Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

Phil Odum

6/28/2019

12 Canada Goose
5 Mallard
19 Common Merganser
3 Red-breasted Merganser
3 Mourning Dove
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
81 Bonaparte's Gull -- Careful count
1 Little Gull
475 Ring-billed Gull
13 Herring Gull (American)
3 Caspian Tern
2 Black Tern
7 Common Tern
1 Forster's Tern
8 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Green Heron
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
4 Eastern Kingbird
3 Blue Jay
4 Tree Swallow
2 Bank Swallow
2 Barn Swallow
7 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
4 Brown Thrasher
44 European Starling
4 Cedar Waxwing
1 American Goldfinch
1 Field Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
3 Orchard Oriole
2 Baltimore Oriole
10 Red-winged Blackbird
4 Common Grackle
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
5 Yellow Warbler
2 Scarlet Tanager
1 Indigo Bunting

Tawas Point SP, IO

Monica Essenmacher

6/25/2019

6 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
8 Mourning Dove
2 Ring-billed Gull
1 Green Heron
6 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle
3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Willow Flycatcher
3 Least Flycatcher
2 Eastern Phoebe
3 Yellow-throated Vireo
1 Warbling Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
13 Tree Swallow
2 Bank Swallow
16 Barn Swallow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
2 House Wren
6 Sedge Wren
1 Veery
9 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
29 European Starling
1 House Finch
11 American Goldfinch
4 Chipping Sparrow
1 Clay-colored Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
11 Savannah Sparrow
9 Song Sparrow
3 Swamp Sparrow
18 Bobolink
3 Eastern Meadowlark
2 Baltimore Oriole
19 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
3 Northern Waterthrush
2 Mourning Warbler
9 Common Yellowthroat
3 American Redstart
9 Yellow Warbler
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
10 Indigo Bunting
5 Dickcissel

Noggle/Lentner Roads, Au Gres Twp., AR

Bill Roth

6/21/2019

17 Canada Goose
1 Mute Swan
7 Wood Duck
1 Hooded Merganser
2 Mourning Dove
1 Black-billed Cuckoo
4 Sandhill Crane
3 Killdeer
6 Ring-billed Gull
3 Herring Gull
13 Black Tern
6 Common Tern
3 Double-crested Cormorant
3 American Bittern
3 Great Blue Heron
2 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
3 Turkey Vulture
1 Northern Harrier
2 Bald Eagle
2 Belted Kingfisher
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
7 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Alder Flycatcher
9 Eastern Kingbird
2 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
21 Tree Swallow
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
6 Marsh Wren
2 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
2 American Goldfinch
3 Eastern Meadowlark
2 Baltimore Oriole
47 Red-winged Blackbird
3 Brown-headed Cowbird
3 Common Grackle
3 Common Yellowthroat
3 American Redstart
13 Yellow Warbler
1 Indigo Bunting

Stover Road, Standish, AR

Monica Essenmacher

6/20/2019

1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Blue-headed Vireo
4 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
1 Tufted Titmouse
2 House Wren
1 Winter Wren
1 Veery
2 Hermit Thrush
1 Wood Thrush
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
3 Eastern Towhee
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
8 Ovenbird
3 Nashville Warbler
3 Pine Warbler
1 Scarlet Tanager
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Jose Road, Deep River Twp., AR

Monica Essenmacher

6/18/2019

3 Mallard
2 Ring-billed Gull
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
3 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
2 Yellow-throated Vireo
2 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Blue Jay
2 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Tufted Titmouse
3 House Wren
3 Sedge Wren
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Veery
1 Wood Thrush
1 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher
1 European Starling
5 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 Baltimore Oriole
2 Red-winged Blackbird
3 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Common Grackle
2 Nashville Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
5 Yellow Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
1 Scarlet Tanager
1 Northern Cardinal
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Airport Road, Pinconning, BA

John Porath

6/17/2019

Blue-winged Teal 1
Mallard 52
Green-winged Teal (American) 7
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Common Gallinule 3
Killdeer 4
Bonaparte's Gull 3
Caspian Tern 5
Common Tern 1
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 2
Marsh Wren 4
European Starling 7
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 2
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1
Red-winged Blackbird 26
Common Grackle 9

Nayanquing Point SWA, BA

Ryan Dziedzic

6/17/2019

Ruffed Grouse 1
Mourning Dove 10
Black-billed Cuckoo 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Sandhill Crane 1
American Woodcock 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 16
Alder Flycatcher 4
Willow Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 7
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Eastern Kingbird 6
Yellow-throated Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 19
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 23
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Sedge Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Eastern Bluebird 1
Veery 81
American Robin 7
Gray Catbird 22
Cedar Waxwing 2
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 18
Chipping Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 23
Song Sparrow 24
Swamp Sparrow 10
Eastern Towhee 23
Baltimore Oriole 7
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 13
Common Grackle 4
Ovenbird 13
Northern Waterthrush 7
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 27
American Redstart 26
Yellow Warbler 26
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Pine Warbler 2
Canada Warbler 4
Scarlet Tanager 12
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16

Au Sable SF, Edenville Twp., MI

Wayne Shawl

6/15/2019

Trumpeter Swan 10
Wood Duck 3
Blue-winged Teal 2
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 2
Bufflehead 1
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Mourning Dove 4
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Common Nighthawk 1
Virginia Rail 3
Sandhill Crane 2
Caspian Tern 1
Black Tern 2
Great Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Kingbird 5
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 8
Barn Swallow 5
Marsh Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Veery 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 4
American Goldfinch 4
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 3
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Redstart 1
Yellow Warbler 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Monica Essenmacher

6/15/2019

20 Canada Goose
1 Mallard
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 American Coot
2 Caspian Tern
11 Black Tern
9 Double-crested Cormorant
1 American Bittern
3 Great Blue Heron
3 Great Egret
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron
7 Turkey Vulture
7 Bald Eagle
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
3 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Willow Flycatcher
1 Least Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 Eastern Kingbird
8 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
5 Tree Swallow
1 Barn Swallow
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 Sedge Wren
1 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
4 European Starling
1 American Goldfinch
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Savannah Sparrow
11 Song Sparrow
3 Swamp Sparrow
4 Baltimore Oriole
25 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
5 Common Yellowthroat
6 Yellow Warbler
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
4 Indigo Bunting

Shiawassee NWR, SA

Monica Essenmacher

6/14/2019

8 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
19 Mourning Dove
1 Black-billed Cuckoo
2 Sandhill Crane
2 Turkey Vulture
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
5 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 American Kestrel
4 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Least Flycatcher
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
5 Eastern Kingbird
3 Yellow-throated Vireo
4 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 American Crow
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
6 Tree Swallow
4 Bank Swallow
9 Barn Swallow
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
10 House Wren
7 Sedge Wren
1 Marsh Wren
1 Eastern Bluebird
2 Veery
6 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
22 European Starling
11 American Goldfinch
2 Chipping Sparrow
1 Clay-colored Sparrow
6 Savannah Sparrow
14 Song Sparrow
7 Swamp Sparrow
14 Bobolink
8 Eastern Meadowlark
2 Baltimore Oriole
16 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Common Grackle
2 Northern Waterthrush
5 Mourning Warbler
7 Common Yellowthroat
5 American Redstart
9 Yellow Warbler
1 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
12 Indigo Bunting

Noggle Road Grasslands, AR

Roger Hill

6/11/2019

Trumpeter Swan 6
American White Pelican 5

Crow Island SGA (West), SA

Monica Essenmacher

6/11/2019

12 Canada Goose
1 Ring-necked Pheasant
4 Mourning Dove
1 Killdeer
5 Turkey Vulture
5 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Least Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
2 Yellow-throated Vireo
4 Warbling Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
1 American Crow
2 Horned Lark
1 Tree Swallow
7 Bank Swallow
6 House Wren
3 Sedge Wren
1 Eastern Bluebird
1 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
6 European Starling
2 Cedar Waxwing
1 Purple Finch
4 American Goldfinch
1 Chipping Sparrow
13 Savannah Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee
7 Bobolink
2 Baltimore Oriole
4 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Mourning Warbler
4 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
2 Blackburnian Warbler
10 Yellow Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
2 Indigo Bunting

Au Gres Twp. (Shenfield Road), AR

Monica Essenmacher

6/8/2019

1 Ring-necked Pheasant
1 Killdeer
2 Red-shouldered Hawk
3 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Alder Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
3 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
1 Blue-headed Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
9 House Wren
2 Sedge Wren
1 Veery
1 Wood Thrush
2 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
4 European Starling
1 Chipping Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
1 Bobolink
1 Orchard Oriole
1 Baltimore Oriole
4 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 Common Grackle
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Blackburnian Warbler
7 Yellow Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
1 Canada Warbler
1 Scarlet Tanager
2 Northern Cardinal

Airport Road, Pinconning, BA

June 07th, 2019

6/7/2019

Mourning Dove 15
Killdeer 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Tree Swallow 3
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 4
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 3
Yellow Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 2

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Willow Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 11
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Tree Swallow 18
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 4
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 12
Swamp Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 5
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 9
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 13
American Redstart 1
Yellow Warbler 25
Scarlet Tanager 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 7

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Willow Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 7
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 11
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 7
Gray Catbird 6
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 9
Red-winged Blackbird 24
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 7
Yellow Warbler 18
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 8

Canada Goose 78
Mute Swan 9
Trumpeter Swan 2
Wood Duck 18
Blue-winged Teal 14
Northern Shoveler 4
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 52
Mallard 398
American Black Duck 2
Green-winged Teal 1
Hooded Merganser 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Wild Turkey 11
Pied-billed Grebe 20
Mourning Dove 4
Virginia Rail 2
Sora 1
Common Gallinule 12
American Coot 12
Sandhill Crane 17
Whooping Crane 1
Semipalmated Plover 3
Killdeer 19
Least Sandpiper 1
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 11
Spotted Sandpiper 10
Ring-billed Gull 3
Caspian Tern 43
Black Tern 2
Forster's Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 44
American White Pelican 16
Great Blue Heron 40
Great Egret 100
Turkey Vulture 6
Bald Eagle 26
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Willow Flycatcher 12
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 10
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 12
American Crow 6
Horned Lark 3
Tree Swallow 154
Barn Swallow 49
Brown Creeper 1
House Wren 2
Sedge Wren 3
Marsh Wren 12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 25
Cedar Waxwing 12
American Goldfinch 28
Chipping Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 17
Song Sparrow 23
Swamp Sparrow 9
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 4
Red-winged Blackbird 175
Brown-headed Cowbird 16
Common Grackle 24
Common Yellowthroat 23
Yellow Warbler 24
Indigo Bunting 9
House Sparrow 3

Shiawassee NWR (Headquarters), SA

Shiawassee NWR (Ferguson Bayou), SA

Shiawassee NWR (Bartel Road), SA

Restricted access

Shiawassee NWR, SA

Restricted access

Bill Roth

6/7/2019

6 Canada Goose
1 Wood Duck
6 Mallard
2 Ring-necked Pheasant
1 Wild Turkey
3 Mourning Dove
3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Killdeer
7 Ring-billed Gull
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Green Heron
3 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
3 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Alder Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Eastern Kingbird
2 Red-eyed Vireo
5 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
6 Tree Swallow
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3 House Wren
2 Veery
1 Wood Thrush
5 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
3 European Starling
2 American Goldfinch
7 Song Sparrow
1 Bobolink
2 Eastern Meadowlark
1 Baltimore Oriole
27 Red-winged Blackbird
7 Brown-headed Cowbird
3 Common Grackle
1 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
17 Yellow Warbler
1 Northern Cardinal
1 Indigo Bunting

Wah Sash Kah Moqua Nature Preserve, AR

Monica Essenmacher

6/1/2019

Northern Bobwhite 1 Pinconning area, BA

Phil Odum

6/1/2019

300 Canada Goose
12 Mallard
7 White-winged Scoter
2 Common Merganser
4 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Pied-billed Grebe
4 Mourning Dove
1 Black-billed Cuckoo
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Sandhill Crane
2 Semipalmated Plover
9 Ruddy Turnstone
20 Sanderling
2 Dunlin
3 Spotted Sandpiper
80 Bonaparte's Gull
1 LITTLE GULL
1 BLACK-HEADED GULL**
88 Ring-billed Gull
28 Herring Gull (American)
1 Common Tern
2 Common Loon
4 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Egret
3 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo
4 Blue Jay
1 Purple Martin
1 Tree Swallow
3 Barn Swallow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 House Wren
6 American Robin
5 Gray Catbird
4 Brown Thrasher
80 Cedar Waxwing
1 American Goldfinch
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
1 Orchard Oriole
2 Baltimore Oriole
6 Red-winged Blackbird
4 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Common Grackle
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
1 Northern Parula
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 Scarlet Tanager
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting

Tawas Point SP, IO

Excellent day for gulls at the point!