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Roger Eriksson

6/26/2015

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Wood Duck  19                                                     Nayanquing Point, BA
Pied-billed Grebe  3
Double-crested Cormorant  18
Great Blue Heron  5
Great Egret  19
Black-crowned Night-Heron  5
Turkey Vulture  2
Bald Eagle  1
Common Gallinule  1
Forster's Tern  9
Red-winged Blackbird  121
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Ryan Dziedzic

6/26/2015

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Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Broad-winged Hawk  2
Ring-billed Gull  37
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Downy Woodpecker  4
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Veery  1
Gray Catbird  2
Ovenbird  1
Eastern Towhee  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  4
Indigo Bunting  1
Purple Finch  2
Oil City area, MI

Yard birds - the DOWO, HAWO, WBNU, and EATO are all bringing fledglings to the feeder.  Interestingly, the YBSA and GRCA are frequenting the suet! 
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Roger Eriksson

6/25/2015

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Blue-winged Teal  1                                            Tuttle Marsh, IO
Pied-billed Grebe  4   
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  6    
Virginia Rail  3
Black Tern  6
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Ryan Dziedzic

6/25/2015

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Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Tree Swallow  8
House Wren  1
Sedge Wren  1
Eastern Bluebird  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Clay-colored Sparrow  4     
Field Sparrow  3
Henslow's Sparrow  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  3
Orchard Oriole  2

Pied-billed Grebe  8
Green Heron  1
Virginia Rail  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Marsh Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Gray Catbird  3
American Redstart  5
Red-winged Blackbird  80
 
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  105
Northern Pintail  1     
Ruddy Duck  2
Ring-billed Gull  70
Caspian Tern  11
Common Tern  26
Belted Kingfisher  1
American Kestrel  1

Wood Duck  19
CNC Homestead Area, MI














CNC Wetland Area, MI










Dow Ponds, MI









Poseyville Road Wetlands, MI
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Joe Soehnel

6/25/2015

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Canada Goose  191                                          Shiawassee NWR - IWMMP
Wood Duck  28                                                    (Restricted Access)
Mallard  331
Blue-winged Teal  6
Green-winged Teal  1
Hooded Merganser  3
Wild Turkey  13
Pied-billed Grebe  29
Least Bittern  2
Great Blue Heron  40
Great Egret  84
Green Heron  2
Bald Eagle  4
Virginia Rail  2
Common Gallinule  34  
American Coot  23
Sandhill Crane  6
Spotted Sandpiper  6
Ring-billed Gull  1
Caspian Tern  12
Great Horned Owl  1
Northern Flicker  10
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  12
Willow Flycatcher  9
Least Flycatcher  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  5
Yellow-throated Vireo  4
Warbling Vireo  19
Marsh Wren  41     
American Robin  14
Gray Catbird  11 
European Starling  128 
Cedar Waxwing  15
Common Yellowthroat  67
American Redstart  7
Yellow Warbler  26
Vesper Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  36
Grasshopper Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  53 
Swamp Sparrow  26 
Indigo Bunting  42 
Dickcissel  3
Bobolink  6

Yellow-headed Blackbird  3     One nice early evening observation was a female Yellow-headed Blackbird feeding her two recently fledged young on Grefe Pond.  Not sure if YHBL have ever been confirmed to have bred in Saginaw County.  I have a video of the juveniles squawking for food but never got footage of them.  I first noted them on bent, dried cattails near the north end of Grefe Pond.  I've heard them in Bay County before but never have seen them.  They still had some natal down on top of their heads, were yellowish on their upper parts, diffusing to a brownish color on their lower parts.  Each sported a lateral white lines in their wings.

Orchard Oriole  1
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Joe Soehnel

6/25/2015

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Eastern Wood-Pewee  3                                     Price Nature Center, SA
Acadian Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  4
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
Brown Creeper  1
Wood Thrush  3
Scarlet Tanager  1
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Roger Eriksson

6/24/2015

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Trumpeter Swan  2                                              Shiawassee NWR Auto Tour, SA
Wood Duck  42
Blue-winged Teal  7
Green-winged Teal  3
Pied-billed Grebe  18
Great Blue Heron  8
Great Egret  36
Common Gallinule  2
American Coot  16
Killdeer  3
Caspian Tern  8
Great Horned Owl  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
Willow Flycatcher  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  1


King Rail   1                                                    Nayanquing Point, BA
Killdeer  2
Ring-billed Gull  1
Forster's Tern  5

Yellow-headed Blackbird  5
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Wayne Shawl

6/23/2015

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Trumpeter Swan  2                                               Tuttle Marsh, IO
Mallard  7
Blue-winged Teal  2
Pied-billed Grebe  5
American Bittern  5
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  1
Osprey  2
Virginia Rail  1
Black Tern  5
Mourning Dove  2
Black-billed Cuckoo  2
Belted Kingfisher  2
Alder Flycatcher  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  5
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  2
American Crow  5
Common Raven  2
Tree Swallow  20
Barn Swallow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Marsh Wren  1
Hermit Thrush  1
Brown Thrasher  2
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  6
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Joe Soehnel

6/23/2015

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Broad-winged Hawk  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Veery  1
Wood Thrush  2
Mourning Warbler  1

Clay-colored Sparrow  3
Henslow's Sparrow  1

Bonaparte's Gull 1 imm
Caspian Tern  2
Common Tern  44
Pine Haven, MI




Chippewa Nature Center, MI


Whiting Overlook, MI
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Joe Soehnel

6/22/2015

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American Bittern  1
Sora 1
Virginia Rail  2
Forster's Tern  12
Willow Flycatcher  2
Yellow-headed Blackbird  4

CATTLE EGRET  1
Sora  2
Virginia Rail  2
Nayanquing Pt, BA - The previously reported King Rail was not calling this morning and was not observed.




Bay City SRA, BA  
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Ryan Dziedzic

6/21/2015

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Gadwall  4
Blue-winged Teal  3
Green-winged Teal  17
Hooded Merganser  1
Pied-billed Grebe  10
American Bittern  1
Great Egret  23
Bald Eagle  2
Virginia Rail  2
Common Gallinule  6
American Coot  20
Caspian Tern  8
Forster's Tern  1     
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Willow Flycatcher  9
Least Flycatcher  1
Warbling Vireo  14
Tree Swallow  37
Cliff Swallow  4
Marsh Wren  12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Common Yellowthroat  27
Yellow Warbler  21
Vesper Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  16
Song Sparrow  42
Swamp Sparrow  6
Indigo Bunting  20
Dickcissel  2
Red-winged Blackbird  85
Shiawassee NWR Wildlife Drive, SA
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Craig Schafer

6/20/2015

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King Rail 1 heard                                                Nayanquing Point, BA
Virginia Rail 3
Sora 1
Least Bittern 1 heard
American White Pelican 2
Forster Tern 20
Caspian Tern 2
Wood Duck 2
Pied Billed Grebe 8
Black Crowned Night Heron 11
Great Egret 10
Great Blue Heron 2
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Larry Abraham

6/18/2015

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American Bittern 1                                              Shiawassee NWR, SA
Forster's Tern  1
Dickcissel  1
Orchard Oriole  1
Yellow-headed Blackbird  1
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Joe Soehnel

6/17/2015

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American Bittern  1                                             Nayanquing Pt/South Pool, BA
Black-crowned Night Heron  4
KING RAIL  1  heard only (for one hour w/ Lee Western)
Forster's Tern  22
Willow Flycatcher  4
Yellow-headed Blackbird  3

Ring-necked Pheasant  7                        S.E. Boutell Rd/ Portsmouth Twp, BA
Sedge Wren  1
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Joe Soehnel

6/17/2015

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Trumpeter Swan  2
Wood Duck  46
Mallard  407
Blue-winged Teal  6
Green-winged Teal  13
Hooded Merganser  7
Pied-billed Grebe  43 
American Bittern  2
Least Bittern  2
Great Blue Heron  33
Great Egret  78
Bald Eagle  5
Virginia Rail  7
Common Gallinule  29
American Coot  22
Sandhill Crane  15
Spotted Sandpiper  10
Caspian Tern  9
Great Horned Owl  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  6
Yellow-throated Vireo  3
Cliff Swallow  23
Marsh Wren  34
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Wood Thrush  2
Prothonotary Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  43 
American Redstart  6
Yellow Warbler  38
Savannah Sparrow  20
Song Sparrow  51
Swamp Sparrow  14
Indigo Bunting  32 
Dickcissel  1
Bobolink  1
Shiawassee NWR, SA
   (Restricted Areas Included)


Weekly IWMMP (waterbird) survey along with non-waterbird observations on the 9600 acre refuge.
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Joe Soehnel

6/16/2015

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Common Goldeneye 1 fem                                  Douglas Dr/Tawas Bay, IO
Common Merganser  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  1
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Ryan Dziedzic & Val Trabbuchi

6/16/2015

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Tundra Swan  1     
Ring-necked Pheasant  1
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Least Bittern  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  4
Turkey Vulture  13
KING RAIL  1!!!!    
Virginia Rail  2
Common Gallinule  1
Sandhill Crane  7
Forster's Tern  10
Willow Flycatcher  5
Marsh Wren  6
Swamp Sparrow  13
Yellow-headed Blackbird  1

Cattle Egret  3

Northern Shoveler  1     
Hooded Merganser  4
Ruddy Duck  27     
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1   
Caspian Tern  9
Common Tern  45
Belted Kingfisher  1
Nayanquing Point SWA, BA


The King Rail was calling from the south pool - walk south on the dike from the dead end of Tower Beach Road.  Upon reaching the T-intersection, turn left and proceed to the area that is free of vegetation.  Bird originally found by Jim Dawe, 6/15!





Bayshore Drive, Bangor Twp., BA

Dow Ponds, MI
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Craig Schafer

6/16/2015

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Red-bellied Woodpecker 1                                Bay City, BA
Downy Woodpecker 1
Bluejay 3    
Cedar Waxwing 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
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Ryan Dziedzic

6/16/2015

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Ring-necked Pheasant  1
Wild Turkey  13
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Sandhill Crane  4
Belted Kingfisher  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Northern Flicker  4
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  16
Alder Flycatcher  3
Willow Flycatcher  2
Least Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  7
Yellow-throated Vireo  3
Warbling Vireo  5
Red-eyed Vireo  15
Horned Lark  4
Black-capped Chickadee  22
House Wren  3
Eastern Bluebird  2
Veery  21
Wood Thrush  4
Gray Catbird  17
Cedar Waxwing  30
Ovenbird  25     
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Golden-winged Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  20
American Redstart  11
Pine Warbler  1
Eastern Towhee  13
Chipping Sparrow  16
Field Sparrow  2
Vesper Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  30
Swamp Sparrow  6
Scarlet Tanager  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  8
Indigo Bunting  12
Bobolink  1
Eastern Meadowlark  2
Orchard Oriole  1
Baltimore Oriole  4
Greendale Twp., MI
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Larry Abraham

6/16/2015

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KING RAIL 1                                                         Nayanquing Pt, Ba
Least Bittern  1
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Glenn Peterson

6/15/2015

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SNOWY EGRET  1                                              Lebourdais Rd/Sag Bay, BA
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Roger Eriksson

6/14/2015

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Savannah Sparrow  5                                          Wurtsmith AFB, IO
Grasshopper Sparrow  2
Indigo Bunting  1
Bobolink  1


Great Egret  51                                                     Shiawassee NWR Auto Tour, SA
Bald Eagle  1
Common Gallinule  2
Sandhill Crane  6
Caspian Tern  7
Common Yellowthroat  9
Yellow Warbler  5
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Ryan Dziedzic & Monica Essenmacher

6/13/2015

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American Black Duck  1
Ruddy Duck  9    
Osprey  3
Bald Eagle  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Caspian Tern  9
Common Tern  37
Chimney Swift  3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Tree Swallow  20
Bank Swallow  2
Dow Ponds, MI
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Roger Eriksson

6/13/2015

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Wood Duck  8                                                      Tuttle Marsh, IO
Osprey  4    
Virginia Rail  3
Black Tern  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  4
Alder Flycatcher  5
Veery  2
Ovenbird  2
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  9
Swamp Sparrow  9
White-throated Sparrow  1
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Craig Schafer

6/13/2015

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Blue winged warbler 2                                       Chippewa Nature Center, MI
Golden winged warbler 1 singing
Yellow Warbler 3
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    • AR = Arenac
    • BA = Bay
    • HU = Huron
    • IO = Iosco
    • MI = Midland
    • SA = Saginaw
    • TU = Tuscola
    • SBA = Saginaw Bay Area

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    • SGA = State Game Area; 
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    • IWMMP = Integrated Waterbird Management Monitoring Program; 
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