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Al Turner

9/30/2014

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Common Merganser  11
Common Loon  1
Great Egret  4
Osprey  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Belted Kingfisher  2
Northern Flicker  11
American Kestrel  7
Merlin  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  14
Nashville Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  6
American Redstart  2
Northern Parula  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1                                    Tawas Point, IO
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2 
Palm Warbler  42
Yellow-rumped Warbler  48
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Song Sparrow  6
White-throated Sparrow  20
White-crowned Sparrow  32
Dark-eyed Junco  5
Rusty Blackbird  35
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Roger Eriksson

9/30/2014

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Canada Goose  
Wood Duck  
American Wigeon 
Mallard  
Blue-winged Teal  
Northern Shoveler  
Northern Pintail 
Spotted Sandpiper  
Ring-billed Gull  
 
Common Merganser  
Pied-billed Grebe  
 
Wood Duck  
American Wigeon 
Blue-winged Teal 
Pied-billed Grebe  
Horned Grebe 
Great Egret  
Black-crowned Night-Heron  
Cooper's Hawk  
Common Gallinule  
American Coot  
 
425
6
16
800
2
10
6
1
350

1
56

24
256
16
232
2
9
3
1
36
379
Standish Sewage Lagoons, AR









Pinconning Park, BA


Crow Island SGA, SA
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Roger Eriksson

9/29/2014

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Pileated Woodpecker  
Blue Jay 
Golden-crowned Kinglet  
Magnolia Warbler  
Palm Warbler  
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Lincoln's Sparrow  
White-crowned Sparrow  
Dark-eyed Junco 
1
38
1
1
19
7
1
6
1
Baldwin Twp., IO
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Doug Jackson

9/29/2014

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Common Raven
Rusty Blackbird
Eastern Towhee
Wood Thrush
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
American Redstart
Cedar Waxwing
2
3
1
1
4
1
2
1
3
18
Moffatt Twp., AR
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Roger Eriksson

9/27/2014

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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Yellow-throated Vireo  
Blue Jay 
House Wren  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
Swainson's Thrush  
Gray Catbird 
Black-and-white Warbler  
American Redstart  
Magnolia Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler  
Chipping Sparrow 

Redhead 

House Wren  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
Gray Catbird 
American Redstart  
Magnolia Warbler  
Blackpoll Warbler  
Palm Warbler
White-throated Sparrow 
1
1
31
2
6
1
3
1
4
2
23
4

72

1
2
1
2
1
2
23
4
Tawas Point SP, IO












East Tawas State Dock, IO

Baldwin Twp., IO
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Roger Eriksson

9/26/2014

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Horned Lark  
American Pipit 

Trumpeter Swan 
Blue-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe 
Bald Eagle  
Belted Kingfisher 
Eastern Phoebe 
Swainson's Thrush  
Black-and-white Warbler  
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
21
18

8
7
11
2
3
3
2
1
11
North Tower Beach Rd., BA


Tuttle Marsh, IO
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Ryan Dziedzic

9/25/2014

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Philadelphia Vireo 
Brown Creeper 
Orange-crowned Warbler  
Nashville Warbler  
American Redstart  
Magnolia Warbler  
Chestnut-sided Warbler 
Black-throated Green Warbler  
Eastern Towhee 
Lincoln's Sparrow 
White-throated Sparrow 

Cooper's Hawk 
Killdeer  
Northern Flicker  
American Kestrel  
Eastern Phoebe 
Horned Lark 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
Eastern Bluebird  
Swainson's Thrush  
American Robin  
Gray Catbird 
American Pipit 
Tennessee Warbler 
Palm Warbler  
Yellow-rumped Warbler  
Chipping Sparrow  
Vesper Sparrow  
Savannah Sparrow      
Song Sparrow  
Lincoln's Sparrow  
Swamp Sparrow 
White-crowned Sparrow  
Scarlet Tanager  
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  
Indigo Bunting    
Eastern Meadowlark
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
8

1
115
6
7
8
32
3
17
1
76
5
28
1
3
2
15
2
37
24
4
1
1
1
2
1
2
Warren Twp. Cemetery, MI











Geneva Twp., MI
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Ryan Dziedzic

9/23/2014

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Canada Goose  
Trumpeter Swan      
Wood Duck       
Gadwall  
American Wigeon  
American Black Duck  
Mallard  
Blue-winged Teal  
Northern Shoveler  
Green-winged Teal  
Redhead   
Ring-necked Duck       
Common Merganser 
Pied-billed Grebe 
Great Blue Heron  
Great Egret  
Green Heron 
Northern Harrier      
Bald Eagle  
Red-tailed Hawk      
Common Gallinule      
American Coot      
Sandhill Crane  
Semipalmated Plover 
Greater Yellowlegs  
Lesser Yellowlegs  
Stilt Sandpiper  
Least Sandpiper  
Semipalmated Sandpiper 
Belted Kingfisher 
Pileated Woodpecker  
American Kestrel  
Merlin  
Eastern Wood-Pewee 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  
Tree Swallow  
Barn Swallow 
Brown Creeper 
Gray Catbird 
Magnolia Warbler  
Yellow-rumped Warbler  
Savannah Sparrow 
Swamp Sparrow  
White-throated Sparrow  
Scarlet Tanager 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  
Indigo Bunting  
Bobolink 
1364
7
289
1
127
5
1056
132
71
670
35
2
1
59
44
51
1
6
4
12
29
274
58
1
12
6
2
3
2
4
4
2
1
1
4
849
2
1
4
1
2
5
6
15
1
1
1
1
Shiawassee NWR, SA

IWMMP survey

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Ryan Dziedzic

9/22/2014

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Red-eyed Vireo 
Tennessee Warbler  
Magnolia Warbler  
Chestnut-sided Warbler  
Eastern Towhee  
 
Northern Harrier 
Sandhill Crane 
Pileated Woodpecker  
American Kestrel  
Eastern Phoebe  
Philadelphia Vireo 
American Crow 
Brown Creeper  
House Wren  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
Eastern Bluebird 
Gray Catbird  
Brown Thrasher 
Northern Parula  
Black-throated Green Warbler  
Chipping Sparrow  
Savannah Sparrow 
Lincoln's Sparrow  
1
1
1
2
2

2
13
1
2
2
1
270
1
1
1
18
2
1
2
1
38
1
2
Oil City area, MI





Jasper Twp., MI
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Roger Eriksson

9/22/2014

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Merlin 
Red-eyed Vireo 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
Gray Catbird  
Tennessee Warbler  
American Redstart  
Blackpoll Warbler  
Palm Warbler  
Yellow-rumped Warbler  
Black-throated Green Warbler  
Eastern Towhee  
White-crowned Sparrow  
Scarlet Tanager 

Eastern Screech-Owl

Hooded Merganser 
Bald Eagle  
Greater Yellowlegs 
Caspian Tern 

Snow Goose  
Canada Goose 
American Wigeon  
American Black Duck  
Mallard  
Blue-winged Teal  
Northern Shoveler  
Northern Pintail 
Green-winged Teal 
Horned Grebe 
Spotted Sandpiper 
Greater Yellowlegs 
Ring-billed Gull 

Turkey Vulture  
Red-tailed Hawk 

Wood Duck  
American Wigeon  
American Black Duck 
Blue-winged Teal  
Northern Pintail  
Ring-necked Duck 
Pied-billed Grebe 
Common Gallinule  
American Coot 
Belted Kingfisher 
1
1
2
5
2
3
2
9
7
1
1
3
1

1

2
1
1
3

1
870
6
8
370
18
12
6
2
1
1
1
750

10
5

26
21
2
22
4
4
205
34
109
2
Tawas Point SP, IO













Jerry's Marina, IO

Au Gres Sewage Lagoons, AR



Standish Sewage Lagoons, AR












Noggle Road Grassland area, AR

Crow Island SGA, SA
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John & Kim Kotzian

9/22/2014

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SNOWY OWL             1









Tawas Point SP, IO

Picture
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Roger Eriksson

9/21/2014

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird 
House Wren  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
American Redstart  
Magnolia Warbler  
Blackpoll Warbler  
Palm Warbler 
Eastern Towhee  
White-crowned Sparrow  

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
Brown Thrasher  
Tennessee Warbler  
American Redstart  
Magnolia Warbler  
Blackpoll Warbler  
Palm Warbler  
Black-throated Green Warbler  
Eastern Towhee  
4
1
3
1
1
1
18
1
2

1
4
1
1
3
1
3
4
1
1
Baldwin Twp., IO









Tawas Point SP, IO
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Roger Eriksson

9/20/2014

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Turkey Vulture
16
Baldwin Twp., IO
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Roger Eriksson & Wayne Shawl

9/19/2014

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Redhead  
Great Egret  
Sharp-shinned Hawk  
Cooper's Hawk  
Belted Kingfisher  
Northern Flicker   
Pileated Woodpecker  
Peregrine Falcon  
Eastern Phoebe  
SAY'S PHOEBE
Blue-headed Vireo  
Blue Jay  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
Swainson's Thrush  
Gray Catbird  
American Redstart  
Northern Parula  
Magnolia Warbler  
Blackpoll Warbler  
Palm Warbler 
Wilson's Warbler  
Fox Sparrow  
White-throated Sparrow  
White-crowned Sparrow  
 
2
4
1
1
5
16
1
2
1
1
3
125
3
1
12
7
4
1
1
36
1
1
4
3
Tawas Point SP, IO

"...we noticed a Cedar Waxwing size bird sitting in the top of a 30+ foot Cottonwood, but it positively was not a waxwing.  One of the first things noticed was the thin pointed black bill (reminiscent of a Rusty Blackbird's bill) and it had a dark eye with a black lore line that continued through the eye. The head, without crest, and the breast were a grayish-buff like color that blended into a lighter tawny colored belly, sides and flank, without any streaking. We could not see the vent or undertail coverts as they were obscured by leaves. Also we could not see much of the darker wings because we were looking up at the bird.  As we were calling out these markings and about to to get our cameras up, the bird took off, flared its under wings and tail towards us and flew to the east. The wings appeared dark and the fanned, fairly long tail stood out and was definitely black. We could not relocate the bird."

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Craig Schafer

9/18/2014

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Carolina Wren
American Redstart 
Nashville Warbler 
Black-and-white Warbler 
Ovenbird
2
5
3
3
1
Bay City SRA, BA
Picture
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Roger Eriksson

9/18/2014

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Wood Duck  
Gadwall  
American Wigeon 
Blue-winged Teal 
Pied-billed Grebe 
Great Blue Heron  
Great Egret  
Black-crowned Night-Heron  
Common Gallinule  
American Coot 
Warbling Vireo 
Tree Swallow 
Swainson's Thrush 
American Redstart  
Magnolia Warbler  

American Golden-Plover

Killdeer 
American Kestrel  
Horned Lark 
American Pipit 
87
2
42
21
246
17
29
18
24
25
1
27
1
1
1

11

97
2
250
4
Crow Island SGA, SA















7 Mile/Linwood Rds., BA

Cottage Grove/7 Mile Rds., BA


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Ryan Dziedzic

9/18/2014

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Wild Turkey 
Red-shouldered Hawk 
Belted Kingfisher 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Hairy Woodpecker 
Northern Flicker 
Pileated Woodpecker 
Eastern Wood-Pewee  
Eastern Phoebe 
Blue-headed Vireo  
Warbling Vireo  
Philadelphia Vireo  
Red-eyed Vireo      
Blue Jay 
Black-capped Chickadee 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 
Brown Creeper  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher       
Eastern Bluebird 
Gray Catbird  
Brown Thrasher 
Ovenbird  
Blue-winged Warbler       
Tennessee Warbler  
Orange-crowned Warbler  
Nashville Warbler 
American Redstart     
Cape May Warbler  
Magnolia Warbler  
Chestnut-sided Warbler  
Blackpoll Warbler  
Pine Warbler  
Black-throated Green Warbler 
Lincoln's Sparrow 
White-throated Sparrow  
Dark-eyed Junco  
Scarlet Tanager  
Northern Cardinal  
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
18
1
1
4
5
10
2
4
3
1
1
1
3
27
73
3
3
2
17
7
1
1
1
9
1
2
8
2
4
1
6
1
4
2
17
1
2
18
4
Greendale Twp., MI

Area between Stewart, Castor, Miller, and Alamando Roads

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Doug Jackson

9/17/2014

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Philadelphia Vireo
Northern Parula 
Blackpoll Warbler 
Black-throated Green Warbler 
American Redstart 
Hermit Thrush 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 
Northern Flicker
1
3
1
1
4
1
1
6
Sterling Truck Trail, AR
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Ryan Dziedzic

9/16/2014

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Ruffed Grouse
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Barred Owl
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Gray Catbird
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Purple Finch
1
2
1
1
13
3
3
3
3
5
6
1
1
1
1
7
3
3
2
9
12
10
13
1
6
3
2
5
7
4
8
1
1
3
AuSable State Forest, Geneva Twp., MI
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Wayne & Toni Shawl

9/16/2014

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Merlin 
Red-breasted Nuthatch  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 
Black-and-white Warbler 
Nashville Warbler  
American Redstart 
Northern Parula 
Magnolia Warbler 
Blackpoll Warbler 
Palm Warbler 
Pine Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler  
Black-throated Green Warbler 
Wilson's Warbler  
Dark-eyed Junco 
1
3
2
3
1
2
12
1
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
5
Tawas Point, IO
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Tony Soehnel

9/15/2014

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird   3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak   1
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Craig Schafer

9/14/2014

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Sanhill Crane 3                                              Pinconning County Park, BA
Northern Harrier 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Rose Breasted Grosbeak 4
Gray Catbird 21
Brown Thrasher 1
Eastern Pheobe 1
Marsh Wren 11
Red Bellied Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 5
Common Yellowthroat 5
Nashville Warbler 2
Red Eyed Vireo 2
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Roger Eriksson

9/14/2014

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American Golden-Plover  1                           Tower Beach Rd, BA
Killdeer  69
Ring-billed Gull  267

American Golden-Plover  18                          Seven Mile/Linwood Rd, BA
Killdeer  94
American Pipit  9
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Roger Eriksson

9/13/2014

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird  5                              Baldwin Twp, IO
Philadelphia Vireo  1
Nashville Warbler  2
Cape May Warbler  3
Bay-breasted Warbler  4
Blackpoll Warbler  9      
Palm Warbler  22
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  7
Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Double-crested Cormorant  1100                           East Tawas Boat Launch, IO

Semipalmated Plover  2                                        Tawas Point, IO
Sanderling  5
Merlin  1
Blue Jay  3
Swainson's Thrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  4
American Redstart  11
Magnolia Warbler  2
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  4

Bonaparte's Gull  24                                             Tawas City Hall Park, IO
Common Tern  14


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Ryan Dziedzic & Val Trabucchi

9/13/2014

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Sandhill Crane
American Woodcock
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Ovenbird
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Lincoln's Sparrow

Wood Duck
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler

Broad-winged Hawk
Chipping Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark

Black-and-white Warbler
Nashville Warbler
American Redstart
Magnolia Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Eastern Towhee

Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
American Kestrel
Horned Lark
House Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Palm Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
3
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2

13
1
1
1
3

1
15
6

2
4
4
9
2
1
5

2
1
1
20
1
30
1
15
3
1
1
3
3
Oil City area, MI











Laur Big Salt River County Park, MI





Geneva Twp. Grasslands, MI



AuSable State Forest, Geneva Twp., MI





Jasper Twp., MI

The AMGP are in a tilled field at the corner of Coleman & Laporte Roads.  Possibly some of the same birds from 8/31!

 






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