Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

Roger Eriksson

8/31/2014

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

Ryan Dziedzic

8/31/2014

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.

Joe Soehnel

8/31/2014

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

Ryan Dziedzic

8/28/2014

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

Wayne & Toni Shawl

8/28/2014

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

Roger Eriksson

8/28/2014

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

Ryan Dziedzic

8/27/2014

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

Joe Soehnel

8/26/2014

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.

Roger Eriksson

8/25/2014

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

Joe Soehnel

8/25/2014

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.

Wayne Shawl & Roger Eriksson

8/23/2014

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

Craig Schafer

8/23/2014

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

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

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

Wayne Shawl

8/21/2014

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

Joe Soehnel

8/21/2014

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!

Joe Soehnel

8/20/2014

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.

Craig Schafer

8/19/2014

SNOWY EGRET 2 Nayanquing Point, BA

Joe Soehnel

8/18/2014

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

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

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

Craig Schafer

8/17/2014

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

Roger Eriksson

8/17/2014

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

Joe Soehnel

8/17/2014

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

Joe Soehnel & Ryan Dziedzic

8/15/2014

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.