Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

John Porath

7/31/2018

Wood Duck 7
Mallard 18
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 11
Great Egret 12
Green Heron 1
Bald Eagle 1
Killdeer 2
Ring-billed Gull 5
Caspian Tern 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Tree Swallow 125
Common Yellowthroat 1
Song Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 2
American Goldfinch 3

Nayanquing Point SWA, BA

Phil Odum

7/31/2018

3 Common Merganser
2 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Great Blue Heron
2 Green Heron
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Bald Eagle
2 Sanderling
4 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Bonaparte's Gull
200 Ring-billed Gull
2 Herring Gull
30 Black Tern
4 Common Tern
6 Mourning Dove
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1 Chimney Swift
1 Belted Kingfisher
3 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
12 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
10 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed)
10 Blue Jay
6 Tree Swallow
6 Barn Swallow
3 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 House Wren
1 Veery
10 American Robin
6 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher
38 Cedar Waxwing
1 Ovenbird
1 Northern Waterthrush
5 Nashville Warbler
4 Common Yellowthroat
10 American Redstart
2 Cape May Warbler
2 Northern Parula
8 Yellow Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
4 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1 Field Sparrow
8 Song Sparrow
4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Bunting
2 Orchard Oriole
6 Baltimore Oriole
13 Red-winged Blackbird
5 Brown-headed Cowbird
12 Common Grackle
2 American Goldfinch

Tawas Point SP, IO

John Porath

7/30/2018

Canada Goose 1
Wood Duck 27
Mallard 12
Pied-billed Grebe 15
Double-crested Cormorant 3
American White Pelican 1
Great Egret 9
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Common Gallinule 1
Killdeer 10
Least Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Wilson's Snipe 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Ring-billed Gull 19
Caspian Tern 3
Tree Swallow 50
Bank Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 7
American Goldfinch 2

Crow Island SGA, SA

Monica Essenmacher

7/29/2018

7 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
2 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle
2 Red-tailed Hawk
7 Sandhill Crane
25 Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull
1 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
8 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Merlin
5 Eastern Wood-Pewee
3 Willow Flycatcher
8 Great Crested Flycatcher
25 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
11 Purple Martin
13 Tree Swallow
8 Barn Swallow
7 Black-capped Chickadee
2 House Wren
4 American Robin
10 Gray Catbird
10 European Starling
6 Cedar Waxwing
5 Common Yellowthroat
2 Yellow Warbler
3 Chipping Sparrow
1 Savannah Sparrow
13 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
3 Northern Cardinal
5 Indigo Bunting
2 Orchard Oriole
3 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Common Grackle
3 House Finch
24 American Goldfinch
1 House Sparrow

Pinconning Twp., BA

Phil Odum

7/29/2018

9 Mallard
2 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
2 Green Heron
1 Semipalmated Plover
2 Sanderling
1 Least Sandpiper
4 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Bonaparte's Gull
33 Ring-billed Gull
2 Herring Gull
2 Caspian Tern
41 Black Tern
3 Common Tern
4 Mourning Dove
1 Black-billed Cuckoo
3 Chimney Swift
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Downy Woodpecker
16 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed)
13 Blue Jay
3 Purple Martin
7 Tree Swallow
2 Bank Swallow
2 Barn Swallow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 House Wren
22 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher
8 European Starling
13 Cedar Waxwing
2 Northern Waterthrush
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Tennessee Warbler
6 Nashville Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
2 Cape May Warbler
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
2 Blackburnian Warbler
4 Yellow Warbler
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
6 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
4 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 Scarlet Tanager
4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Indigo Bunting
2 Orchard Oriole
6 Baltimore Oriole
20 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
18 Common Grackle
2 Purple Finch
3 American Goldfinch

Tawas Point SP, IO

Wayne Shawl

7/28/2018

Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Hermit Thrush 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Ovenbird 1
Pine Warbler 2
Vesper Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

Trumpeter Swan 4
Wood Duck 18
Blue-winged Teal 11
Green-winged Teal 1
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 9
Great Blue Heron 14
Great Egret 89
Green Heron 2
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 2
Virginia Rail 2
Common Gallinule 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Caspian Tern 2
Black Tern 1
Common Tern 5
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Belted Kingfisher 4
Northern Flicker 7
Alder Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
Warbling Vireo 1
Common Raven 1
Marsh Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Swamp Sparrow 5
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 14

Kokosing Road Pine Barrens, IO

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Phil Odum

7/27/2018

19 Common Merganser
1 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
2 Green Heron
2 Sanderling
1 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Greater Yellowlegs
160 Ring-billed Gull
2 Herring Gull
1 Caspian Tern
4 Black Tern
4 Common Tern
8 Mourning Dove
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
3 Chimney Swift
20 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Merlin
1 Olive-sided Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
12 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
10 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
50 Tree Swallow
2 Bank Swallow
44 Barn Swallow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
4 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 House Wren
12 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher
30 Cedar Waxwing
4 Northern Waterthrush
1 Tennessee Warbler
4 Nashville Warbler
6 Common Yellowthroat
9 American Redstart
3 Cape May Warbler
2 Northern Parula
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
3 Blackburnian Warbler
12 Yellow Warbler
6 Yellow-rumped Warbler
3 Chipping Sparrow
1 Clay-colored Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 Scarlet Tanager
4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Orchard Oriole
6 Baltimore Oriole
16 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Brown-headed Cowbird
12 Common Grackle

Tawas Point SP, IO

Nice selection of "fall" warblers!

Roger Eriksson

7/27/2018

Canada Goose 26
Trumpeter Swan 9
Wood Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2
American Bittern 4
Great Blue Heron 11
Great Egret 128
Green Heron 6
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 2
Virginia Rail 6
Ring-billed Gull 3
Caspian Tern 2
Common Tern 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 8
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 2
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Veery 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 2
Cedar Waxwing 5
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 11
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler 4
Pine Warbler 2
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 9
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 2
American Goldfinch 21

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Phil Odum

7/25/2018

11 Canada Goose
8 Common Merganser
1 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
2 Green Heron
1 Bald Eagle
41 Sanderling
2 Spotted Sandpiper
200 Ring-billed Gull
4 Herring Gull
71 Black Tern
2 Common Tern
3 Chimney Swift
2 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
8 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Merlin
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
9 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed)
6 Blue Jay
3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
6 Purple Martin
8 Tree Swallow
6 Barn Swallow
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Hermit Thrush
9 American Robin
6 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher
2 Cedar Waxwing
4 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
6 Yellow Warbler
1 Canada Warbler
1 Field Sparrow
6 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
3 Indigo Bunting
2 Orchard Oriole
4 Baltimore Oriole
10 Red-winged Blackbird
20 Common Grackle

Tawas Point SP, IO

Roger Hill

7/25/2018

American White Pelican 6
Trumpeter Swan 9
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper noted
Greater Yellowlegs noted
Lesser Yellowlegs noted
Killdeer noted

Crow Island SGA (west), SA

Monica Essenmacher

7/25/2018

6 Canada Goose
1 Wood Duck
3 Mallard
1 American Bittern
2 Great Blue Heron
3 Great Egret
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle
1 American Coot
2 Sandhill Crane
52 Killdeer
1 Pectoral Sandpiper
1 Spotted Sandpiper
2 Lesser Yellowlegs
6 Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull
1 Caspian Tern
2 Mourning Dove
1 Belted Kingfisher
3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
5 Willow Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
8 Purple Martin
28 Tree Swallow
3 Barn Swallow
2 Cliff Swallow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 House Wren
8 Marsh Wren
2 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
1 Cedar Waxwing
2 Common Yellowthroat
7 Yellow Warbler
3 Savannah Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
9 Swamp Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal
1 Indigo Bunting
2 Yellow-headed Blackbird
10 Red-winged Blackbird
2 Common Grackle
12 American Goldfinch

Nayanquing Point SWA, BA

Myles & Marilyn Willard

7/24/2018

SNOWY OWL 1 Fairhaven Twp., HU

Tom Beachy

7/24/2018

LAUGHING GULL 3 Caseville, HU

John Porath

7/24/2018

Turkey Vulture 6
Mourning Dove 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Northern Flicker 7
Eastern Kingbird 5
Purple Martin 3
Tree Swallow 75
Barn Swallow 12
American Robin 6
Common Yellowthroat 2
Savannah Sparrow 4
Indigo Bunting 1
American Goldfinch

Noggle Road, AR

Monica Essenmacher

7/22/2018

2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2 Downy Woodpecker
4 Blue Jay
1 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
2 American Robin
3 Chipping Sparrow
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Baltimore Oriole
1 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
2 Common Grackle
1 House Sparrow

Beaver Twp. Home, BA

Roger Hill

7/21/2018

42 American White Pelican
9 Trumpeter Swan (2 adults, 9 cygnets)
1 Pectoral Sandpiper
2 Solitary Sandpiper
1 Short-billed Dowitcher
8 Least Sandpiper
8 Lesser Yellowlegs
6 greater Yellowlegs
1 Yellow-headed blackbird (female)

Crow Island SGA (west), SA

Monica Essenmacher

7/20/2018

1 Ring-necked Pheasant
1 Wild Turkey
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Sandhill Crane
1 Killdeer
1 Ring-billed Gull
2 Mourning Dove
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
5 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 American Kestrel
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
3 Willow Flycatcher
2 Eastern Phoebe
4 Great Crested Flycatcher
15 Eastern Kingbird
2 Yellow-throated Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
2 Horned Lark
1 Tree Swallow
2 Barn Swallow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 House Wren
3 Sedge Wren
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4 Veery
3 Wood Thrush
6 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
1 European Starling
10 Cedar Waxwing
8 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
1 Chipping Sparrow
4 Clay-colored Sparrow
6 Field Sparrow
2 Vesper Sparrow
5 Savannah Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
4 Swamp Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee
1 Northern Cardinal
8 Indigo Bunting
1 Dickcissel
2 Bobolink
2 Eastern Meadowlark
1 Red-winged Blackbird
5 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Common Grackle
41 American Goldfinch

Verona SGA, HU

Phil Odum

7/19/2018

2 Canada Goose
12 Mallard
70 Common Merganser
1 Pied-billed Grebe
6 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
3 Green Heron
4 Turkey Vulture
2 Virginia Rail
3 Least Sandpiper
6 Spotted Sandpiper
180 Ring-billed Gull
2 Herring Gull
2 Caspian Tern
4 Black Tern
6 Common Tern
6 Mourning Dove
3 Chimney Swift
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
10 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
10 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed)
10 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
6 Purple Martin
10 Tree Swallow
2 Bank Swallow
4 Barn Swallow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
3 Red-breasted Nuthatch
16 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
4 Brown Thrasher
10 European Starling
12 Cedar Waxwing
1 Northern Waterthrush
1 Nashville Warbler
4 Common Yellowthroat
6 American Redstart
6 Yellow Warbler
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Chipping Sparrow
6 Song Sparrow
3 Indigo Bunting
6 Orchard Oriole
8 Baltimore Oriole
24 Red-winged Blackbird
8 Brown-headed Cowbird
20 Common Grackle
1 American Goldfinch

Tawas Point SP, IO

Monica Essenmacher

7/18/2018

4 Wild Turkey
1 Bald Eagle
1 Broad-winged Hawk
1 Killdeer
12 Mourning Dove
4 Belted Kingfisher
3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
3 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
3 Warbling Vireo
3 Blue Jay
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 House Wren
1 Wood Thrush
2 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
2 Cedar Waxwing
2 Common Yellowthroat
3 Savannah Sparrow
6 Song Sparrow
5 Indigo Bunting
5 Red-winged Blackbird
2 American Goldfinch

2 Ring-necked Pheasant
1 Great Blue Heron
2 Sandhill Crane
1 Killdeer
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
7 Eastern Wood-Pewee
2 Acadian Flycatcher
4 Willow Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
3 Great Crested Flycatcher
4 Yellow-throated Vireo
7 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Horned Lark
10 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2 Tree Swallow
30 Barn Swallow
1 Cliff Swallow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
4 Sedge Wren
1 Veery
3 Common Yellowthroat
3 Chipping Sparrow
9 Clay-colored Sparrow
9 Savannah Sparrow
8 Song Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
2 Scarlet Tanager
2 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Bunting
2 Bobolink
1 Baltimore Oriole
20 Red-winged Blackbird
10 American Goldfinch

Lake Twp. (Grassmere Rd), HU

Lake Twp. (Rush Lake), HU

Wayne Shawl

7/17/2018

Trumpeter Swan 4
Wood Duck 12
Blue-winged Teal 34
Hooded Merganser 1
Wild Turkey 10
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 5
American Bittern 6
Great Blue Heron 22
Great Egret 34
Green Heron 1
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 1
Caspian Tern 4
Common Tern 5
Belted Kingfisher 6
Eastern Kingbird 11
Common Raven 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Swamp Sparrow 7

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Monica Essenmacher

7/17/2018

1 Turkey Vulture
1 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Tree Swallow
1 House Wren
2 Veery
1 Wood Thrush
3 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
3 Cedar Waxwing
1 Common Yellowthroat
1 Cerulean Warbler
1 Eastern Towhee
1 Scarlet Tanager
3 Indigo Bunting
1 Baltimore Oriole
4 Common Grackle
2 American Goldfinch

Port Austin Twp., HU

Roger Hill

7/17/2018

42 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
9 Trumpeter Swan (2 adults, 7 cygnets)
Greater Yellowlegs present
Lesser Yellowlegs present
2 Least Sandpiper

Crow Island SGA (west), SA

John Porath

7/16/2018

Canada Goose 19
Wood Duck 14
Mallard 3
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Least Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 7
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 1
Sandhill Crane 2
Killdeer 2
Ring-billed Gull 3
Caspian Tern 3
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Kestrel 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Tree Swallow 25
Barn Swallow 32
Marsh Wren 6
American Robin 3
European Starling 7
Common Yellowthroat 2
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 6
Red-winged Blackbird 8

Nayanquing Point SWA, BA

Phil Odum

7/16/2018

3 Common Merganser
2 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Green Heron
3 Turkey Vulture
2 Virginia Rail
1 Sora
2 Least Sandpiper
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper
4 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Greater Yellowlegs
2 Lesser Yellowlegs
80 Ring-billed Gull
2 Herring Gull
1 Caspian Tern
3 Black Tern
2 Common Tern
12 Mourning Dove
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
8 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Least Flycatcher
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
8 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
8 Blue Jay
3 Purple Martin
7 Tree Swallow
4 Barn Swallow
3 Black-capped Chickadee
1 House Wren
20 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
2 Brown Thrasher
17 European Starling
2 Cedar Waxwing
2 Common Yellowthroat
2 American Redstart
4 Yellow Warbler
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
10 Song Sparrow
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2 Indigo Bunting
6 Orchard Oriole
4 Baltimore Oriole
33 Red-winged Blackbird
6 Brown-headed Cowbird
60 Common Grackle

Tawas Point SP, IO

Monica Essenmacher

7/15/2018

1 Mourning Dove
1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Eastern Phoebe
2 Eastern Kingbird
18 Barn Swallow
3 Savannah Sparrow
2 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
2 Indigo Bunting
14 Dickcissel
9 Bobolink
2 Eastern Meadowlark

Grant Twp., HU