EURASIAN WIGEON 1
​BLACK-NECKED STILT  1  *

Fish Point, TU  -  The wigeon was at the previous spot and the stilt was on Ringle Rd, a half mile past headquarters on the open marsh spot on the east side of the road.

American White Pelican 2

Midland, MI  - flyovers at his yard!

American White Pelican  5

Shiawassee NWR/Grefe Pond, SA

Cattle Egret  1

Bufflehead  12
Red-breasted Merganser  11
Purple Martin  4

​American White Pelican  4

Bay City SRA, BA

​Linwood Rd/Saginaw Bay, BA



​Nayanquing Point, BA

Turkey Vulture 56
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Golden Eagle 1

Common Loon  6
Sandhill Crane  56

Port Crescent Hawk Watch, HU
​  Kinch Rd Site

White-winged Scoter-6
Long-tailed Duck-8,423+
Common Goldeneye-30
Red-breasted Merganser-200+
Red-throated Loon-15+
Common Loon-941+
Loon Sp.-60+
Horned Grebe-10+
Red-necked Grebe-1
Double-crested Cormorant-150+
Osprey-3
Sora-2
Greater Yellowlegs-7
Caspian Tern-26
Rock Pigeon-1
Peregrine Falcon-1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-16+
Hermit Thrush-2
Brown Thrasher-5
Palm Warbler-2
White-throated Sparrow-5

Tawas Point, IO

Merlin  1

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Reese, TU

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6 Greater Scaup
4 Lesser Scaup
6 Long-tailed Duck 
10 Bufflehead
8 Red-breasted Merganser
42 Common Loon
7 Bonaparte's Gull
17 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Tawas Point, IO

Wood Duck  3
Canvasback  2
Greater Scaup  20
Lesser Scaup  2
Bufflehead  10
Common Merganser  8
Red-breasted Merganser  105
Ring-necked Pheasant  1
Pied-billed Grebe  7
American Bittern  3
Bald Eagle  2
Virginia Rail  2
Sora  1
Wilson's Snipe  2
Caspian Tern  3
Forster's Tern  5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3
Downy Woodpecker  7
Northern Flicker  7
Eastern Phoebe  1
Brown Creeper  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Hermit Thrush  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  7
White-throated Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  18
Rusty Blackbird  20

​Blue-winged Teal  2
Green-winged Teal  2
Common Goldeneye  1
Common Merganser  15
Horned Grebe  1
Northern Harrier  2
Sandhill Crane  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
American Tree Sparrow  1

Gadwall  5
Blue-winged Teal  4
Northern Shoveler  17
Green-winged Teal  11
Redhead  2
Ring-necked Duck  30
Hooded Merganser  2
Common Merganser  15
Ring-necked Pheasant  1
Pied-billed Grebe  5
American White Pelican  1
Great Egret  10
Northern Harrier  4
Sora  1
Common Gallinule  1
American Coot  105
Sandhill Crane  13
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Forster's Tern  17
Merlin  1
Purple Martin  15
Tree Swallow  30
Barn Swallow  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5
Brown Thrasher  2
American Tree Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  4
Yellow-headed Blackbird  4

Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Phoebe  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Hermit Thrush  2
Brown Thrasher  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
American Tree Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  2
White-throated Sparrow  7
Purple Finch  1

Tundra Swan  1
Wood Duck  1
Gadwall  6
EURASIAN WIGEON 1     
American Wigeon  110     
American Black Duck  4    
Mallard  30
Blue-winged Teal  12
Northern Shoveler  20
Northern Pintail  32     
Hooded Merganser  3
Greater Yellowlegs  28
Lesser Yellowlegs  20
Wilson's Snipe  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Brown Thrasher  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Rusty Blackbird  75

Tundra Swan  18
Gadwall  25
American Wigeon  10
American Black Duck  20     
Blue-winged Teal  12
Northern Pintail  6
Green-winged Teal  85
Redhead  1
Ring-necked Duck  4
Common Merganser  8
Ring-necked Pheasant  3
Pied-billed Grebe  2
American Bittern  1
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  3
American Coot  8
Sandhill Crane  3
Greater Yellowlegs  6
Lesser Yellowlegs  28
Dunlin  25
Wilson's Snipe  4
Caspian Tern  42
Forster's Tern  35
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Palm Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  5
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-throated Sparrow  3

​Great Horned Owl  1

Ring-necked Pheasant  3
​American Woodcock  4

Pinconning County Pk., BA

Highlights from a 100 species day in the SBA!

























End of Erickson Road, BA









Nayanquing Point SWA, BA





























Vanderbilt County Park, TU









Kirk/Loomis Rds. Marsh, TU


















Fish Point SWA, TU































Akron Twp., TU

Wisner Twp., TU

14 Bufflehead
1 Common Goldeneye
12 Common Merganser
6 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Bald Eagle
5 Bonaparte's Gull
9 Caspian Tern
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Pine Warbler
1 American Tree Sparrow
3 Dark-eyed Junco
2 White-throated Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee

Baldwin Twp Yard Birds, IO

Tundra Swan  6
Wood Duck  14
Gadwall  6
American Wigeon  25
Mallard  15
Blue-winged Teal  2
Ring-necked Duck  14
Hooded Merganser  2
Pied-billed Grebe  5
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  7
Northern Harrier  4
Bald Eagle  5
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Coot  100     estimate
Sandhill Crane  7
Greater Yellowlegs  15
Wilson's Snipe  1
Chimney Swift  1
Northern Flicker  4
Pileated Woodpecker  2
American Kestrel  1
Bank Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  6
Winter Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  9
Hermit Thrush  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Song Sparrow  12
Rusty Blackbird  5

Shiawassee NWR, Ferguson Bayou Nature Trail, SA

House Wren  1

Saginaw, SA

Sora-1
Bonaparte's Gull-100+
Caspian Tern-37+
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-16+
Hermit Thrush-3
Brown Thrasher-2
Palm Warbler-2
Pine Warbler-1
Yellow-rumped Warbler-3
Field Sparrow-1
Fox Sparrow-1
White-throated Sparrow-1

Tawas Point, IO

24 Bufflehead
16 Common Merganser
8 Red-breasted Merganser
21 Common Loon
2 Red-necked Grebe
1 Greater Yellowlegs

18 Long-tailed Duck
22 Bufflehead
12 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Common Loon
1 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Horned Grebe
1 Caspian Tern
15 Northern Flicker
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

54 Ring-necked Duck
16 Bufflehead
8 Hooded Merganser
3 Osprey
2 Common Raven
58 Tree Swallow
1 Barn Swallow
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 

Ruddy Duck  14

Jerry's Marina/Tawas Bay, IO






​Tawas Point IO










Tuttle Marsh, IO









​National Gypsum Dock/Tawas Bay, IO

Golden-crowned Kinglet  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  8
Hermit Thrush  4
Brown Thrasher  1
Palm Warbler  4
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  18
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-throated Sparrow  14

Hampton Twp Nature Trail, BA

12 Bufflehead
1 Hooded Merganser 
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Eastern Phoebe
6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Tawas Point, IO

16 Savannah Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
2 Eastern Meadowlark

Akron/Rogers Rd, TU

Tundra Swan  2
Wood Duck  4
American Wigeon  2
Blue-winged Teal  15
Northern Shoveler  2
Green-winged Teal  9
Redhead  26
Ring-necked Duck  12
Bufflehead  20
Hooded Merganser  3
Common Merganser  6
Ring-necked Pheasant  5
Wild Turkey  9
Pied-billed Grebe  5
American Bittern  3
Northern Harrier  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Sora  1
American Coot  20
Sandhill Crane  3
Lesser Yellowlegs  6
Wilson's Snipe  5
Bonaparte's Gull  3
Ring-billed Gull  115
Forster's Tern  13
Eastern Phoebe  1
Barn Swallow  1
Brown Thrasher  1
American Tree Sparrow  16
Dark-eyed Junco  7

Fish Point, TU

White-winged Scoter-4
Long-tailed Duck-1,514+
Common Loon-114
Turkey Vulture-23
Osprey-1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow-1
Barn Swallow-1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-2
Brown Thrasher-1

Ring-necked Pheasant-2
American Bittern-1
Black-crowned Night-Heron-1
Virginia Rail-2
Sora-2
Greater Yellowlegs-1
Wilson’s Snipe-8
Forster’s Tern-15
Marsh Wren-2
Rusty Blackbird-10+
Yellow-headed Blackbird-5

Tawas Point, IO









Nayanquing Point, BA

Wood Duck  2
Hooded Merganser  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4

Cass City, TU

117 Turkey Vulture
19 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Northern Goshawk 
5 Bald Eagle
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Broad-winged Hawk
16 Red-tailed Hawk
3 American Kestrel
1 Merlin

2 Tundra Swan
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
3 Wilson's Snipe
3 Yellow-headed Blackbird 

Port Crescent Hawk Watch, HU










​Fish Point, TU

27 Red-breasted Merganser
15 Common Loon
1 Greater Yellowlegs

5 Sandhill Crane3 Caspian Tern
11 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Phoebe
5 Purple Martin

Jerry's Marina/Tawas Bay, IO



​

EURASIAN WIGEON  1 male
American Bittern  2
Great Egret  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Virginia Rail  2
Sora  2
American Coot  120
Sandhill Crane  12
Greater Yellowlegs  4
Dunlin  3
Pectoral Sandpiper  8
Wilson's Snipe  12
Caspian Tern  6
Forster's Tern  12
Tree Swallow  1200
Hermit Thrush  1
​Yellow-headed Blackbird  2 males
Rusty Blackbird  66

Nayanquing Point, BA

The male Eurasian Wigeon was originally found by Karl Overman earlier in the day.  It's in the South Pool.  Drive to the south end of Tower Beach Rd and walk a half mile to the South Pool.  It was to the east of the "T".  Thanks, Karl!

8 Greater Scaup
2 Bufflehead
22 Common Merganser
4 Red-breasted Merganser
9 Common Loon

14 Bufflehead
2 Common Loon
2 Cooper's Hawk
5 Bonaparte's Gull
14 Northern Flicker
1 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
1 Brown Creeper
17 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Hermit Thrush
2 Brown Thrasher
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
12 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow

Jerry's Marina/Tawas Bay, IO





​Tawas Point, IO

Greater Yellowlegs-1
Swamp Sparrow-4

Common Loon-148
Red-necked Grebe-1
Great Egret-6
Osprey-1
Caspian Tern-20
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-20+
Brown Thrasher-1
Palm Warbler-3
Pine Warbler-1
Yellow-rumped Warbler-18
Eastern Towhee-1

Tuttle Marsh, IO


Tawas Point, IO