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Roger Eriksson

6/29/2016

 
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Acadian Flycatcher
2 Eastern Phoebe
2 Red-eyed Vireo
6 Black-capped Chickadee
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
3 American Robin
2 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Baltimore Oriole
Price Nature Center, SA

Joe Soehnel

6/28/2016

 
Canada Goose  162
Wood Duck  59
Gadwall  1
Mallard  218
​American Wigeon  4

American White Pelican  44
American Bittern  1
Least Bittern  4
Great Blue Heron  33
Great Egret  108
Black-crowned Night-Heron  16
Virginia Rail  31 
Common Gallinule  20
American Coot  10
Sandhill Crane  29
Killdeer  92 
Greater Yellowlegs  2  
Lesser Yellowlegs  11
Least Sandpiper  71
Wilson's Phalarope  1
Caspian Tern  4
Black Tern  6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Willow Flycatcher  2
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Sedge Wren  6
Marsh Wren  12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Vesper Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  15
Swamp Sparrow  8
Dickcissel  2
Yellow-headed Blackbird  1   ​
Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
   (Restricted Access)

Champagne & Marx Excavating continues to reshape the 900+ acre 'farm unit' into a wetland.  This is the most ambitious wetland renovation in the Great Lakes region in over seventy years.  A video can be viewed on the refuge's Facebook page.  Click here then click on their most recent video:



Wayne & Toni Shawl

6/26/2016

 
Pied-billed Grebe  6
American Bittern  8   
Least Bittern  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Turkey Vulture  17
Osprey  3
Bald Eagle  1
Virginia Rail  3
Sora  1
Common Raven  1
Tuttle Marsh, IO

Roger Eriksson

6/25/2016

 
1 Wood Duck
2 Pied-billed Grebe
1 American Bittern 
3 Great Egret 
1 Green Heron
3 Osprey 
3 Virginia Rail
7 Black Tern
2 Common Tern
26 Tree Swallow
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2 Gray Catbird
4 Cedar Waxwing
1 Ovenbird
1 Northern Waterthrush
9 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
9 Yellow Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
1 Field Sparrow
Tuttle Marsh, IO

John Porath

6/24/2016

 
Wood Duck  1
Green Heron  3
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Wood Thrush  3
Gray Catbird  4
Ovenbird  2
Pine Warbler  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Indigo Bunting  2
Cass City Area, TU

Ryan Dziedzic

6/23/2016

 
Ring-necked Pheasant  1
Horned Lark  2
Sedge Wren  1
Bobolink  1

Mallard  19
Pied-billed Grebe  9
Osprey  1
Virginia Rail  1
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Marsh Wren  3
Wood Thrush  4
Gray Catbird  12
American Redstart  7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3

Wood Duck  42
Great Blue Heron  3
Green Heron  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  12
House Wren  3
Eastern Bluebird  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Song Sparrow  15
Northern Cardinal  5
Indigo Bunting  4
Orchard Oriole  3     
Baltimore Oriole  2

Wood Duck  38
Green Heron  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  4
Belted Kingfisher  2
Brown Thrasher  1
Cedar Waxwing  25
Yellow Warbler  24
Swamp Sparrow  1
Orchard Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  30

American Coot  1
Black Tern  20
Barred Owl  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Willow Flycatcher  1
Least Flycatcher  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  4
Eastern Kingbird  3
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Veery  2

Sandhill Crane  9
Sedge Wren  1

DICKCISSEL  1
Bobolink  2

​Sandhill Crane  7
Field Sparrow  2
Vesper Sparrow  2
Mount Haley Twp., MI




CNC Wetlands, MI










CNC Homestead Area, MI















Poseyville Road Wetlands & CNC Paved Trail, MI









Kawkawlin Wildlife Flooding, MI












Warren Twp., MI




​Geneva Twp., MI

Doug Jackson

6/22/2016

 
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Merlin 1
Ring-billed Gull 450
Herring Gull 13
Common Merganser 1
Spotted Sandpiper 8
Killdeer 3
Tawas Point, IO

Monica Essenmacher

6/22/2016

 
Barred Owl  2
Beaver Twp, BA  - yard birds!

Doug Jackson

6/21/2016

 
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Ovenbird 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

Black Tern 50
Wood Duck 46
Bald Eagle 1
Great Egret 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Green Heron 5
Forest Lake, AR





Wigwam Bay State Game East Unit, AR

​

Roger Eriksson

6/19/2016

 
2 Blue-winged Teal
3 Pied-billed Grebe
1 American Bittern
1 Great Blue Heron
2 Turkey Vulture
2 Osprey
9 Virginia Rail -- 2 ad feeding 4 chicks
1 Sandhill Crane
2 Black Tern
1 Red-eyed Vireo
9 Tree Swallow
2 Barn Swallow
3 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Gray Catbird
1 Cedar Waxwing
1 Blue-winged Warbler
9 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
5 Song Sparrow
7 Swamp Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
37 Red-winged Blackbird
Tuttle Marsh, IO

John Porath

6/18/2016

 
Wild Turkey  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
House Wren  2
Wood Thrush  1
Gray Catbird  1
Ovenbird  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Cass City Area, TU

Joe Soehnel

6/15/2016

 
Wood Duck  144   
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  171
Blue-winged Teal  15
Green-winged Teal  4
Hooded Merganser  4
Pied-billed Grebe  5
American White Pelican  44    
American Bittern  1
Least Bittern  5   
Great Blue Heron  27
Great Egret  62
Turkey Vulture  2
Bald Eagle  16   
Virginia Rail  4
Common Gallinule  18
American Coot  23
Killdeer  27     
Spotted Sandpiper  8
Least Sandpiper  1    
White-rumped Sandpiper  1    
Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
    (Restricted Access)

Joe Soehnel

6/14/2016

 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Common Raven  3
   1 adult 2 fledglings.
​Vesper Sparrow  1
Bobolink  4
Eastern Meadowlark  3
Bartlett Rd/Gibson Twp, BA

Monica Essenmacher

6/14/2016

 
1 Alder Flycatcher
2 Willow Flycatcher
5 Least Flycatcher
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
6 Warbling Vireo
4 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Eastern Bluebird
1 Veery
2 Wood Thrush
3 Brown Thrasher
5 Ovenbird
3 Common Yellowthroat
6 American Redstart
4 Yellow Warbler
2 Chestnut-sided Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
2 Scarlet Tanager
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
3 Indigo Bunting
1 Bobolink
2 Eastern Meadowlark
4 Baltimore Oriole
Mt Forest Twp, BA

Ryan Dziedzic & Corinna Warnars

6/13/2016

 
Canada Goose  150
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan  1     
Wood Duck  4
Blue-winged Teal  2
Ring-necked Pheasant  2
Pied-billed Grebe  8
American Bittern  3
Great Egret  10
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Bald Eagle  2
Virginia Rail  1
Common Gallinule  3
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Caspian Tern  12
Forster's Tern  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Willow Flycatcher  4
Eastern Kingbird  5
Sedge Wren  1
Marsh Wren  15
Swamp Sparrow  15
Yellow-headed Blackbird  4

​Cattle Egret  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
Nayanquing Point SWA, BA






















BCSRA, BA

John Porath

6/13/2016

 
Wood Duck  32
Great Egret  2
Cattle Egret  2  
Belted Kingfisher  1
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Marsh Wren  3
Bay City SRA, BA

Sam Burckhardt

6/12/2016

 
Upland Sandpiper  1
Wurtsmith AFB, IO

Roger Eriksson

6/11/2016

 
14 Wood Duck 
8 Blue-winged Teal
1 Common Loon
1 American Bittern
1 Green Heron
2 Osprey
7 Virginia Rail
1 Common Gallinule
1 Sandhill Crane
1 Black-billed Cuckoo
2 Alder Flycatcher
1 Willow Flycatcher
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
6 Eastern Kingbird
1 Ovenbird
18 Common Yellowthroat
12 Song Sparrow
16 Swamp Sparrow
5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Tuttle Marsh, IO

John Porath

6/10/2016

 
Great Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Ring-billed Gull  2
Mourning Dove  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Northern Flicker  1
American Crow  4
Tree Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  2
House Wren  1
Eastern Bluebird  1
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Common Grackle  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Cass City Area, TU

Wayne Shawl

6/9/2016

 
Trumpeter Swan  2
Wood Duck  27
Blue-winged Teal  7
Common Loon  1
Pied-billed Grebe  3
American Bittern  2
Green Heron  1
Osprey  2
Black Tern  1
Alder Flycatcher  2
Willow Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  3
Common Raven  1
Sedge Wren  1
Marsh Wren  2
Indigo Bunting  1
Tuttle Marsh, IO

John Porath

6/9/2016

 
Canada Goose  22
Wood Duck  8
Mallard  23
Ring-necked Pheasant  3
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
American Bittern  2
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  15
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Killdeer  3
Ring-billed Gull  56
Herring Gull  2
Caspian Tern  1
Mourning Dove  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Willow Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  3
American Crow  3
Tree Swallow  37
Barn Swallow  17
Marsh Wren  19
American Robin  8
Gray Catbird  1
European Starling  2
Yellow Warbler  5
Song Sparrow  3
Swamp Sparrow  11
Red-winged Blackbird  41
Yellow-headed Blackbird  1
Common Grackle  7
Brown-headed Cowbird  16
Orchard Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  2
​
Nayanquing Point, BA

Joe Soehnel

6/9/2016

 
Tundra Swan  1   
Wood Duck  87     
Gadwall  3
American Wigeon  1
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  231
Blue-winged Teal  6
Green-winged Teal  12
Hooded Merganser  7
American White Pelican  38    
American Bittern  2
Least Bittern  2
Great Blue Heron  36
Great Egret  46
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  11
Virginia Rail  6
Sora  1
Common Gallinule  17
American Coot  13
Sandhill Crane  43
Spotted Sandpiper  11  
Caspian Tern  7
Black Tern  4
Willow Flycatcher  7
Great Crested Flycatcher  6
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  24
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Brown Creeper  1
Sedge Wren  3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Prothonotary Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  36
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  44
Savannah Sparrow  9
Song Sparrow  36
Swamp Sparrow  8
Indigo Bunting  23
Bobolink  2
Red-winged Blackbird  81
Orchard Oriole  1
Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
     ​(Restricted Access)

Al Turner

6/8/2016

 
Cattle Egret  4                                                    Bay City SRA, BA
Glossy/White-faced Ibis  1  
Sora  1
Willet  1   
Semipalmated Sandpiper  12
Chimney Swift  10
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Purple Martin  1
Cliff Swallow  3
Marsh Wren  3

Joe Soehnel

6/7/2016

 
Wood Duck  12
Hooded Merganser  1
CATTLE EGRET  4    
Virginia Rail  2
Sora  3
WILLET  1 
Semipalmated Sandpiper  32    
White-crowned Sparrow  1 male
Indigo Bunting  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1
Willow Flycatcher  1
Least Flycatcher  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Veery  1
Cedar Waxwing  5
Scarlet Tanager  1
Bay City SRA, BA









​Tobico Marsh, BA

Ryan Dziedzic & Graham Sunderland

6/4/2016

 
Wood Thrush  2
Scarlet Tanager  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  3
Alder Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
Eastern Kingbird  3
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Common Raven  2    
Bank Swallow  20
House Wren  2
Eastern Bluebird  2
Hermit Thrush  1
Ovenbird  6
Northern Waterthrush  1
Field Sparrow  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3
Indigo Bunting  3
Baltimore Oriole  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Alder Flycatcher  1
Least Flycatcher  1
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Veery  3
Brown Thrasher  1
Golden-winged Warbler  1
Brewster's Warbler  1    
Mourning Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Eastern Towhee  2

Acadian Flycatcher  2

Blue-winged Warbler  2
American Redstart  3
Greendale Twp., MI (County Line)


Greendale Twp., MI (Olson Road)

















AuSable SF, Coleman Road, Geneva Twp., MI











Laur Big Salt River County Park, MI

Jasper Twp., MI
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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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