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Monica Essenmacher

6/30/2018

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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
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Monica Essenmacher

6/29/2018

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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
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John Porath

6/29/2018

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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
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John Porath

6/28/2018

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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
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Monica Essenmacher

6/28/2018

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​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
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Wayne Shawl

6/27/2018

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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
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Phil Odum

6/26/2018

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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
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Kim LeBlanc

6/25/2018

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Wood Duck  12
Bald Eagle  1
St. Charles, SA
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Phil Odum

6/22/2018

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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
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Ryan Dziedzic & Val Trabucchi

6/21/2018

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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"
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Wayne Shawl

6/19/2018

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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
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Monica Essenmacher

6/19/2018

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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
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Phil Odum

6/18/2018

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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
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Roger Eriksson

6/18/2018

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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
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Randy Kursinsky

6/17/2018

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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
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Monica Essenmacher

6/17/2018

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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
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Phil Odum

6/17/2018

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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
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John Porath

6/17/2018

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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
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Kim Leblanc

6/17/2018

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​Wood Duck  11
St. Charles, SA

Wood Duck mother and 10 ducklings!
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Roger Eriksson

6/17/2018

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Dickcissel   1                                                                                 Old State Road, IO
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John Porath

6/16/2018

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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
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Ryan Dziedzic

6/15/2018

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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
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Wayne Shawl

6/15/2018

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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
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Monica Essenmacher

6/15/2018

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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
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Phil Odum

6/15/2018

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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
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