Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

Monica Essenmacher

4/30/2018

1 Carolina Wren
1 Northern Waterthrush

Nayanquing Point SWA, BA

Ryan Dziedzic

4/30/2018

Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-throated Sparrow
Eastern Towhee 2
Pine Siskin 1

Wood Duck 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Phoebe 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 16
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 22
Chipping Sparrow 10
Field Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1
White-throated Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 11
Purple Finch 2

Oil City area, MI

Greendale Twp., MI

Ryan Dziedzic

4/29/2018

Broad-winged Hawk 1

Oil City area, MI

Ryan Dziedzic

4/28/2018

Wild Turkey 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1

Canada Goose 14
Wood Duck 1
Blue-winged Teal 2
Mallard 2
Green-winged Teal (American) 4
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 6
Northern Harrier 1
Sandhill Crane 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Eastern Meadowlark 2

Wood Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
American Woodcock 1
Barred Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
Field Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 3
Rusty Blackbird 20

Oil City area, MI

McNally Road, Geneva Twp., MI

AuSable SF, Geneva Twp., MI

Monica Essenmacher

4/27/2018

3 Killdeer
58 Caspian Tern
1 Common Tern
6 Forster's Tern
80 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2 Purple Martin
10 Tree Swallow
9 Barn Swallow
2 Swamp Sparrow

Nayanquing Point SWA, BA

Monica Essenmacher

4/26/2018

4 Bufflehead
6 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Killdeer
3 Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull
3 Forster's Tern
1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Cliff Swallow
4 American Robin
7 Red-winged Blackbird

Linwood, BA

Ryan Dziedzic

4/26/2018

Wood Duck 2
Ruffed Grouse 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 3
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1

Turkey Vulture 1
Common Raven 1

Manitou County Park, MI

Ryan Dziedzic

4/24/2018

Northern Shoveler 1
Bufflehead 10
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 60
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Osprey 2
Caspian Tern 3
Tree Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 1

Canada Goose 16
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Tree Swallow 25
Song Sparrow 3
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 20

Dow Ponds, MI

Poseyville Wetlands, MI

Ryan Dziedzic

4/23/2018

Barred Owl 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 2

Oil City area, MI

John Porath

4/23/2018

Purple Martin 2

Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 4
Gadwall 2
Ring-necked Duck 8
Lesser Scaup 6
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Egret 1
Sandhill Crane 1
Caspian Tern 1

Linwood Road Terminus, BA

Anderson Road Terminus, BA

Monica Essenmacher

4/23/2018

17 Turkey Vulture
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Downy Woodpecker
7 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
4 Eastern Phoebe
5 Blue Jay
27 American Crow
3 Tree Swallow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
4 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 American Robin
1 Brown Thrasher
1 Field Sparrow
1 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
1 Savannah Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
2 Eastern Meadowlark

421 Turkey Vulture
1 Golden Eagle
14 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Cooper's Hawk
3 Bald Eagle
12 Red-shouldered Hawk
18 Broad-winged Hawk
17 Red-tailed Hawk
3 Rough-legged Hawk
43 Sandhill Crane
2 Ring-billed Gull
54 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
35 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
1 Barn Swallow
1 Eastern Bluebird
2 Eastern Meadowlark

1 Snowy Owl

15 Canada Goose
4 Wood Duck
8 Northern Shoveler
19 Gadwall
8 Mallard
38 Green-winged Teal
4 Ring-necked Duck
2 Bufflehead
1 Hooded Merganser
12 Common Merganser
1 Ring-necked Pheasant
3 Pied-billed Grebe
7 Great Egret
1 Northern Harrier
46 American Coot
3 Sandhill Crane
3 Killdeer
1 Spotted Sandpiper
70 Ring-billed Gull
1 Caspian Tern
4 Forster's Tern
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
86 Tree Swallow
3 Barn Swallow
1 Brown Thrasher
2 European Starling
1 American Pipit
8 American Tree Sparrow
2 Chipping Sparrow
2 Savannah Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
4 Swamp Sparrow
2 Northern Cardinal
1 Yellow-headed Blackbird
5 Brown-headed Cowbird
40 Common Grackle
1 House Finch
1 American Goldfinch
1 House Sparrow

Sand Road, Hume Twp., HU

Port Crescent Hawk Watch (Kinch road), HU

Fairhaven Twp., HU

Fish Point SWA, TU

Ryan Dziedzic

4/22/2018

Great Horned Owl 1 Oil City area, MI

Monica Essenmacher

4/22/2018

1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
3 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 Brown Creeper
3 American Robin
2 Chipping Sparrow
5 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
5 Pine Siskin
10 American Goldfinch
4 House Sparrow

Beaver Twp. Home, BA

Paul Revard

4/21/2018

Wood Duck 4
Great Egret 27
Great Blue Heron 3
Barn Swallow 5
Tree Swallow 7
Hermit Thrush 11
Fox Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Bald Eagle 5
Sandhill Crane 4

Knight Road (end), BA

Monica Essenmacher

4/21/2018

1 Red-headed Woodpecker

6 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Eastern Phoebe
5 Hermit Thrush
65 American Robin
2 American Tree Sparrow
4 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
1 Fox Sparrow
74 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
1 Vesper Sparrow
3 Brown-headed Cowbird

49 Canada Goose
3 Wood Duck
3 Common Loon
1 Great Egret
208 Turkey Vulture
2 Golden Eagle
2 Northern Harrier
47 Sharp-shinned Hawk
8 Cooper's Hawk
3 Bald Eagle
10 Red-shouldered Hawk
15 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Rough-legged Hawk
1 Killdeer
83 Ring-billed Gull
5 Belted Kingfisher
24 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
15 American Kestrel
2 Merlin
5 Eastern Phoebe
3 Horned Lark
7 Barn Swallow
13 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
6 Eastern Bluebird
3 Chipping Sparrow
3 Savannah Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow

5 Greater Scaup
3 Lesser Scaup
4 Bufflehead
1 Common Loon
5 Horned Grebe
12 Turkey Vulture
1 Eastern Phoebe
5 Golden-crowned Kinglet
15 Common Grackle

Caseville Twp., HU

Hume Twp., HU

Port Crescent Hawk Watch (Kinch Road), HU

Grindstone City, HU

Monica Essenmacher

4/20/2018

29 Canada Goose
6 Tundra Swan
2 Wood Duck
4 Gadwall
14 American Wigeon
26 Mallard
6 Redhead
2 Ring-necked Duck
1044 Greater Scaup
6 Lesser Scaup
35 Bufflehead
14 Common Goldeneye
19 Common Merganser
3 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Ring-necked Pheasant
2 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Great Egret
2 Turkey Vulture
1 Northern Harrier
1 Bald Eagle
19 Sandhill Crane
4 Killdeer
13 Ring-billed Gull
3 Herring Gull
7 Caspian Tern
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 American Kestrel
1 Eastern Phoebe
12 Tree Swallow
53 Red-winged Blackbird
12 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 Brewer's Blackbird
12 Common Grackle

Nayanquing Point SWA, BA

Monica Essenmacher

4/19/2018

1 Osprey

Larkin Twp., MI

John Porath

4/19/2018

Ring-necked Duck 2
Greater Scaup 50
Bufflehead 8
Hooded Merganser 2
Belted Kingfisher 1

Canada Goose 82
Tundra Swan 5
Northern Shoveler 2
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 8
Green-winged Teal 4
Canvasback 2
Redhead 3
Ring-necked Duck 25
Greater Scaup 300
Bufflehead 52
Red-breasted Merganser 9
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 5
Northern Harrier 2
American Coot (Red-shielded) 1
Sandhill Crane 22
American Woodcock 1
Caspian Tern 9
Mourning Dove 2
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1

Wood Duck 2
Blue-winged Teal 2
Greater Scaup 150
Bufflehead 25
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Bonaparte's Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 55
American Robin 15
American Tree Sparrow 8
White-throated Sparrow 1
Common Grackle 125

Linwood, BA

Nayanquing Point SWA, BA

Bay City SRA, BA

Monica Essenmacher

4/19/2018

8 Mourning Dove
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
2 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Blue Jay
3 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
4 American Robin
4 American Tree Sparrow
1 Fox Sparrow
7 Dark-eyed Junco
2 Northern Cardinal
7 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
5 Common Grackle
4 House Finch
15 Pine Siskin
30 American Goldfinch
3 House Sparrow

Beaver Twp. Home, BA

Roger Eriksson

4/19/2018

15 Canada Goose
2 Blue-winged Teal
6 Mallard
4 Canvasback
2 Redhead
7 Lesser Scaup
8 Bufflehead
14 Common Merganser
2 Common Loon
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Woodcock
17 Ring-billed Gull
3 Herring Gull
1 Caspian Tern
1 Mourning Dove
1 Red-headed woodpecker
3 American Crow
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
3 American Robin
5 American Tree Sparrow
25 Pine Siskin

58 Canada Goose
1 Mute Swan
4 Wood Duck
68 American Wigeon
98 Mallard
18 American Black Duck
4 Canvasback
264 Redhead
436 Ring-necked Duck
22 Lesser Scaup
220 Greater/Lesser Scaup
122 Bufflehead
2 Common Goldeneye
38 Hooded Merganser
182 Common Merganser
26 Common Loon
4 Pied-billed Grebe
9 Bald Eagle
1 Bonaparte's Gull
6 Ring-billed Gull
7 Herring Gull
2 Mourning Dove
2 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
1 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
1 Song Sparrow
4 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Common Grackle
7 Pine Siskin

1 Rough-legged Hawk

Tawas Point SP, IO

Tawas Lake, IO

Shenfield Road, AR

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