Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

Allen Chartier

8/31/2017

Canada Goose 55
Mallard 135
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 7
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 16
Ring-billed Gull 26
Mourning Dove 42
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Crow 3
Horned Lark 19
Tree Swallow 79
Barn Swallow 37
European Starling 182
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Bobolink 8
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 38
Common Grackle 122
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 7
House Sparrow 15

Columbia Twp, TU

John Porath & Craig Schafer

8/31/2017

Canada Goose 19
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Mourning Dove 9
Chimney Swift 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Least Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 11
American Crow 3
Horned Lark 2
Black-capped Chickadee 7
American Robin 1
Cedar Waxwing 1
American Redstart 5
Pine Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 1
Vesper Sparrow 15
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Common Grackle 10
American Goldfinch 2

Kochville Twp, SA
"Schafer Place"

Phil Odum

8/31/2017

1 Snow Goose -- All white goose flying within a flock of CAGO. black wingtips noticably smaller than CAGO..
700 Canada Goose
8 Mallard
1 Common Goldeneye -- Pic
1 Hooded Merganser
20 Common Merganser
4 Common Loon
4 Pied-billed Grebe
184 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
1 Osprey
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Bald Eagle
6 Semipalmated Plover
5 Sanderling
2 Baird's Sandpiper
4 Semipalmated Sandpiper
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
2 jaeger sp. -- Time seen 11:27 AM..Mostly dark bird overall thin wing pointed wing tip falcon like flight.watched bird land on water then get back up and resume flight .. flying from north to south ..total Viewing time 30 sec.good looks slight white crescent in primaries of wings .. Viewing through scopes. Second bird seen at 12:44 PM.overall dark seen at a distance.swooping type flight..watched for approximately 2 min..
1 Bonaparte's Gull
55 Ring-billed Gull
6 Herring Gull
1 Caspian Tern
4 Mourning Dove
1 Common Nighthawk
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Downy Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Least Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Philadelphia Vireo
2 Warbling Vireo
4 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed)
3 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
7 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
4 European Starling
6 Cedar Waxwing
3 Black-and-white Warbler
2 Tennessee Warbler
3 Nashville Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat
7 American Redstart
3 Cape May Warbler
3 Magnolia Warbler
3 Bay-breasted Warbler
6 Blackburnian Warbler
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
4 Blackpoll Warbler
2 Palm Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
5 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Wilson's Warbler
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Lark Sparrow -- Pic
1 White-throated Sparrow

Tawas Point, IO

Phil Odum

8/30/2017

1 Blue-winged Teal
10 Mallard
1 Hooded Merganser
30 Common Merganser
2 Common Loon
2 Pied-billed Grebe
4 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
1 Green Heron
1 Black-bellied Plover
1 Semipalmated Plover
2 Sanderling
12 peep sp.
2 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs
16 Ring-billed Gull
5 Herring Gull
3 Mourning Dove
1 Black-billed Cuckoo
2 Belted Kingfisher
1 Downy Woodpecker
6 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
1 Least Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
4 Eastern Kingbird -- Careful count
4 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed)
8 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
28 European Starling
56 Cedar Waxwing
1 Golden-winged Warbler
3 Tennessee Warbler
3 Nashville Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat
11 American Redstart
4 Cape May Warbler
1 Magnolia Warbler
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
6 Blackburnian Warbler
3 Yellow Warbler -- Careful count
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
12 Yellow-rumped Warbler
4 Black-throated Green Warbler
2 Wilson's Warbler
3 Song Sparrow
1 Orchard Oriole

Tawas Point, IO

Roger Eriksson

8/30/2017

Canada Goose 52
Wood Duck 174
Blue-winged Teal 96
Northern Shoveler 1
Mallard 586
American Black Duck 21
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 58
Pied-billed Grebe 66
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 77
Great Blue Heron 32
Great Egret 139
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 7
Turkey Vulture 3
Northern Harrier 5
Bald Eagle 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Virginia Rail 7
Sora 5
Common Gallinule 42
American Coot 19
Sandhill Crane 2
Semipalmated Plover 8
Killdeer 27
Stilt Sandpiper 3
Baird's Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 9
Pectoral Sandpiper 11
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 11
Lesser Yellowlegs 18
Ring-billed Gull 304
Caspian Tern 6
Mourning Dove 9
Belted Kingfisher 4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Peregrine Falcon 3
Eastern Phoebe 6
Eastern Kingbird 3
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 22
Bank Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 16
Cliff Swallow 2
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 32
Vesper Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 8
Indigo Bunting 7
Bobolink 232
Red-winged Blackbird 9
American Goldfinch 45

Shiawassee NWR, SA

Roger Eriksson

8/29/2017

93 Wood Duck
2 American Black Duck
88 Mallard
2 Ring-necked Duck
6 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Double-crested Cormorant
6 Great Blue Heron
22 Great Egret
3 Black-crowned Night-Heron
1 Northern Harrier
1 Virginia Rail
2 Common Gallinule
21 Ring-billed Gull
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Least Flycatcher
7 Eastern Kingbird
3 Marsh Wren

Nayanquing Pt, BA

Phil Odum

8/29/2017

3 Semipalmated Plover
1 Sanderling
1 Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs
25 Ring-billed Gull
12 Herring Gull
2 Mourning Dove
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Belted Kingfisher
1 Downy Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Merlin
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
2 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed)
4 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
4 Barn Swallow
3 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 American Robin
5 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
3 European Starling
32 Cedar Waxwing
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Tennessee Warbler
5 American Redstart
2 Cape May Warbler
2 Yellow Warbler
5 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 Wilson's Warbler
1 Song Sparrow
1 Baltimore Oriole

Tawas Point, Io

Phil Odum

8/28/2017

10 Common Merganser
1 Common Loon
1 Pied-billed Grebe
3 Double-crested Cormorant
4 Great Blue Heron
2 Great Egret
7 Semipalmated Plover
3 Sanderling
16 Ring-billed Gull
8 Herring Gull
1 Caspian Tern
4 Mourning Dove
1 Chimney Swift
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Belted Kingfisher
1 Downy Woodpecker
8 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Least Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
6 Eastern Kingbird -- Careful count
6 Red-eyed Vireo
9 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2 Purple Martin
3 Black-capped Chickadee
1 House Wren
5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
3 Brown Thrasher
6 European Starling
30 Cedar Waxwing -- North to south
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
8 American Redstart
2 Cape May Warbler
2 Magnolia Warbler
2 Yellow Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
9 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
8 Song Sparrow
1 Orchard Oriole -- Female type. Pic
1 Baltimore Oriole

Tawas Point, IO

Craig Schafer

8/27/2017

Common Nighthawk 1
Ruby throated Hummingbird 2
pileated Woodpecker 2
Olive Sided Flycatcher 2
Eastern Wood Pewee 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Philadelphia Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Red eyed Vireo 2
Barn Swallow 10
House Wren 1
Blue gray Gnatcatcher 4
Eastern Bluebird 3
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 5
Black and White Warbler 1
Ametican Redstart 6
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Black Throated Green Warbler 2
Vesper Sparrow 4
Rose Breasted Grosbeak 6
Indigo Bunting 2
Baltimore Oriole 3

Kochville Twp Yard, SA

Monica Essenmacher

8/26/2017

1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Veery
1 Green Heron
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Philadelphia Vireo

2 Green Heron
2 Northern Harrier
13 Pectoral Sandpiper
16 Lesser Yellowlegs
2 Caspian Tern
4 Belted Kingfisher
1 Least Flycatcher
300 Tree Swallow

Garfield Twp, BA

Nayanquing Pt, BA

Kevin Kane

8/26/2017

Peregrine Falcon 2 ad

Alabaster, IO

Roger Eriksson

8/25/2017

1 Least Flycatcher
5 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
19 Black-capped Chickadee
5 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Hermit Thrush
3 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Tennessee Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
9 American Redstart
2 Cape May Warbler
4 Magnolia Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1 Black-throated Green Warbler

Baldwin Twp, IO

Monica Essenmacher

8/25/2017

1 Green Heron
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Olive-sided Flycatcher
5 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Least Flycatcher
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
5 Blue-headed Vireo
3 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Veery
3 American Redstart
1 Magnolia Warbler
1 Indigo Bunting
263 Common Grackle

Huron Nature Center Area, HU

Allen Chartier

8/24/2017

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 156
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 12
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 Immature (first cycle).
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) 1 Flyover, giving distinctive pipipi call.
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 24
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 3
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 10
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 4
Purple Martin (Progne subis) 1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 7
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 64
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 3
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 118
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 3
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) 11

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 183
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 29
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) 5
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 133
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 7
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 5
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 4
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 6
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 14
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 3
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) 4
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 1
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 4
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 2
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 6
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 4
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) 2
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) 1 Calling bird, giving flat "whit" call note. Nearly no eye ring, so not Least which gives a more emphatic "whit" call.
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 4
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 60
Purple Martin (Progne subis) 95
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 231
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) 40 All over the wires near the observation tower. Careful estimate. Does not include some that were also flying around and calling.
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 500
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 10
swallow sp. (Hirundinidae sp.) 1000
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 3
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 5
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 2

Columbia Twp, TU

Fish Point, TU

Monica Essenmacher

8/24/2017

18 Wild Turkey
1 Common Loon
1 Pileated Woodpecker
9 Eastern Wood-Pewee
3 Eastern Phoebe
1 Eastern Kingbird
3 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Eastern Bluebird
1 Swainson's Thrush
2 Wood Thrush
11 American Redstart
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
1 Blackpoll Warbler
8 Chipping Sparrow
3 Savannah Sparrow

4 Bald Eagle
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 American Kestrel
5 Eastern Meadowlark

3 Eastern Screech-Owl
2 Barred Owl

Hume Twp, HU

Kinch Rd, HU

Rush Lake SGA, HU

Craig Schafer

8/23/2017

Canada Geese 30
Ruby Throated Hummingbird 4
Northetn Flicker 3
Olive Sided Flycatcher 1
Eastern Wood Pewee 1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher 4
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
American Redstart 5
Warbler sp 3
Rose Breasted Grosbeak 4
Baltimore Oriole 1

Kochville Twp, SA

Roger Eriksson

8/23/2017

1 Green Heron
1 Least Flycatcher
2 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 American Robin
2 Gray Catbird
2 Black-and-white Warbler
3 Nashville Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
5 American Redstart
3 Cape May Warbler
1 Magnolia Warbler
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Blackpoll Warbler
3 Pine Warbler
3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 Canada Warbler

Tawas Point, IO

Monica Essenmacher

8/23/2017

18 Wood Duck
17 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
284 Purple Marti
2565 Tree Swallow
12 Bank Swallow
86 Barn Swallow
4 Cliff Swallow

1 Red-headed Woodpecker
1 Merlin
15 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
1 Willow Flycatcher
2 Red-eyed Vireo

Fish Point, Tu

Rush Lake SGA, HU

Craig Schafer

8/22/2017

Turkey Vulture 3
Red tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 26
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby throated Hummingbird 5
Red bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Wood Pewee 2
Alder-willow Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Tree Swallow 2
House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 2
American Redstart 2
Chipping Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 1
Rose Breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Baltimore Oriole 4
Common Grackle 3
Hpuse Finch 12
American Goldfinch 18

Kochville Twp Yard Birds, SA

Phil Odum

8/21/2017

1 Hooded Merganser
14 Common Merganser
1 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Common Loon
13 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
3 Great Egret
1 Bald Eagle
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Stilt Sandpiper -- Pics
6 Sanderling
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
5 Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull
3 Caspian Tern
6 Mourning Dove
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Merlin
1 Least Flycatcher
4 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo (Red-eyed)
3 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
4 Tree Swallow
3 Barn Swallow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
54 Cedar Waxwing
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Tennessee Warbler
2 Nashville Warbler
6 American Redstart
1 Northern Parula
2 Yellow Warbler
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
1 Canada Warbler
1 Chipping Sparrow

Tawas Point, IO

Phil Odum

8/20/2017

2 Semipalmated Plover
1 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Herring Gull
1 Caspian Tern
11 Mourning Dove
1 Chimney Swift
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
1 Least Flycatcher
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
6 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireo
12 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
4 Tree Swallow
3 Barn Swallow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 House Wren
2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4 American Robin
4 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
36 European Starling
25 Cedar Waxwing
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Tennessee Warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
1 Common Yellowthroat
6 American Redstart
1 Cape May Warbler
4 Yellow Warbler
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
2 Song Sparrow
1 Orchard Oriole -- Pic coming

Tawas Point, IO

Monica Essenmacher

8/20/2017

1 Bald Eagle
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
5 Blue Jay
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
521 Common Grackle
10 American Goldfinch

Beaver Twp Home, BA

Roger Eriksson

8/20/2017

9 Trumpeter Swan
26 Wood Duck
28 Pied-billed Grebe
6 Great Blue Heron
9 Great Egret
1 Northern Harrier
1 Virginia Rail
3 Sandhill Crane
1 American Golden-Plover
1 Merlin
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Alder/Willow Flycatcher
3 Eastern Phoebe
1 Red-eyed Vireo
4 Blue Jay
2 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 American Robin
4 Common Yellowthroat
1 American Redstart
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Kim LeBlanc

8/20/2017

Peregrine Falcon 1

Shiawassee NWR, SA

Monica Essenmacher

8/19/2017

21 Wood Duck
3 American Black Duck
2 American Bittern
1 Green Heron
1 Virginia Rail
11 Sandhill Crane
1 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Peregrine Falcon
3 Eastern Phoebe
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
7 Eastern Kingbird
1 Red-eyed Vireo
2 Marsh Wren
3 American Robin
3 Gray Catbird
2 Common Yellowthroat
2 Yellow Warbler

Nayanquing Pt, BA