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Roger Eriksson

8/31/2014

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Wood Duck  111
American Wigeon  1
Mallard  149
Green-winged Teal  2
Pied-billed Grebe  36
Double-crested Cormorant  8                                Shiawassee NWR, SA
Great Blue Heron  23
Great Egret  78
Northern Harrier  2
Bald Eagle  1
Common Gallinule  19
American Coot  26
Sandhill Crane  2
Black-bellied Plover  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
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Ryan Dziedzic

8/31/2014

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Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Killdeer
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Mourning Dove
American Kestrel
Merlin
American Crow
Horned Lark
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Magnolia Warbler
Bobolink

16
4
55
60
2
160
1
2
210
30
1
1
6
Jasper Twp., MI




The shorebirds were found in a tilled field at the SE corner of Coleman and Laporte Roads.

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Joe Soehnel

8/31/2014

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Red-headed Woodpecker   1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   1                           Alabaster Twp, IO
Rose-breasted Grosbeak    1
Baltimore Oriole   1
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Ryan Dziedzic

8/28/2014

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Green Heron
Red-shouldered Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Solitary Sandpiper
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Golden-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Bobolink
1
1
15
1
2
1
1
5
6
1
17
1
1
1
9
6
11
82
4
1
5
14
8
8
1
1
1
14
7
5
AuSable State Forest, Geneva Twp., MI
Hooded Merganser
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Belted Kingfisher
1
3
28
1
Poseyville Road Wetlands, MI
Northern Shoveler
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Bald Eagle
Semipalmated Plover
Baird's Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Tern
3
8
5
2
2
400+
20
Dow Ponds, MI
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Wayne & Toni Shawl

8/28/2014

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Blue-winged Teal  1
Pied-billed Grebe  7
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  7
Green Heron  1                                             Tuttle Marsh, IO
Osprey  1
Sandhill Crane  7
Belted Kingfisher  4
Eastern Kingbird  1
Marsh Wren  1
Swamp Sparrow  3
Indigo Bunting  1
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Roger Eriksson

8/28/2014

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Wood Duck  22                                               Nayanquing Pt, BA
Blue-winged Teal  1
Pied-billed Grebe  8
Great Blue Heron  6
Great Egret  11
Belted Kingfisher  4
Empidonax sp.  2
Barn Swallow  1


Canada Goose  300                                       Standish Sewage Lagoons, AR
American Wigeon  1
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  102
Blue-winged Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  2
Northern Pintail  1
Hooded Merganser  1
Great Egret  2
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Solitary Sandpiper  2
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
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Ryan Dziedzic

8/27/2014

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American Woodcock
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Nashville Warbler
American Redstart
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
1
2
2
1
1
2
8
Oil City area, MI
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Joe Soehnel

8/26/2014

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Trumpeter Swan  1
Wood Duck  349
Blue-winged Teal  102
Pied-billed Grebe  36
Great Blue Heron  44
Great Egret  118
Green Heron  15
Common Gallinule  12
American Coot  55
Sandhill Crane  15
Black-bellied Plover  1
Semipalmated Plover  10
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Solitary Sandpiper  3
Greater Yellowlegs  11
Lesser Yellowlegs  35
Stilt Sandpiper  6
Short-billed Dowitcher  11
Wilson's Snipe  9
Caspian Tern  13
Eastern Wood Pewee  6
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Yellow Warbler 2
Bobolink  653









Shiawassee NWR, SA  - Results of this week's IWMMP survey along with another massive number of Bobolinks as they continue to build in incredible numbers at the refuge. Their calling continued in all sections of the refuge but I didn't add nor look for additional numbers.  The number that I have came from four separate sections of the refuge. 
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Roger Eriksson

8/25/2014

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Trumpeter Swan  1
Wood Duck  104
American Wigeon  4
Mallard  43
Blue-winged Teal  27
Hooded Merganser  8
Pied-billed Grebe  14
Double-crested Cormorant  5                      Shiawassee NWR, SA
Great Blue Heron  21
Great Egret  101
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Northern Harrier  2
Bald Eagle  1
Common Gallinule  12
American Coot  52
Sandhill Crane  2
Greater Yellowlegs  16
Lesser Yellowlegs  28
Pectoral Sandpiper  3
Short-billed Dowitcher  7
Wilson's Snipe  1
Red-winged Blackbird  226
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Joe Soehnel

8/25/2014

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Bald Eagle  1 ad
Ring-billed Gull  350                                        Alabaster Twp, IO
Common Nighthawk  244

A massive migratory group of Common Nighthawks flew along the Tawas Bay shoreline in roughly a mile stretch, feasting on a flying ant hatch.  The Ring-billed Gulls were mixed in the feeding frenzy.  I counted those that flew to the 'south' of me along with a very large group that flew over the gypsum dock on Douglas Drive, and then many more descended from lofty heights over the bay to enter into the feast.  There were likely many more than I was able to count in this phenomenal observation.
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Wayne Shawl & Roger Eriksson

8/23/2014

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Northern Pintail  2
Common Loon  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  5
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1
Caspian Tern  1
Common Tern  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1                          Tawas Pt, IO
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  4
Eastern Kingbird  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Purple Martin  6
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Gray Catbird  2
Cedar Waxwing  10
Nashville Warbler  1
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1
Dark-eyed Junco  1
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Craig Schafer

8/23/2014

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Snowy Egret 2  (juv and adult together)            
Great Egret 10
Great Blue Heron 3
American Bittern 1
Sandhill Crane 3
Nothern Harrier 2
Caspian Tern 1                                                    Nayanquing Pt, BA
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Pied billed Grebe 2
Wood Duck 22
Belted Kingfisher 2
Northern Flicker 6
Downy Woodpecker 2
House Wren 3
Rose Breasted Grosbeak 1
Ruby Throated Hummingbird 2
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Ryan Dziedzic

8/23/2014

 
Ruffed Grouse
Broad-winged Hawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Redstart
Blackburnian Warbler
Eastern Towhee




3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1

Oil City area, MI

Roger Eriksson

8/22/2014

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Bonaparte's Gull  3                                        Lebourdais Rd/Saginaw Bay, BA
Caspian Tern  26
Tern sp.  155
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Wood Duck  41                                                Nayanquing Point, BA
Pied-billed Grebe  6
Great Blue Heron  4
Great Egret  10
Snowy Egret  1     juv
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2 
Northern Harrier  2
Bald Eagle  2
Sandhill Crane  4
Belted Kingfisher  3
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Kingbird  1
Bank Swallow  1
American Goldfinch  11
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Wayne Shawl

8/21/2014

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Ruffed Grouse  2                                             Cooke Dam Area, IO
Wild Turkey  7
Common Loon  2
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  5
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  3
Pileated Woodpecker  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  8
Purple Finch  3
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Wild Turkey  7                                               Pine Barrens, IO
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  5
Northern Flicker  37
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  4
Blue Jay  8
Common Raven  2
Eastern Bluebird  4
American Robin  45
Brown Thrasher  2
Pine Warbler  4
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  15
Vesper Sparrow  2
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Joe Soehnel

8/21/2014

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Eastern Bluebird  1                                         Hampton Twp, BA
Baltimore Oriole  1

Hearing both these birds calling in my back yard as I woke up was a great way to start the day!


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Joe Soehnel

8/20/2014

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Wood Duck  267
Blue-winged Teal  22
Green-winged Teal  41
Hooded Merganser  27
Pied-billed Grebe  36
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  46
Great Egret  104
Green Heron  5
Virginia Rail  1
Sora  1
Common Gallinule  24
American Coot  81
Sandhill Crane  26
Black-bellied Plover  1
Semipalmated Plover  1
Spotted Sandpiper  6
Solitary Sandpiper  7
Greater Yellowlegs  4
Lesser Yellowlegs  40
Wilson's Snipe  36
Caspian Tern  13
Eastern Wood Pewee  12
Bank Swallow  12
Northern Flicker  10
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Yellow Warbler 1
Bobolink  432
Indigo Bunting  10








Shiawassee NWR, SA - Results of this week's IWMMP survey.  Waterfowl/shorebird numbers are down substantially from last year due to higher river levels and grown over units that previously had extensive mudflats.  In the meantime, Bobolinks are staging in record numbers in the tall grassy/weedy fields in various locations of the refuge.
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Craig Schafer

8/19/2014

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SNOWY EGRET  2                                            Nayanquing Point, BA
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Joe Soehnel

8/18/2014

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Black-crowned Night Heron  6                        Dow Property Wetlands, MI
Osprey  1

Bald Eagle  2                                                  Dow Ponds, MI
Double-crested Cormorant  86
Great Blue Heron  11
Caspian Tern  18

Lesser Scaup  1                                              Freeland Sewage Lagoons, SA
Green Heron  1
Spotted Sandpiper  13
Least
Sandpiper  16
Lesser Yellowlegs  1

Killdeer  73                                                    MBS Airport, SA

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Ryan Dziedzic

8/18/2014

 
Solitary Sandpiper
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray Catbird
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Bobolink
Purple Finch
1
3
1
8
1
6
1
10
2
9
1
15
5
3
15
3
3
6
8
2
AuSable State Forest, Geneva Twp., MI
Barred Owl
1
Oil City area, MI

Doug Jackson

8/18/2014

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Snowy Egret 1                                                 Nayanquing Pt, BA
Merlin 1
Bald Eagle 1
Wilson's Snipe 11
Black-crowned Night-heron 6
Green Heron 1
Wood Duck 19
Hooded Merganser 2
Belted Kingfisher 3
Caspian Tern 2
Northern Harrier 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1

Lesser Yellowlegs 1                                        Standish Sewage Lagoon, AR
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
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Craig Schafer

8/17/2014

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Cooper's Hawk 2
Wood Duck 85
Great Egret 50
SNOWY EGRET 1
Great blue heron 12
Green Heron 8
Black crowned night heron 6                                   Nayanquing Point, BA
Wilsons Snipe 4
Lesser Yellow legs 10
Common Gallinule  8  (5 juv)
House Wren 4
marsh wren 5
Swamp sparrow 10
cedar waxwing 8
Gray catbird 12
song sparrow 8
Eastern Kingbird 12
Yellow-headed Blackbird  2
American Goldfinch 30
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Roger Eriksson

8/17/2014

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1    Trumpeter Swan       
73    Wood Duck       
89    Mallard       
12    Blue-winged Teal       
 4    Green-winged Teal
 5    Hooded Merganser       
27    Pied-billed Grebe       
  3    Double-crested Cormorant                  Shiawassee NWR, SA
26    Great Blue Heron       
72    Great Egret       
  1    Green Heron       
  1    Black-crowned Night-Heron  
  5    Common Gallinule       
34    American Coot       
  4    Sandhill Crane       
  3    Greater Yellowlegs       
  1    Lesser Yellowlegs  
  4    Caspian Tern      
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Joe Soehnel

8/17/2014

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Canada Goose  408
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Great Blue Heron  5                                       Karn Plant (Restricted Access), BA
Great Egret  12
SNOWY EGRET  1
Black-crowned Night Heron  4
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Joe Soehnel & Ryan Dziedzic

8/15/2014

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Canada Goose  420
Trumpeter Swan  1
Wood Duck  249
American Wigeon  1
Northern Pintail  4

Mallard   998
Blue-winged Teal  31
Hooded Merganser  40
Pied-billed Grebe  29
Great Blue Heron  55
Great Egret  90
Green Heron  22

Black-crowned Night Heron  20
Common Gallinule  26
Sandhill Crane  37
Semipalmated Plover  5
Stilt Sandpiper  2
Greater Yellowlegs  9
Lesser Yellowlegs  22

Pectoral Sandpiper  9
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Willow Flycatcher  1
Great-crested Flycatcher  3
Eastern Wood Pewee  9
Song Sparrow  38
Bobolink  301








Shiawassee NWR, SA - This was some of the IWMMP highlights along with non waterbird observations.  There were twelve shorebird species in all.

The Bobolink movement was very impressive in three distinct areas of the refuge.
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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:  
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    • SWA = State Wildlife Area;
    • SGA = State Game Area; 
    • SF = State Forest;
    • NWR = National Wildlife Refuge;
    • IWMMP = Integrated Waterbird Management Monitoring Program; 
    • CDF = Containment Disposal Facility (Dredge Island).

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