Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

Monica Essenmacher

6/30/2018

9 Wood Duck
1 Ring-necked Pheasant
2 Wild Turkey
3 Turkey Vulture
1 Northern Harrier
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Killdeer
6 Ring-billed Gull
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 American Kestrel
5 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Willow Flycatcher
2 Least Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
7 Great Crested Flycatcher
11 Eastern Kingbird
3 Yellow-throated Vireo
6 Warbling Vireo
4 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Horned Lark
17 Bank Swallow
12 House Wren
16 Sedge Wren
7 Veery
1 Wood Thrush
8 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher
2 European Starling
13 Cedar Waxwing
4 Ovenbird
1 Northern Waterthrush
1 Prothonotary Warbler
1 Mourning Warbler
34 Common Yellowthroat
8 American Redstart
1 Blackburnian Warbler
9 Yellow Warbler
2 Chestnut-sided Warbler
1 Grasshopper Sparrow
9 Chipping Sparrow
3 Clay-colored Sparrow
11 Field Sparrow
2 Vesper Sparrow
37 Savannah Sparrow
22 Song Sparrow
9 Swamp Sparrow
2 Eastern Towhee
4 Northern Cardinal
5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
21 Indigo Bunting
15 Bobolink
21 Eastern Meadowlark
1 Orchard Oriole
2 Baltimore Oriole
27 Red-winged Blackbird
5 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 House Finch
15 American Goldfinch

Verona SGA, HU

Monica Essenmacher

6/29/2018

1 Wild Turkey
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
1 Northern Harrier
2 Sandhill Crane
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Red-eyed Vireo
3 American Crow
4 Horned Lark
36 Barn Swallow
1 Sedge Wren
3 Veery
6 Cedar Waxwing
4 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
6 Yellow Warbler
1 Henslow's Sparrow
4 Chipping Sparrow
11 Clay-colored Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
11 Savannah Sparrow
8 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
4 Indigo Bunting
11 Dickcissel
4 Bobolink
1 Baltimore Oriole
20 Common Grackle
6 American Goldfinch

Rush Lake, HU

John Porath

6/29/2018

Canada Goose 39
Wood Duck 54
Blue-winged Teal 2
Pied-billed Grebe 18
Double-crested Cormorant 89
Great Blue Heron 26
Great Egret 17
Black-crowned Night-Heron 5
American Coot (Red-shielded) 6
Sandhill Crane 6
Killdeer 4
Ring-billed Gull 5
Caspian Tern 3
Black Tern 11
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 5
Horned Lark 2
Tree Swallow 47
Bank Swallow 17
Barn Swallow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Marsh Wren 2
Gray Catbird 2
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 11
Yellow Warbler 7
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 175
Common Grackle 45

Shiawassee NWR, SA

John Porath

6/28/2018

Mallard 2
Great Egret 2
Cattle Egret 1
Ring-billed Gull 7
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 2
American Robin 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1

Bay City SRA, BA

Monica Essenmacher

6/28/2018

Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Wild Turkey 10
Turkey Vulture 6
Killdeer 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Willow Flycatcher 2
Least Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Eastern Kingbird 15
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 2
American Crow 3
Tree Swallow 7
Barn Swallow 11
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 4
Sedge Wren 4
Eastern Bluebird 2
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 7
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 5
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 10
Clay-colored Sparrow 8
Field Sparrow 1
Vesper Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 6
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 3
Bobolink 12
Eastern Meadowlark 8
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 8
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 8

Gibson Twp., BA

Wayne Shawl

6/27/2018

Hooded Merganser 7
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 3
red-breasted Nuthatch 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
House Wren 1
Veery 1
American Redstart 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7
Purple Finch 5

Cooke Dam area, IO

Phil Odum

6/26/2018

5 Common Merganser
1 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Great Egret
4 Spotted Sandpiper
2 Bonaparte's Gull
100 Ring-billed Gull
1 Caspian Tern
1 Common Tern
4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
2 Warbling Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed)
11 Blue Jay
2 Purple Martin
12 Tree Swallow
4 Barn Swallow
3 Black-capped Chickadee
3 House Wren
8 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher
2 Cedar Waxwing
2 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
4 Yellow Warbler
1 Field Sparrow
4 Song Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting
4 Orchard Oriole
8 Baltimore Oriole

Tawas Point SP, IO

Kim LeBlanc

6/25/2018

Wood Duck 12
Bald Eagle 1

St. Charles, SA

Phil Odum

6/22/2018

5 Mute Swan
6 Wood Duck
3 Green-winged Teal
1 Greater Scaup
3 Pied-billed Grebe
12 Double-crested Cormorant
3 American Bittern
1 Least Bittern
2 Great Blue Heron
22 Great Egret
10 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Virginia Rail
1 Common Gallinule
1 Spotted Sandpiper
4 Bonaparte's Gull
200 Ring-billed Gull
10 Caspian Tern
8 Forster's Tern
1 Willow Flycatcher
4 Eastern Kingbird
8 Marsh Wren
1 Brown Thrasher
4 Yellow Warbler
7 Swamp Sparrow
4 Yellow-headed Blackbird
1 Baltimore Oriole

Nayanquing Point SWA, BA

Ryan Dziedzic & Val Trabucchi

6/21/2018

Trumpeter Swan 6
Green-winged Teal 1
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 6
Sandhill Crane 14
Killdeer 7
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Black Tern 6
Belted Kingfisher 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Least Flycatcher 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Tree Swallow 20
Tufted Titmouse 4

Blue-winged Teal 2
Green-winged Teal 3
Redhead 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Egret 18
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Bonaparte's Gull 15
Caspian Tern 7
Forster's Tern 8
Cliff Swallow 1
Marsh Wren 10
Swamp Sparrow 3
Yellow-headed Blackbird 3

Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
American Bittern 1
Great Egret 30
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
WHITE-FACED IBIS 1
Sandhill Crane 21
Killdeer 6
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Sedge Wren 1
Marsh Wren 5
Gray Catbird 8
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler 9
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 7

Kawkawlin Wildlife Flooding, MI

Nayanquing Point SWA, BA

Fish Point SWA, TU

In regards to the White-faced Ibis:

"The bird was viewed until 6:45 PM at which time the bird took off flying high SSW"

Wayne Shawl

6/19/2018

Canada Goose 25
Trumpeter Swan 7
Blue-winged Teal 2
Pied-billed Grebe 7
American Bittern 3
Green Heron 1
Osprey 5 (2 adults/3 young)
Bald Eagle 1
Sora 1
Common Gallinule 1
Sandhill Crane 1
Caspian Tern 1
Black Tern 6
Common Tern 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Warbling Vireo 3
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 30
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Marsh Wren 1
Swamp Sparrow 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Baltimore Oriole 2

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Monica Essenmacher

6/19/2018

38 Canada Goose
6 Blue-winged Teal
1 Ring-necked Pheasant
10 Great Egret
3 Virginia Rail
1 BLACK-NECKED STILT
11 Bonaparte's Gull
178 Ring-billed Gull
1 Caspian Tern
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Willow Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Sedge Wren
13 Marsh Wren
6 Common Yellowthroat
2 Yellow Warbler
5 Savannah Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
16 Swamp Sparrow
4 Yellow-headed Blackbird

Nayanquing Point SWA, BA

Phil Odum

6/18/2018

2 Common Merganser
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
2 Green Heron
1 Bald Eagle
3 Semipalmated Sandpiper
50 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Little Gull
2 Black Tern
8 Common Tern
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Merlin
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
17 Blue Jay
2 Purple Martin
8 Tree Swallow
1 House Wren
1 Eastern Bluebird
3 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher
21 Cedar Waxwing
2 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
4 Yellow Warbler
2 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
4 Song Sparrow
1 Indigo Bunting
2 Orchard Oriole
7 Baltimore Oriole
10 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point SP, IO

Roger Eriksson

6/18/2018

8 Wood Duck
1 Wild Turkey
4 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
1 Virginia Rail
1 Mourning Dove
1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Alder Flycatcher
3 Willow Flycatcher
3 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
3 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
2 Barn Swallow
8 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3 House Wren
9 Veery
1 Hermit Thrush
2 American Robin
7 Gray Catbird
110 European Starling
3 Ovenbird
15 Common Yellowthroat
5 American Redstart
5 Yellow Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
3 Savannah Sparrow
7 Song Sparrow
11 Swamp Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee
4 Bobolink
1 Eastern Meadowlark
20 Red-winged Blackbird
2 House Finch
7 American Goldfinch
5 House Sparrow

Alabaster area, IO

Randy Kursinsky

6/17/2018

Blue-winged Teal 2
Green-winged Teal 2
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Great Egret 55
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
WHITE-FACED IBIS 1
Bald Eagle 1
Sandhill Crane 41
Killdeer 22
Caspian Tern 3
Forster's Tern 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Willow Flycatcher 7
Eastern Kingbird 6
Warbling Vireo 3
Horned Lark 10
Marsh Wren 10
Yellow Warbler 25
Swamp Sparrow 13
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird 200

Fish Point SWA, TU

Monica Essenmacher

6/17/2018

1 Ring-necked Pheasant
28 Great Egret
1 WHITE-FACED IBIS
14 Sandhill Crane
2 Caspian Tern
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
5 Willow Flycatcher
1 Least Flycatcher
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
3 Warbling Vireo
5 Marsh Wren
5 Common Yellowthroat
2 Yellow Warbler
2 Chipping Sparrow
1 Vesper Sparrow
27 Savannah Sparrow
6 Song Sparrow
9 Swamp Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
3 Bobolink
1 Eastern Meadowlark
1 Baltimore Oriole

Fish Point SWA, TU

Phil Odum

6/17/2018

2 Common Merganser
6 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Common Loon
1 SNOWY EGRET
1 Green Heron
4 Spotted Sandpiper
14 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Little Gull
40 Ring-billed Gull
4 Caspian Tern
21 Common Tern
1 Chimney Swift
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Red-headed Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
6 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed)
22 Blue Jay
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
16 Tree Swallow
2 Barn Swallow
1 Tufted Titmouse
2 Brown Thrasher
4 American Redstart
6 Yellow Warbler
1 Field Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Bunting
2 Orchard Oriole
8 Baltimore Oriole
2 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point SP, IO

John Porath

6/17/2018

Canada Goose 52
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Egret 36
WHITE-FACED IBIS 1
Sandhill Crane 19
Killdeer 7
Caspian Tern 1
Tree Swallow 35
Marsh Wren

Fish Point SWA, TU

Kim Leblanc

6/17/2018

Wood Duck 11

St. Charles, SA

Wood Duck mother and 10 ducklings!

Roger Eriksson

6/17/2018

Dickcissel 1 Old State Road, IO

John Porath

6/16/2018

Wood Duck 4
Green Heron 1
Osprey 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 4
American Redstart 2

Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Wild Turkey 3
Sandhill Crane 2
American Woodcock 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Red-eyed Vireo 4
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Wood Thrush 2
Gray Catbird 5
Brown Thrasher 1
Ovenbird 1
American Redstart 5
Yellow Warbler 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7
Baltimore Oriole 1

Lake Evergreen, Dayton Twp., TU

Cass City area, TU

Ryan Dziedzic

6/15/2018

Ruffed Grouse 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 13
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Red-eyed Vireo 24
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Veery 38
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 5
Ovenbird 23
Northern Waterthrush 7
Scarlet Tanager 6

Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 8
Alder Flycatcher 2
Least Flycatcher 8
Great Crested Flycatcher 7
Yellow-throated Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 29
Sedge Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Veery 63
Gray Catbird 24
Ovenbird 17
Golden-winged Warbler 5
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Nashville Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 41
American Redstart 24
Yellow Warbler 45
Chestnut-sided Warbler 13
Canada Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 11
Song Sparrow 16
Swamp Sparrow 16
Eastern Towhee 21
Scarlet Tanager 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 17

AuSable SF, Greendale Twp., MI

AuSable SF, Geneva Twp., MI

Wayne Shawl

6/15/2018

Trumpeter Swan 1
Blue-winged Teal 2
Green-winged Teal 1
Pied-billed Grebe 5
American Bittern 2
Osprey 1
American Coot 1
Black Tern 4
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 5
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 30
March Wren 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
American Redstart 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Swamp Sparrow 5
Bobolink 1

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Monica Essenmacher

6/15/2018

1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Sandhill Crane
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
6 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Alder Flycatcher
2 Willow Flycatcher
2 Least Flycatcher
5 Great Crested Flycatcher
2 Eastern Kingbird
3 Warbling Vireo
12 Red-eyed Vireo
11 House Wren
3 Eastern Bluebird
19 Veery
7 Wood Thrush
11 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
14 Ovenbird
1 Black-and-white Warbler
4 Mourning Warbler
11 Common Yellowthroat
9 American Redstart
2 Blackburnian Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
1 Canada Warbler
8 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
2 Vesper Sparrow
8 Savannah Sparrow
13 Song Sparrow
6 Eastern Towhee
3 Scarlet Tanager
4 Northern Cardinal
5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
5 Indigo Bunting
6 Eastern Meadowlark
3 Baltimore Oriole

Deford SGA, TU

Phil Odum

6/15/2018

3 Mute Swan
1 Red-breasted Merganser
38 Bonaparte's Gull
1 LITTLE GULL
1 Caspian Tern
20 Common Tern
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
2 Warbling Vireo
4 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher
4 American Redstart
4 Yellow Warbler
1 Field Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting
4 Orchard Oriole
8 Baltimore Oriole

Tawas Point SP, IO