim!

Jason Bojczyk

4/30/2016

 
White-winged Scoter-2
Common Loon-175+
Loon Sp.-50+
Piping Plover-2
Greater Yellowlegs-1
Peregrine Falcon-1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow-2
Chipping Sparrow-25
Tawas Point, IO

John Porath

4/30/2016

 
Tundra Swan  1
Wood Duck  16
Gadwall  2
American Wigeon  45
Blue-winged Teal  5
Northern Shoveler  8
Green-winged Teal  4
Hooded Merganser  6
Turkey Vulture  4
Northern Harrier  2
Bald Eagle  7
American Coot  25
Sandhill Crane  2
Greater Yellowlegs  39
Lesser Yellowlegs  17
Wilson's Snipe  1
Caspian Tern  19
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3
Pileated Woodpecker  2
American Kestrel  6  
Eastern Phoebe  4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4
Tree Swallow  82
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6
Hermit Thrush  2
Gray Catbird  1
Yellow Warbler  2
Palm Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  7
Field Sparrow  1
White-crowned Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  14
Song Sparrow  36
Eastern Towhee  1
Rusty Blackbird  3
Shiawassee NWR/Ferguson Bayou Trail, SA

Ryan Dziedzic

4/29/2016

 
Broad-winged Hawk  1                                     Geneva Twp., MI

Roger Eriksson

4/29/2016

 
4 American White Pelican
1 American Bittern
1 Least Bittern 
2 Northern Harrier
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
2 Dunlin
4 Caspian Tern
3 Forster's Tern
1 Pileated Woodpecker
3 Purple Martin
1 Yellow-headed Blackbird

​1 Canvasback
2 Redhead
86 Greater/Lesser Scaup
58 Bufflehead
32 Red-breasted Merganser
Nayanquing Point, BA











​Pinconning County Park, BA

Scott Jennex

4/29/2016

 
BLACK-NECKED STILT 1 Continuing.
Fish Point, TU

Jason Bojczyk

4/29/2016

 
White-winged Scoter-8
Long-tailed Duck-1,077+
Red-breasted Merganser-334+
Red-throated Loon-15+
Common Loon-975+
Loon Sp.-70+
Horned Grebe-9+
Red-necked Grebe-1
Black-crowned Night-Heron-2
Northern Goshawk-1
Greater Yellowlegs-1
Bonaparte's Gull-926+
Caspian Tern-51+
Northern Rough-winged Swallow-2
Tree Swallow-209+
Swallow Sp.-600+
Winter Wren-3
Brown Thrasher-4
Swamp Sparrow-1
Tawas Point, IO

Joe Soehnel

4/29/2016

 
Eurasian Wigeon  1    
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)  1 
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Chimney Swift  64  
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Warbling Vireo  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  12
Tree Swallow  70
Bank Swallow  8
Barn Swallow  25
Cliff Swallow  4
Marsh Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Northern Waterthrush  2   
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  12
Palm Warbler  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  18
White-throated Sparrow  10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Ferguson Bayou Trail/Grefe Pond, Shiawassee NWR, SA

John Porath

4/29/2016

 
Wood Duck  3
Northern Shoveler  8
Northern Pintail  8
Green-winged Teal  30
Hooded Merganser  5
Common Merganser  1
American Bittern  1
Virginia Rail  2
Sora  5
Sandhill Crane  1
Greater Yellowlegs  39
Lesser Yellowlegs  15
Dunlin  16
Wilson's Snipe  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Barn Swallow  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Hermit Thrush  6
Brown Thrasher  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  7
American Tree Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  4
Song Sparrow  12
Eastern Towhee  1
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Fish Point, IO

Jason Bojczyk

4/28/2016

 
White-winged Scoter-22+
Red-throated Loon-10+
Common Loon-450+
Loon Sp.-150+
Spotted Sandpiper-2
Great Black-backed Gull-1
Winter Wren-1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-1
Brown Thrasher-1
Clay-colored Sparrow-1
White-throated Sparrow-14+
Savannah Sparrow-1
Tawas Point, IO

Joe Soehnel

4/28/2016

 
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1                         Hampton Twp Home Feeders, BA
White-throated Sparrow  13 (new feeder record)
American Tree Sparrow  1

John Porath

4/27/2016

 
American Woodcock  2
Cass City Area, TU

Ryan Dziedzic

4/27/2016

 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
Field Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  5
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1     
Purple Finch  2
Pine Siskin  1
Oil City area,  MI

Jason Bojczyk

4/27/2016

 
Red-throated Loon-10+
Common Loon-200+
Loon Sp.-40+
Spotted Sandpiper-1
Greater Yellowlegs-1
Sanderling-1
Bonaparte's Gull-175+
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-1
Peregrine Falcon-1
Tree Swallow-100+
House Wren-1
Golden-crowned Kinglet-8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-25+
Hermit Thrush-3
Brown Thrasher-2
Field Sparrow-2
White-throated Sparrow-18+
Swamp Sparrow-2
Eastern Towhee-1
Tawas Point, IO

John Porath

4/27/2016

 
Northern Shoveler  6
Northern Pintail  5
Green-winged Teal  29
Bufflehead  2
Hooded Merganser  1
Common Merganser  4
Pied-billed Grebe  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  7
Virginia Rail  4
Sora  3
American Coot  9
Sandhill Crane  2
Greater Yellowlegs  32
Lesser Yellowlegs  15
Wilson's Snipe  2
Caspian Tern  1
Forster's Tern  1
Northern Flicker  9
American Kestrel  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Hermit Thrush  8
Gray Catbird  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  9
American Tree Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-throated Sparrow  8
Eastern Towhee  2
Fish Point, TU

Joe Soehnel

4/27/2016

 
Eastern Towhee  1
Nashville Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

American Bittern  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Winter Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  8
Hermit Thrush  11
Northern Waterthrush  1   
Nashville Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  18
White-throated Sparrow  24
Hamtpn Twp, BA - Backyard



Hampton Twp Nature Trail, BA

Dan Duso

4/26/2016

 
BLACK-NECKED STILT  1
​SNOWY OWL  1
Fish Point, TU

Joe Soehnel

4/26/2016

 
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  6
Virginia Rail  1
Sandhill Crane  1
Greater Yellowlegs  6
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Pectoral Sandpiper  4
Wilson's Snipe  2
Caspian Tern  8
Forster's Tern  32
SNOWY OWL  1  

EURASIAN WIGEON  1  
American Wigeon  12
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  16
Blue-winged Teal  4
Northern Shoveler  8
Northern Pintail  5 
Green-winged Teal  75
Greater Yellowlegs  12
Lesser Yellowlegs  26
Brown Thrasher  1
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  18
Eastern Towhee  1
Fish Point, TU











Kirk Rd/North End, TU

Wayne Shawl

4/26/2016

 
Wood Duck  2
Ruffed Grouse  2
Turkey Vulture  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  5
Northern Flicker  2
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Common Raven  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  4
Winter Wren  1
Hermit Thrush  3
Pine Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  7
White-crowned Sparrow  27
White-throated Sparrow  4
Purple Finch  12
Pine Siskin  4
Cooke Dam Area, IO

Paul Revard

4/26/2016

 
7        American Goldfinch
2        White-throated Sparrows
8        House Sparrows
4        House Finch
3        Ruby-crowned Kinglets
4        Northern Cardinals
3        Black-capped Chickadees
1        Nashville Warbler
4        Blue Jays
3        Mourning Doves
1        Chipping Sparrow
4        American Robin
Essexville, BA

​In Paul's back yard!

Melissa Eddy

4/26/2016

 
Whip-poor-will  1
Jerome Twp, MI

Heard calling in her back yard area!

Tony Soehnel

4/26/2016

 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Midland, MI - coming to his feeders

Doug Jackson

4/25/2016

 
Snowy Egret 1
Great Egret 24
Sandhill Crane 1
American White Pelican 4 
Forster's Tern 4
Bonaparte's Gull 2
Blue-winged Teal 2
Green-winged Teal 3
Ring-billed Duck 24
Redhead 2
Northern Shoveler 2
Lesser Yellowleg 1
Northern Harrier 1
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1
Fish Point, TU  -  The Snowy Egret and Am. White Pelicans were in the south pool.
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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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