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Roger Eriksson

7/31/2015

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Semipalmated Plover  3                                     Kawkawlin Twp Wetlands, BA
Killdeer  94                                                             (Private Property)
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Solitary Sandpiper  17 
Lesser Yellowlegs  24
Stilt Sandpiper  1    
Least Sandpiper  33
Buff-breasted Sandpiper  2     
Pectoral Sandpiper  6


Black-throated Blue Warbler  1                       Baldwin Twp, IO
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Joe Soehnel

7/29/2015

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Canada Goose  427                                              Shiawassee NWR, SA
Trumpeter Swan  2                                                  (Restricted Access)
Wood Duck  334 
Mallard  447
Blue-winged Teal  3
Green-winged Teal  24
Pied-billed Grebe  33
Least Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  58
Great Egret  278
Virginia Rail  19   
Sora  14
Common Gallinule  28
American Coot  22
Sandhill Crane  131  
Semipalmated Plover  3
Spotted Sandpiper  12  
Greater Yellowlegs  5
Lesser Yellowlegs  108
Least Sandpiper  34
Pectoral Sandpiper  5
Wilson's Snipe  2 
American Woodcock  2
Belted Kingfisher  6
Northern Flicker  27
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  7
Willow Flycatcher  4
Eastern Phoebe  4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  28
Bank Swallow  104 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Swamp Sparrow  18
Dickcissel  6
Bobolink  2  
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Joe Soehnel

7/28/2015

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Sandhill Crane  2                                                Kawkawlin Twp Wetlands, BA
Semipalmated Plover  1                                         (Private Property)
Killdeer  143
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Solitary Sandpiper  22     
Lesser Yellowlegs  31
Least Sandpiper  57
Pectoral Sandpiper  9
Wilson's Snipe  2

Hooded Merganser  1                                       Bay City SRA, BA
Cattle Egret  5
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Ryan Dziedzic & Val Trabucchi

7/23/2015

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American Kestrel  1
Willow Flycatcher  1
Sedge Wren  5
Common Yellowthroat  9
Indigo Bunting  3
Eastern Meadowlark  3
 
Common Merganser  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  1     
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Purple Martin  25     

Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Clay-colored Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  1
 
Common Goldeneye  3     
Common Merganser  6
Piping Plover  4
Spotted Sandpiper  9
Bonaparte's Gull  1
Herring Gull  205     
Black Tern  30
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Northern Flicker  6
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  5
Eastern Kingbird  12
Warbling Vireo  5
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
House Wren  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  5    
Gray Catbird  15
Brown Thrasher  3
Black-and-white Warbler  1
American Redstart  11
Northern Parula  1    
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  15
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
PRAIRIE WARBLER  1   
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Orchard Oriole  8     
Baltimore Oriole  13


American Bittern  1
Least Bittern  1
Virginia Rail  1
 
Belted Kingfisher  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  9
Golden-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
American Redstart  11
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Eastern Towhee  1
 
Tree Swallow  300
Bank Swallow  5
Cliff Swallow  2
 
Mallard  120
Blue-winged Teal  3
Hooded Merganser  4
Black-crowned Night-Heron  18
Killdeer  130
Solitary Sandpiper  14
Lesser Yellowlegs  18
Least Sandpiper  50
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Wilson's Snipe  2
Noggle Road Grasslands, AR







Singing Bridge Public Access, AR




Oates Road Grasslands, IO


Tawas Point SP, IO





























Point Au Gres Boardwalk, AR



Big Creek Road - Au Sable SF, AR








End of Erickson Road, BA



M-13 Wetland Area, BA

This is a private area behind the Eddy Brothers junkyard between Schmidt and Jose Roads.



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Roger Eriksson

7/23/2015

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Canada Goose  102                                            Tuttle Marsh, IO
Trumpeter Swan  2
Wood Duck  37
Blue-winged Teal  11
Hooded Merganser  1
Pied-billed Grebe  41
Green Heron  3
Osprey  5  
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1
Virginia Rail  2
Common Gallinule  1
Sandhill Crane  4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Alder Flycatcher  4
Willow Flycatcher  2
Eastern Phoebe  4
Eastern Kingbird  5
Red-eyed Vireo  10
Marsh Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  3
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  18
American Redstart  2
Magnolia Warbler  1     ad female still in breeding plumage
Yellow Warbler  7
Song Sparrow  25
Swamp Sparrow  16
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  24
American Goldfinch  12
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Joe Soehnel

7/22/2015

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Canada Goose  309                                             Shiawassee NWR, SA
Wood Duck  164                                                      (Restricted Access)
Mallard  355
Blue-winged Teal  1
Green-winged Teal  1
Hooded Merganser  8
Wild Turkey  29  
Pied-billed Grebe  51    
Least Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  46
Great Egret  220
Green Heron  4
Black-crowned Night-Heron  16
Bald Eagle  5
Virginia Rail  17    
Sora  5
Common Gallinule  11
American Coot  35  
Sandhill Crane  37
Killdeer  44    
Spotted Sandpiper  7
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  16
Least Sandpiper  3
Northern Flicker  14  
Willow Flycatcher  11
Brown Creeper  1
Dickcissel  4
Bobolink  3
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Roger Eriksson

7/22/2015

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Snowy Egret  1                                                    Pinconning Co Pk, BA

Trumpeter Swan  2                                              Tuttle Marsh, IO
Blue-winged Teal  3
Pied-billed Grebe  31
American Bittern  1
Green Heron  1
Osprey  3   
Great Crested Flycatcher  5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
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David Peters

7/22/2015

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Solitary Sandpiper  1                                         Shiawassee NWR, SA
American Woodcock  1
Scarlet Tanager  1
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Ryan Dziedzic

7/21/2015

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Wood Duck  3
Redhead  2     
Lesser Scaup  2     
Hooded Merganser  2
Ruddy Duck  2     
Double-crested Cormorant  40
Bald Eagle  3
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Sanderling  2     
Least Sandpiper  2
Semipalmated Sandpiper  10
Caspian Tern  27
Common Tern  46
Dow Ponds, MI
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Ryan Dziedzic with Jim & Katie Sparrell

7/20/2015

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Wood Duck  2
Green Heron  12     
Bald Eagle  2
Belted Kingfisher  3
Warbling Vireo  1
Swamp Sparrow  2

Wild Turkey  24
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Bank Swallow  8
Indigo Bunting  3
Baltimore Oriole  2
Purple Finch  1

Northern Flicker  5
Alder Flycatcher  1
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Veery  1
American Redstart  8
Eastern Towhee  3
Field Sparrow  5
 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Acadian Flycatcher  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
 
Sandhill Crane  24
Eastern Bluebird  2
Bobolink  2
Oil City Marsh, MI






Greendale Twp., MI






Coleman Road Clear-cut, MI







Laur Big Salt River County Park, MI





Geneva Twp., MI
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Roger Eriksson

7/20/2015

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Canada Goose  265                                             Shiawassee NWR, SA
Wood Duck  36
Mallard  213
Blue-winged Teal  6
Hooded Merganser  1
Pied-billed Grebe  34
Great Blue Heron  39
Great Egret  138
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  16
Virginia Rail  3
Common Gallinule  17
American Coot  24
Sandhill Crane  32
Lesser Yellowlegs  7
Pectoral Sandpiper  2
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Caspian Tern  4
Willow Flycatcher  6
Great Crested Flycatcher  4
Eastern Kingbird  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  8
Tree Swallow  108
Bank Swallow  55
Barn Swallow  9
Marsh Wren  7
Common Yellowthroat  22
Yellow Warbler  2
Vesper Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  18
Indigo Bunting  14
Dickcissel  1
Red-winged Blackbird  56
American Goldfinch  24
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Roger Eriksson

7/19/2015

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Eastern Wood-Pewee  1                                      Baldwin Resort Rd, IO
Red-eyed Vireo  1
American Redstart  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2 ad males
Pine Warbler  1
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Joe Soehnel

7/19/2015

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Snowy Egret  1                                                     Linwood Rd/Sag Bay, BA
Purple Martin  8
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Stan Madziar

7/19/2015

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Peregrine Falcon  4 (!)                                          Karn Plant, BA

Stan called to report the adult pair and two recently fledged juveniles flying around the Weadock Plant.  You could possibly view them from the west side of the river at the state boat launch that is near the river mouth and directly across the brown brick Weadock plant.  
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Craig Schafer

7/18/2015

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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3 (2 ad / 1 juv)          Shiawassee NWR, SA
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Ryan Dziedzic with Jim & Katie Sparrell

7/18/2015

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Wood Duck  9
Osprey  1
Chimney Swift  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
House Wren  2
Sedge Wren  1
Clay-colored Sparrow  2
Field Sparrow  1
Henslow's Sparrow  1     
Song Sparrow  15
Bobolink  6
 
American Wigeon  1
American Black Duck  1
Ruddy Duck  2    
Great Egret  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Bald Eagle  2
Ring-billed Gull  150
Caspian Tern  9
Common Tern  40
American Kestrel  1
 
CNC Homestead, MI











Dow Ponds, MI
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Joe Soehnel

7/17/2015

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Wood Duck  168                                                  Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
Gadwall  7                                                                (Restricted Access)
American Wigeon  3  
American Black Duck  1
Green-winged Teal  24
Hooded Merganser  4
Wild Turkey  14
Pied-billed Grebe  51 
Least Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  38
Great Egret  216
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  18
Bald Eagle  3
Virginia Rail  21  
Sora  7
Common Gallinule  54 
American Coot  42 
Sandhill Crane  16
Solitary Sandpiper  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  22
Caspian Tern  9
Northern Flicker  12   
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Vesper Sparrow  2
Dickcissel  3
Bobolink  2


My show stopping experience today at Shiawassee NWR?  I was driving up to the second spillway on the auto tour and immediately saw a completely albino Tree Swallow!  I watched, mesmerized, for over five minutes before it flew out of sight with three other Tree Swallows. It seemed to fly in a graceful slow motion and, at one point, flew right overhead.  Truly blessed and truly impressed!  Craig Schafer reported it to me from July 9th and had forgotten about it until my sighting.  Worth a drive just to see that bird!
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Dave Simek

7/17/2015

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Merlin  3 (1 ad & 2 juv)                                       Sand Point, HU
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Wayne Shawl

7/16/2015

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3                         Cooke Dam Area, IO
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  4
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  7
Purple Finch  6
Evening Grosbeak  2
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Craig Schafer

7/16/2015

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Cattle Egret 5                                                       Bay City SRA, BA
Great Egret 3
Black Crowned Night Heron 2
Wood Duck 9
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Flicker 8
Marsh Wren 12
Swamp Sparrow 2
Easter Bluebird 6 (4fledglings)
Gray Catbird 12
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Baltimore Oriole 5 fledglings 
Rose Breasted Grosbeak 1
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher 2

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Joe Soehnel

7/14/2015

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Tricolored Heron  1                                             Tawas Point, IO
Great Egret  1
Caspian Tern  2
Black Tern  4
Common Tern  6
Purple Martin  18
Orchard Oriole  2

Common Raven                                                  Baldwin Resort Rd, IO
American Redstart  1          
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  3
Ovenbird  1

Hooded Merganser  2                                          Standish Sewage Lagoons, AR
Great Egret  2                                                          (Restricted Access)
Green Heron  2
Bald Eagle  2
Virginia Rail  3



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Roger Eriksson

7/13/2015

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Wood Duck  7                                                      Nayanquing Point, BA
Pied-billed Grebe  4
Great Blue Heron  4
Great Egret  7
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  1
Virginia Rail  1
Sora  1
Caspian Tern  2
Eastern Kingbird  4
Tree Swallow  74
Bank Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  2
Marsh Wren  9
Common Yellowthroat  8
Song Sparrow  8
Swamp Sparrow  14
Red-winged Blackbird  19
Yellow-headed Blackbird  5
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Roger Eriksson

7/12/2015

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Green Heron  1                                                    Baldwin Twp, IO
Ring-billed Gull  360
Herring Gull  15
Common Tern  35


Trumpeter Swan  2                                              Tuttle Marsh, IO
Pied-billed Grebe  21
Osprey  5  
Belted Kingfisher  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Veery  1
Common Yellowthroat  8
American Redstart  3
Song Sparrow  10
Swamp Sparrow  7



Black Tern  52                                                      Tawas Lake, IO
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Joe Soehnel

7/11/2015

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Cattle Egret  3                                                      Bay City SRA, BA
Snowy Egret  1
Sora  7
Virginia Rail  5
Killdeer  42
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Roger Eriksson

7/11/2015

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Great Egret  1                                                          Tawas Point, IO
Tricolored Heron  1  
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  11
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  6
Warbling Vireo  5
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Purple Martin  11
Tree Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  5
House Wren  1
American Robin  9
Gray Catbird  7
Brown Thrasher  2
European Starling  13
Cedar Waxwing  3
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  9
Yellow Warbler  7
Song Sparrow  5
Scarlet Tanager  2
Red-winged Blackbird  11
Common Grackle  61
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Baltimore Oriole  4
American Goldfinch  2
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