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Kim LeBlanc

7/31/2016

 
Merlin  1
St. Charles, SA

Roger Eriksson

7/29/2016

 
1 Bald Eagle
3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Northern Flicker
2 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
9 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 House Wren
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Common Yellowthroat
7 American Redstart
1 Pine Warbler
3 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Canada Warbler -- Ad male
12 Chipping Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Baldwin Twp, IO

Roger Eriksson

7/29/2016

 
4 Trumpeter Swan 
13 Wood Duck
17 Blue-winged Teal 
25 Pied-billed Grebe 
1 Least Bittern 
13 Great Blue Heron
47 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
2 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey 
2 Greater Yellowlegs 
2 Wilson's Snipe 
5 Caspian Tern 
2 Black Tern
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3 Belted Kingfisher
2 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Willow Flycatcher
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
Tuttle Marsh, IO

Wayne Shawl

7/29/2016

 
Turkey Vulture  2
Common Nighthawk  17 
Red-headed Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  4
Common Raven  2
American Robin  3
Vesper Sparrow  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Red-winged Blackbird  5
American Goldfinch  4
Pine Barrens, IO

Doug Jackson

7/27/2016

 
​Sandhill Crane 6
Great Blue heron 4
Great Egret 43
Green Heron 1
Wood Duck 70
Mallard 34
Caspian Tern 2
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Least Flycatcher 6
Swamp Sparrow 15
Bald Eagle 3
Nayanquing Pt, BA

Joe Soehnel

7/26/2016

 
Black-crowned Night Heron  1
Cattle Egret  1
Caspian Tern  6
​Common Tern  27
Bay City SRA, BA

Dan Duso

7/26/2016

 
WHIMBREL  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
​Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Bay City SRA, BA

Doug Jackson

7/25/2016

 
​Common Merganser 4
Forster's Tern 6
Common Tern 2
Caspian Tern 4
Lesser Yellowleg 1

Great Horned Owl 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Bald Eagle 2
Tawas Pt, IO





Nayanquing Pt, BA

Joe Soehnel

7/25/2016

 
Canada Goose  194
Tundra Swan  1
Wood Duck  158  
Mallard  55
Blue-winged Teal  11
Green-winged Teal  7
Hooded Merganser  1
Ruddy Duck  1
Wild Turkey  12
Pied-billed Grebe  15
Double-crested Cormorant  8
Great Blue Heron  49
Great Egret  200  This is not an estimate.  All sections of the refuge totaled a tidy 200!
Green Heron  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  16
Virginia Rail  11
Sora  1
Common Gallinule  30
American Coot  43
Sandhill Crane  16
Killdeer  82
Spotted Sandpiper  10
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  17
Upland Sandpiper  1  
Least Sandpiper  37
Pectoral Sandpiper  5
Wilson's Snipe  1
Caspian Tern  11
Willow Flycatcher  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  8
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Sedge Wren  2
Marsh Wren  12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
European Starling  970  
Common Yellowthroat  26    
Song Sparrow  32
Indigo Bunting  29
Dickcissel  1
Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA

   (Restricted Access)

Ryan Dziedzic

7/25/2016

 
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Barred Owl  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Eastern Towhee  3
Oil City area, MI

Ryan Dziedzic

7/24/2016

 
Double-crested Cormorant  20
Osprey  1
AMERICAN AVOCET  9     
Caspian Tern  5

Wood Duck  10
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  15
Black-crowned Night-Heron  7
Dow Ponds, MI




Poseyville Road Wetlands, MI

Wayne Shawl

7/24/2016

 
Red-headed Woodpecker 5  
Blue Jay  1
American Robin  2
Pine Barrens, IO

Roger Eriksson

7/24/2016

 
2 Trumpeter Swan
8 Wood Duck
33 Pied-billed Grebe
6 Great Blue Heron
11 Great Egret
2 Green Heron
5 Osprey 
1 Northern Harrier
1 Bald Eagle 
1 Virginia Rail
1 Solitary Sandpiper
1 Bonaparte's Gull -- Juvenile
1 Caspian Tern
2 Black Tern
6 Belted Kingfisher
2 Northern Flicker
1 Alder Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Marsh Wren
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4 Common Yellowthroat
3 American Redstart
9 Song Sparrow
10 Swamp Sparrow
9 American Goldfinch
Tuttle Marsh, IO

Roger Eriksson

7/23/2016

 
4 Trumpeter Swan
9 Wood Duck
7 Mallard
23 Blue-winged Teal
3 Ring-necked Duck
39 Pied-billed Grebe
1 American Bittern
8 Great Blue Heron
16 Great Egret
4 Green Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Osprey
3 Northern Harrier
1 Bald Eagle
1 Virginia Rail
1 Sora
1 Common Gallinule
2 Sandhill Crane
6 Killdeer
3 Lesser Yellowlegs
2 Wilson's Snipe
1 Ring-billed Gull
1 Caspian Tern
6 Black Tern
2 Common Tern
7 Belted Kingfisher
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Alder Flycatcher
1 Willow Flycatcher
2 Eastern Phoebe
7 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Blue Jay
8 American Crow
4 Tree Swallow
13 Black-capped Chickadee
7 Marsh Wren
2 Hermit Thrush
4 American Robin
3 Gray Catbird
3 European Starling
10 Cedar Waxwing
14 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
18 Song Sparrow
19 Swamp Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting
24 Red-winged Blackbird
Tuttle Marsh, IO

Joe Soehnel

7/20/2016

 
Tundra Swan  1   
Wood Duck  113
Mallard  118
Blue-winged Teal  2
Green-winged Teal  11
Lesser Scaup  1  
Pied-billed Grebe  15
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron  62
Great Egret  134
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  38    
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  4
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Virginia Rail  6
Common Gallinule  29
American Coot  37
Sandhill Crane  14
Killdeer  176   
Spotted Sandpiper  5
Greater Yellowlegs  4
Lesser Yellowlegs  56
Least Sandpiper  70
Pectoral Sandpiper  8
Semipalmated Sandpiper  6
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Caspian Tern  10
Black Tern  3
Sedge Wren  1
Marsh Wren  8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
European Starling  300
Cedar Waxwing  15
Common Yellowthroat  18
Savannah Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  12
Swamp Sparrow  6
Indigo Bunting  16
Dickcissel  1
Bobolink  15 
Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA

   (Restricted Access)

Craig Schafer

7/19/2016

 
​Bald Eagle 1
Red tailed Hawk 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Wild Turkey 5
American Crow 18
Bluejay 14
Rose Breasted Grosbeak 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Red bellied Woodpecker 1
Cedar Waxwing 4
American Goldfinch 13
House Finch 5
Red Winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 3
Brown Headed Cowbird 5
Kochville Twp, SA

Joe Soehnel

7/18/2016

 
Purple Martin  46
Linwood Beach, BA

My sister & neighbor's nest box totals of adults with recently fledged young.

Roger Eriksson

7/14/2016

 
34 Canada Goose
2 Trumpeter Swan 
14 Wood Duck 
11 Blue-winged Teal 
13 Pied-billed Grebe
7 Great Blue Heron 
3 Great Egret
3 Turkey Vulture
3 Osprey 
1 Northern Harrier
1 Bald Eagle 
3 Virginia Rail 
1 American Woodcock
3 Caspian Tern
5 Black Tern
7 Belted Kingfisher 
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Phoebe
10 Eastern Kingbird
2 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
2 Tree Swallow
9 Black-capped Chickadee
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 House Wren
2 Marsh Wren
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Veery
4 American Robin
5 Gray Catbird
7 Cedar Waxwing
1 Black-and-white Warbler
14 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
3 Yellow Warbler
1 Chipping Sparrow
21 Song Sparrow
22 Swamp Sparrow
1 Indigo Bunting
53 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Common Grackle
1 Baltimore Oriole
15 American Goldfinch
Tuttle Marsh, IO

Joe Soehnel

7/11/2016

 
Tundra Swan  1 .
Wood Duck  46
Mallard  29
Green-winged Teal  6
Hooded Merganser  3
Great Blue Heron  25
Great Egret  78
Turkey Vulture  2
Bald Eagle  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Virginia Rail  5
Common Gallinule  6
American Coot  4
Sandhill Crane  4
Killdeer  82
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  6
Lesser Yellowlegs  34
Least Sandpiper  163
Short-billed Dowitcher  1
Wilson's Phalarope  1 
Caspian Tern  6
Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
           (Restricted Access)

           (Abbreviated survey)

Joe Soehnel

7/10/2016

 
Common Merganser 6
female w/ five recently fledged young

​Red-headed Woodpecker  2
Alabaster Twp/Tawas Bay, IO

Wayne Shawl

7/10/2016

 
Canada Goose  47
Wood Duck  17
Mallard  5
Blue-winged Teal  18
Pied-billed Grebe  5
Least Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  8
Great Egret  2
Green Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  2
Bald Eagle  1
Black Tern  5
Common Tern  1
Mourning Dove  2
Belted Kingfisher  5
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Eastern Kingbird  7
Blue Jay  3
Common Raven  1
American Robin  1
Brown Thrasher  1
Cedar Waxwing  17
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  2
Yellow Warbler  9
Swamp Sparrow  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  8
Baltimore Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  2
Tuttle Marsh, IO

Monica Essenmacher

7/10/2016

 
2 Mourning Dove
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
6 Red-bellied Woodpecker 
2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
5 Downy Woodpecker
8 Hairy Woodpecker 
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Warbling Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireo
4 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
3 Tree Swallow
1 Black-capped Chickadee 
7 Tufted Titmouse 
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
4 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 House Wren
1 Wood Thrush
4 American Robin
5 Cedar Waxwing
1 Ovenbird
3 Chipping Sparrow 
2 Northern Cardinal
7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
15 Baltimore Oriole 
7 House Finch
6 American Goldfinch
2 House Sparrow
Beaver Twp Yard Birds, BA

John Porath

7/8/2016

 
Turkey Vulture  2
Sandhill Crane  1
Mourning Dove  4
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Barn Swallow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  4
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
House Wren  2
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  12
Gray Catbird  3
Brown Thrasher  2
Cedar Waxwing  8
Ovenbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Song Sparrow  6
Eastern Towhee  3
Northern Cardinal  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  2
Common Grackle  6
Baltimore Oriole  2
American Goldfinch  2
Cass City Area, TU

Doug Jackson

7/7/2016

 
​Long-tailed Duck 1 juvenile
Common Merganser 24
Common Tern 2
Black Tern 12
Spotted Sandpiper 12
Killdeer 4
Cedar Waxwing 2
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Tawas Point, IO

Monica Essenmacher

7/7/2016

 
2 Mourning Dove
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 American Robin
5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
6 Baltimore Oriole 
4 American Goldfinch
Beaver Twp Yard Birds, BA
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    Joe Soehnel

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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; 
    • NC=Nature Center; 
    • SF = State Forest
    • NWR = National Wildlife Refuge;
    • IWMMP = Integrated Waterbird Management Monitoring Program; 
    • CDF = Containment Disposal Facility (Dredge Island)

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