Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

Phil Odum

7/30/2017

100 Wood Duck -- Under estimated
2 American Black Duck
300 Mallard
6 Blue-winged Teal
3 Hooded Merganser
4 Ruddy Duck
2 Pied-billed Grebe
20 Double-crested Cormorant
9 Great Blue Heron
87 Great Egret
7 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Northern Harrier
10 Common Gallinule
2 American Coot
12 Sandhill Crane
1 Semipalmated Plover
37 Killdeer
4 Least Sandpiper
2 Pectoral Sandpiper
1 Short-billed Dowitcher
2 Wilson's Snipe
6 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
4 Caspian Tern
3 Common Tern
2 Purple Martin
6 Barn Swallow

Fish Point, TU

Kim LeBlanc

7/30/2017

Osprey

Shiawassee NWR, SA
(Spaulding Drain Area)

Roger Eriksson

7/30/2017

14 Wood Duck
8 Pied-billed Grebe
5 Great Blue Heron
3 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
3 Osprey

First day of flight for one juvenile, other eating by itself and jumping up and down exercising.third one definitely not with us anymore- sad!!!

4 Virginia Rail
1 Caspian Tern
3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3 Alder Flycatcher
1 Willow Flycatcher
1 Common Raven
7 Marsh Wren
1 Veery
2 Gray Catbird
11 Cedar Waxwing
1 Black-and-white Warbler
4 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Roger Eriksson

7/28/2017

1 Trumpeter Swan
53 Wood Duck
3 Blue-winged Teal
16 Pied-billed Grebe
3 American Bittern
2 Green Heron
3 Osprey
2 Virginia Rail
1 Common Gallinule
3 Sandhill Crane
1 Wilson's Snipe
2 Caspian Tern
6 Black Tern
5 Belted Kingfisher
1 Alder Flycatcher
4 Eastern Phoebe
6 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
9 Marsh Wren
110 European Starling
8 Cedar Waxwing
2 Black-and-white Warbler
11 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
3 Pine Warbler
3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
14 Song Sparrow
6 Swamp Sparrow
20 American Goldfinch

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Monica Essenmacher

7/27/2017

1 Green Heron
2 Bald Eagle
3 Great Crested Flycatcher
5 Eastern Kingbird
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Sedge Wren
1 Eastern Bluebird
1 Veery
1 Wood Thrush
12 Common Yellowthroat
1 Grasshopper Sparrow
2 Dickcissel

57 Great Egret
27 Eastern Kingbird
6 Purple Martin
49 Tree Swallow
10 Barn Swallow
3 Sedge Wren
15 Marsh Wren
17 Song Sparrow

Verona SGA, HU

Fish Point, TU

Phil Odum

7/26/2017

1 Hooded Merganser
24 Common Merganser
1 Red-breasted Merganser
8 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
2 Semipalmated Plover
1 Spotted Sandpiper
2 Greater Yellowlegs
3 Caspian Tern
6 Black Tern
4 Common Tern
1 Belted Kingfisher
4 Northern Flicker
1 Merlin
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
7 Eastern Kingbird
1 Common Raven
2 Purple Martin
2 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
23 Cedar Waxwing
1 Black-and-white Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
3 Yellow Warbler
1 Eastern Towhee
2 Orchard Oriole
2 Baltimore Oriole

Tawas Point, IO

Monica Essenmacher

7/26/2017

1 Least Bittern
9 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
1 Northern Harrier
2 Willow Flycatcher
6 Eastern Kingbird
54 Purple Martin
350 Tree Swallow
12 Barn Swallow
1 Sedge Wren
1 Marsh Wren
13 Swamp Sparrow

Nayanquing Pt, BA

Ryan Dziedzic

7/25/2017

Great Blue Heron 4
Sandhill Crane 2
Sedge Wren 2
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 6
Bobolink 2
Eastern Meadowlark 6

Ruffed Grouse 1
American Woodcock 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 12
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 8
Alder Flycatcher 3
Least Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 6
Red-eyed Vireo 21
Black-capped Chickadee 22
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 12
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
Eastern Bluebird 2
Veery 10
Wood Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 24
Brown Thrasher 4
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Golden-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Tennessee Warbler 1
Mourning Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 28
American Redstart 4
Yellow Warbler 12
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Field Sparrow 17
Song Sparrow 15
Swamp Sparrow 9
Eastern Towhee 32
Scarlet Tanager 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Common Grackle 110
Baltimore Oriole 2

McNally/Geneva Rd Grasslands, Geneva Twp., MI

AuSable State Forest (Geneva Road, Geneva Twp.), MI

Larry Abraham

7/24/2017

3 Red Bellied Woodpecker
6 Downy Woodpecker
3 Hairy Woodpecker
5 Tufted Titmouse
5 Rose Breasted Grosbeak
1 Carolina Wren

Bridgeport Twp Home, SA

Roger Eriksson

7/24/2017

5 Trumpeter Swan
26 Wood Duck
1 Hooded Merganser
8 Pied-billed Grebe
4 Great Blue Heron
5 Green Heron
2 Osprey
1 Northern Harrier
2 Virginia Rail
2 Belted Kingfisher
1 Common Raven
8 Marsh Wren
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
8 Swamp Sparrow
1 Indigo Bunting
13 Red-winged Blackbird
11 American Goldfinch

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Roger Eriksson

7/23/2017

9 Trumpeter Swan
3 Wood Duck -- In TP
1 Mallard
3 Pied-billed Grebe
3 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
4 Green Heron
5 Osprey

Watched [nest] for 40 minutes, only saw two juveniles, both doing some wing flaps and jumping, - then female came to nest, shortly after male flew in and dropped off a large fish and flew off. Saw the other juvenile but never saw him being fed. It never lifted head and was not aggressively seeking food as the other two. Not a good sign - hope the runt makes it. As I am writing this one is really jumping up and down exercising it's wings - won't be long and it will be flying.

1 Broad-winged Hawk
3 Virginia Rail
6 Sandhill Crane
1 Caspian Tern
1 Black Tern
3 Belted Kingfisher
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Pileated Woodpecker
3 Alder Flycatcher
1 Hermit Thrush
2 Black-and-white Warbler
18 Common Yellowthroat
3 White-throated Sparrow

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Monica Essenmacher

7/22/2017

9 Wood Duck
1 Hooded Merganser
8 Great Blue Heron
21 Great Egret
2 Northern Harrier
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Barred Owl
3 Belted Kingfisher
5 Willow Flycatcher
14 Eastern Kingbird
22 Purple Martin
281 Tree Swallow
66 Barn Swallow
4 Cliff Swallow
2 House Wren
3 Sedge Wren
17 Marsh Wren
25 American Robin
8 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
154 European Starling
1 American Redstart
5 Yellow Warbler
1 Grasshopper Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
11 Savannah Sparrow
11 Song Sparrow
18 Swamp Sparrow
1 Dickcissel

Fish Point, TU

Roger Eriksson

7/21/2017

2 Trumpeter Swan
14 Wood Duck
1 Hooded Merganser
4 Pied-billed Grebe
1 American Bittern
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
4 Green Heron
3 Osprey
7 Virginia Rail
1 Common Gallinule
5 Alder Flycatcher
4 Eastern Kingbird
3 Veery
5 Gray Catbird
4 Black-and-white Warbler
12 Common Yellowthroat
14 Swamp Sparrow

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Joe Soehnel

7/20/2017

Canada Goose 204
Wood Duck 77
Blue-winged Teal 7
Pied-billed Grebe 33
Great Blue Heron 49
Great Egret 316
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 8
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 4
Virginia Rail 11
Sora 1
Common Gallinule 28
American Coot 10
Sandhill Crane 6
Killdeer 10
Least Sandpiper 18
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Caspian Tern 5
Black Tern 5
Common Tern 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Belted Kingfisher 4
Northern Flicker 8
Willow Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 9
Sedge Wren 4
Marsh Wren 37
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Common Yellowthroat 36
Savannah Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 41
Swamp Sparrow 11
Indigo Bunting 26
Dickcissel 5
American Goldfinch 27

Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
(Restricted Access)

July 19th, 2017

7/19/2017

1 Willow Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
28 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo
79 Tree Swallow
1 Barn Swallow
3 Black-capped Chickadee
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 House Wren
10 Eastern Bluebird
2 Veery
1 Wood Thrush
1 Ovenbird
3 Vesper Sparrow
5 Savannah Sparrow
17 Song Sparrow
5 Northern Cardinal
5 Indigo Bunting
1 Baltimore Oriole
2 Purple Finch

Mt. Forest Twp, BA

John Porath

7/17/2017

Northern Flicker 2
Willow Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 5
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 2

Murphy Lake SGA, TU

Joe Soehnel

7/17/2017

Bald Eagle 3
Great Egret 4
Caspian Tern 6
Cliff Swallow 65

Saginaw River/Bay City, BA

Roger Eriksson

7/17/2017

2 Brown Thrasher
2 Common Yellowthroat
1 Clay-colored Sparrow
6 Savannah Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
3 Dickcissel
1 Eastern Meadowlark

1 Trumpeter Swan
2 Wood Duck
1 Hooded Merganser
3 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
4 Green Heron
4 Osprey
4 Virginia Rail
1 Common Gallinule
2 Black Tern
7 Belted Kingfisher
1 Pileated Woodpecker
4 Red-eyed Vireo
13 Black-capped Chickadee
7 Marsh Wren
3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
2 Veery
5 Gray Catbird
1 Ovenbird
2 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
15 Common Yellowthroat
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
10 Song Sparrow
19 Swamp Sparrow

Old US Highway 23, IO

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Roger Eriksson

7/15/2017

8 Trumpeter Swan
8 Pied-billed Grebe
1 American Bittern
7 Great Blue Heron
3 Green Heron
5 Osprey
1 Bald Eagle
2 Virginia Rail
3 Belted Kingfisher
1 Hermit Thrush
3 Brown Thrasher
2 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
15 Common Yellowthroat
13 Song Sparrow
18 Swamp Sparrow

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Roger Eriksson

7/14/2017

9 Trumpeter Swan
4 Pied-billed Grebe
2 American Bittern
3 Green Heron
1 Virginia Rail
1 Caspian Tern
2 Common Tern
1 Veery
2 Black-and-white Warbler -- adult male, juvenile
17 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
16 Song Sparrow
14 Swamp Sparrow

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Phil Odum

7/14/2017

50 Common Merganser
2 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Green Heron
1 Killdeer
5 Sanderling
2 Spotted Sandpiper
207 Ring-billed Gull
1 Black Tern
3 Common Tern
1 Common Raven
2 Purple Martin
1 American Redstart
1 Pine Warbler
1 Orchard Oriole

Tawas Point, IO

Ryan Dziedzic

7/13/2017

Bald Eagle 2
Killdeer 73
Least Sandpiper 37
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
House Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Dickcissel 1
Baltimore Oriole 2

Turkey Vulture 1
Killdeer 13
Least Sandpiper 5
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Barn Swallow 8
American Robin 1
Common Grackle 1

Mourning Dove 1
Song Sparrow 1
Dickcissel 1 Singing male
Red-winged Blackbird 2

Jasper Twp., MI

Joe Soehnel

7/13/2017

Wood Duck 6
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 7
Great Egret 77
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
Virginia Rail 2
Sora 1
Common Gallinule 8
American Coot 5
Killdeer 3
Wilson's Snipe 2
Spotted Sandpiper 8
Solitary Sandpiper 6
Common Tern 1
Sedge Wren 4
Marsh Wren 6
Dickcissel 9
Bobolink 3

Shiawassee NWR IWMMP(Partial), SA

(Restricted Access)

Roger Eriksson

7/12/2017

12 Trumpeter Swan
1 Green Heron
4 Osprey
4 Virginia Rail
4 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
4 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Cliff Swallow
15 Common Yellowthroat
9 Song Sparrow
14 Swamp Sparrow
24 Red-winged Blackbird

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Roger Eriksson

7/11/2017

5 Trumpeter Swan
2 Green Heron
5 Osprey
2 Virginia Rail
3 Black Tern
1 Black-billed Cuckoo
3 Veery
1 Brown Thrasher
11 Common Yellowthroat
2 Pine Warbler
9 Song Sparrow
10 Swamp Sparrow

Tuttle Marsh, IO