Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

Monica Essenmacher

4/18/2018

3 American Wigeon
460 Canvasback
300 Greater Scaup
25 Lesser Scaup
10 Bufflehead
4 Common Goldeneye
2 Hooded Merganser
4 Common Merganser
4 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Caspian Tern
1 Common Raven

1 Common Raven

20 Greater Scaup
4 Lesser Scaup
12 Bufflehead
3 Common Merganser
340 Red-breasted Merganser
65 Bonaparte's Gull
8 Forster's Tern

Pinconning Park, Ba

Beaver Twp Home, Ba

Linwood Rd Terminus, Ba

Joe Soehnel & (Dan Duso-Asterisked species/location)

4/18/2018

Wood Duck 4
Blue-winged Teal 13
Northern Shoveler 12
Gadwall 76
American Wigeon 95
Green-winged Teal 16
Redhead 75
Ring-necked Duck 168

Ring-necked Duck 26
Common Loon 5
Horned Grebe 21

Red-breasted Merganser 88
duck sp. 10000+ *
Horned Grebe 1
Bonaparte's Gull 63 *
Forster's Tern 4 *
Purple Martin 6 *

Eastern Phoebe 1
Yellow-headed Blackbird 2

Northern Shoveler 16
Gadwall 35
American Wigeon 65
American Black Duck 2
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 18
Ring-necked Duck 6
Hooded Merganser 8
Common Merganser 12
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 1
Common Gallinule 1
Sandhill Crane 8
Killdeer 6
Dunlin 1
Caspian Tern 2
Snowy Owl 2

Crow Island East Unit, Sa

Haithco Park, Sa

Linwood Rd Terminus, Ba

Anderson Rd Terminus, Ba

Nayanquing Point, Ba *

Phil Odum

4/18/2018

3 Ring-necked Duck
4 Lesser Scaup
9 Long-tailed Duck
2 Bufflehead
2 Common Goldeneye
12 Common Merganser
2 Red-breasted Merganser
7 Common Loon
10 Horned Grebe
1 Red-necked Grebe
1 Brown Creeper
1 Western Meadowlark
14 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, Io

Phil Odum

4/17/2018

4 Ring-necked Duck
3 Greater Scaup
10 Long-tailed Duck
26 Bufflehead
8 Common Merganser
2 Red-breasted Merganser
5 Common Loon
5 Horned Grebe
6 Northern Harrier
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Merlin
1 Common Raven
1 Brown Creeper
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1 Western Meadowlark
60 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, Io

Lisa Keith

4/17/2018

1 Blue-winged Teal
23 Lesser Scaup
12 Bufflehead
75 Ruddy Duck
1 Horned grebe
3 Tree Swallow
5 American Robin
1 Bald Eagle
1 Red-tailed Hawk

2 Hairy woodpeckers
7 Fox Sparrow
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
6 Pine Siskin
25 American Goldfinch
1 Brown Creeper

4 Wood Duck
4 Blue-winged Teal
8 Gadwall
30 Ring-necked Duck
103 Lesser Scaup
14 Bufflehead
6 Common Merganser
2 Ruddy Duck
3 Common Loon
3 Greater Yellowlegs
37 Bonaparte's Gull

Dow Ponds, Mi

Midland, Mi

Bay City State Park, Ba

Roger Eriksson

4/17/2018

4 Bufflehead
27 Common Merganser
11 Red-breasted Merganser
3 Common Loon
14 Horned Grebe
1 Red-necked Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
2 Northern Harrier
1 Peregrine Falcon

48 Wood Duck
88 American Wigeon
6 American Black Duck
620 Redhead
486 Ring-necked Duck
2 Greater Scaup
241 Lesser Scaup
212 Bufflehead
9 Common Goldeneye
34 Hooded Merganser
119 Common Merganser
28 Common Loon
3 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Northern Harrier
3 Bald Eagle
3 American Coot
1 Sandhill Crane
3 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Tree Swallow

Tawas Bay Yacht Club, Io

Tawas Lake, Io

Monica Essenmacher

4/17/2018

13 Greater Scaup
1 Lesser Scaup
8 Bufflehead
9 Common Goldeneye
2 Common Merganser
2 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Horned Grebe
5 Great Egret
1 Bonaparte's Gull
1 FRANKLIN'S GULL *
2 Forster's Tern

Linwood Rd/Saginaw Bay, Ba

Craig Schafer

4/17/2018

Wild Turkey 3
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Turkey Vulture 2
American Robin 8
Tree Swallow 12
Horned Lark 2
Killdeer 4
Dark-eyed Junco 10
American Tree Sparrow 5
Fox Sparrow 2
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
Vesper Sparrow 2
Pine Sisken 2
American Goldfinch 12
House Finch 2
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 15

Kochville Twp Yard, Sa

Roger Eriksson

4/16/2018

2320 Redhead
2 Greater Scaup
51 Bufflehead
32 Common Goldeneye
1 Common Merganser
54 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Common Loon
6 Horned Grebe

11 Bufflehead
8 Common Goldeneye
21 Red-breasted Merganser
8 Common Loon
11 Horned Grebe

6 Tundra Swan
8 Bufflehead
4 Common Goldeneye
18 Common Merganser
2 Red-breasted Merganser
61 Common Loon
38 Horned Grebe
1 Red-necked Grebe

Gateway Park, Io

East Tawas State Dock, Io

Jerry's Marina/Tawas Bay, Io

Phil Odum

4/16/2018

1 Snow Goose
3 Wood Duck
30 Redhead
44 Greater Scaup
14 Long-tailed Duck
6 Bufflehead
2 Common Goldeneye
3 Hooded Merganser
11 Common Merganser
6 Red-breasted Merganser
47 Common Loon
18 Horned Grebe
1 Red-necked Grebe
6 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
5 Great Egret
3 Northern Harrier
1 Bald Eagle
1 American Woodcock
1 Wilson's Snipe
1 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
1 Common Raven
6 Song Sparrow
1 Western Meadowlark
1 Eastern Meadowlark
18 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, Io

Monica Essenmacher

4/14/2018

1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
5 American Robin
25 European Starling
3 American Tree Sparrow
7 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
1 Savannah Sparrow
15 Red-winged Blackbird
5 Brown-headed Cowbird
3 Rusty Blackbird
5 Common Grackle
27 Pine Siskin
43 American Goldfinch

Beaver Twp Home, Ba

Joe Soehnel

4/13/2018

Tundra Swan 1
Blue-winged Teal 4
Northern Shoveler 7
Green-winged Teal 79
Ring-necked Duck 6
Greater Scaup 2
Bufflehead 18
Common Merganser 2
Red-breasted Merganser 14
Horned Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 28
Great Egret 16
Bonaparte's Gull 3
Glaucous Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 1
Snowy Owl 1
Tree Swallow 26

Karn Plant, Ba
(Restricted Access)

Phil Odum

4/13/2018

3 Ring-necked Duck
3 Lesser Scaup
12 Bufflehead
7 Common Merganser
3 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Common Loon
1 American Kestrel
1 Common Raven
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Vesper Sparrow
2 Eastern Meadowlark
34 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, Io

David Peters

4/13/2018

Common Merganser noted
Red-breasted Merganser noted
Hooded Merganser noted
Ring-billed Gull 86
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 86

Saginaw Water Treatment Plant, Sa

Lisa & Bill Keith

4/12/2018

Eastern Phoebe 1
Dark-eyed Junco 10
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
House Finch 2
Pine Siskin 3
American Goldfinch 10

Wood Duck 25
Blue-winged Teal 15
Northern Shoveler 2
Gadwall 57
American Wigeon 215
Green-winged Teal 4
Canvasback 10
Redhead 36
Ring-necked Duck 62
Bufflehead 6
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Northern Harrier 3
Bald Eagle 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rough-legged Hawk 1
American Coot 7
Sandhill Crane 2
Killdeer 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Tree Swallow 20
Brown Creeper 1
American Robin 25
Song Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 49
Brown-headed Cowbird 7

Williams Twp, Ba

Shiawassee NWR, Sa
Ferguson Bayou Trail

Phil Odum

4/12/2018

10 Redhead
33 Greater Scaup
2 Lesser Scaup
4 Long-tailed Duck
12 Bufflehead
12 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Common Loon
1 Pied-billed Grebe
8 Double-crested Cormorant
10 Northern Harrier
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
5 Killdeer
1 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Pileated Woodpecker
3 Merlin
2 Eastern Phoebe
2 Common Raven
34 Tree Swallow
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
3 Golden-crowned Kinglet
12 Eastern Bluebird
110 American Robin
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
6 American Tree Sparrow
1 Vesper Sparrow
2 Savannah Sparrow
7 Song Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
1 Eastern Meadowlark
60 Brown-headed Cowbird
14 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, Io

Phil Odum

4/11/2018

6 Redhead
40 Greater Scaup
1 White-winged Scoter
12 Long-tailed Duck
2 Bufflehead
2 Common Goldeneye
1 Hooded Merganser
2 Common Merganser
10 Red-breasted Merganser
6 Common Loon
4 Double-crested Cormorant
4 Turkey Vulture
5 Northern Harrier
1 Greater Yellowlegs
4 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Glaucous Gull
1 Snowy Owl
3 American Kestrel
2 Merlin
1 Barn Swallow
1 Savannah Sparrow
1 WESTERN MEADOWLARK
50 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, Io

Craig Schafer

4/11/2018

Canada Geese 316
Wild Turkey 11
Great Blue Heron 1
Killdeer 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Horned Lark 2
Black-capped Chickadee 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
American Robin 6
Cedar Waxwing 8
Dark-eyed Junco 12
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1

Kochville Twp Yard, Sa

John Porath

4/11/2018

Tundra Swan 8
Northern Shoveler 2
American Wigeon 13
Mallard 31
Northern Pintail 4
Green-winged Teal 17
Canvasback 19
Redhead 45
Ring-necked Duck 10
Greater Scaup 250
Greater/Lesser Scaup 500
Bufflehead 50
Common Merganser 2
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Great Egret 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 1
Sandhill Crane 24
Killdeer 2
Snowy Owl 1
Tree Swallow 2
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
Rusty Blackbird 12

Nayanquing Point, Ba

Phil Odum

4/10/2018

8 Ring-necked Duck
3 Greater Scaup
7 Long-tailed Duck
18 Bufflehead
3 Common Merganser
1 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Common Loon
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 Eastern Meadowlark
2 Rusty Blackbird
30 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, Io

John Porath

4/10/2018

Tundra Swan 15
Wood Duck 2
Northern Shoveler 2
Gadwall 25
Mallard 45
Northern Pintail 2
Greater Scaup 150
Bufflehead 25
Common Goldeneye 4
Common Merganser 12
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Sandhill Crane 15
Tree Swallow 2

Nayanquing Point, Ba

Jeremy Lowell

4/10/2018

CANG - Canada Goose (4168)
TUSW - Tundra Swan (2)
WODU - Wood Duck (2)
GADW - Gadwall (194)
AMWI - American Wigeon (276)
ABDU - American Black Duck (91)
MALL - Mallard (463)
BWTE - Blue-winged Teal (34)
NSHO - Northern Shoveler (247)
NOPI - Northern Pintail (243)
GWTE - Green-winged Teal (886)
CANV - Canvasback (45)
REDH - Redhead (47)
RNDU - Ring-necked Duck (491)
LESC - Lesser Scaup (202)
BUFF - Bufflehead (136)
COGO - Common Goldeneye (2)
HOME - Hooded Merganser (2)
COME - Common Merganser (178)
RUDU - Ruddy Duck (42)
PBGR - Pied-billed Grebe (23)
DCCO - Double-cr. Cormorant (41)
GBHE - Great Blue Heron (7)
AMCO - American Coot (105)
SACR - Sandhill Crane (486)

Shiawassee NWR, Sa
(Restricted Access)

Phil Odum

4/9/2018

100 Redhead
4 Ring-necked Duck
2 Greater Scaup
2 Lesser Scaup
33 Long-tailed Duck
12 Bufflehead
2 Red-breasted Merganser
9 Common Loon
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Northern Harrier
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
5 Killdeer
2 American Woodcock
1 Glaucous Gull
1 Long-eared Owl -- Continuing
1 Common Raven
1 Fox Sparrow (Red)
1 Swamp Sparrow
10 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, Io

Jason Bojczyk

4/9/2018

Common Loon-13
Turkey Vulture-55
Greater Yellowlegs-1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-1
Winter Wren-1
Yellow-rumped Warbler-1
Fox Sparrow-1
Swamp Sparrow-1
Common Redpoll-2

Tawas Point, Io

Phil Odum

4/8/2018

2 Tundra Swan
2 Blue-winged Teal
4 Ring-necked Duck
4 Greater Scaup
3 Lesser Scaup
4 Long-tailed Duck
16 Bufflehead
2 Common Goldeneye
4 Hooded Merganser
6 Common Merganser
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Northern Harrier
4 American Woodcock
2 Long-eared Owl
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Eastern Meadowlark
14 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, Io