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Joe Soehnel

9/30/2015

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Redhead  14                                                         Whiting Overlook Pk, MI
Ring-necked Duck  6
Lesser Scaup  1
Common Merganser  4
Ruddy Duck  189
Horned Grebe  2
Great Egret  1
Bald Eagle  2
Black-bellied Plover  1
Dunlin  1
Bonaparte's Gull  2

Turkey Vulture   62                                                 Midland Landfill, MI
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Roger Eriksson

9/30/2015

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American Wigeon  22                                          Crow Island SGA West Unit, SA
Blue-winged Teal  24
Ring-necked Duck  3
Pied-billed Grebe  369 
Bald Eagle  1
Common Gallinule  7
American Coot  342 
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Long-billed Dowitcher  1  
Gray Catbird  1
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Joe Soehnel

9/29/2015

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Hairy Woodpecker  1
Merlin  1
Blue Jay  12
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

I thought I'd get out to my old birding grounds in Hampton Twp to see if any lingering passerines remained.  I took a short loop through the oak savannah and only heard scolding Blue Jays and a few chickadees.  I walked back to my car and a passing Merlin encouraged me to try a larger loop in the woods so I obliged.  There wasn't so much as a single White-throated Sparrow, warbler, or vireo to be found.  They must have watched the weather report...
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Monica Essenmacher

9/29/2015

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Redhead   14                                                         Whiting Overlook Park, MI
Ring-necked Duck   1
Ruddy Duck  54
Bald Eagle  4     Juves harrassing gulls.
Black-bellied Plover  1
Bonaparte's Gull  16
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
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Craig Schafer

9/29/2015

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Bald Eagle 1                                                         Bay City SRA, BA
Wood Duck 10
Great Egret 8
Yellow bellied sapsucker 2
Yellow Rumped Warbler 4
Magnolia Warbler 1
Palm warbler 2
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
White Throated Sparrow 14
White crowned sparrow 3
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Ryan Dziedzic

9/28/2015

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American Wigeon  1
American Black Duck  4
Blue-winged Teal  1
Redhead  51
Ruddy Duck  82
Double-crested Cormorant  400
Bald Eagle  7
Black-bellied Plover  2
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Bonaparte's Gull  3
Caspian Tern  1
Palm Warbler  1
Dow Ponds, MI
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Ryan Dziedzic

9/27/2015

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Ruffed Grouse  3
Sandhill Crane  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Downy Woodpecker  7
Hairy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  3
Pileated Woodpecker  4
Eastern Phoebe  5
Blue-headed Vireo  4
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  48
White-breasted Nuthatch  5
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Eastern Bluebird  13
Gray Catbird  4
American Pipit  4
Common Yellowthroat  4
Magnolia Warbler  1
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  19
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Field Sparrow  7     
Dark-eyed Junco  2
White-crowned Sparrow  4
White-throated Sparrow  18
Lincoln's Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  16     
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Pine Siskin  1
AuSable SF, Geneva Twp., MI
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Joe Soehnel

9/27/2015

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Eastern Screech Owl  2                                      Hampton Twp Yard Birds, BA
Winter Wren  1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2                               Yard Birds on 9/26
Eastern Phoebe  1
Eastern Bluebird  6
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Ryan Dziedzic

9/26/2015

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Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Barred Owl  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue-headed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  37
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Winter Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Gray Catbird  1
Nashville Warbler  1
Field Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  1

Trumpeter Swan  1
Wood Duck  52
Turkey Vulture  21
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Chimney Swift  10
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Tree Swallow  100
Brown Creeper  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Swainson's Thrush  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  6
American Redstart  2
Northern Parula  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  8
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Dark-eyed Junco  2
White-throated Sparrow  2
Indigo Bunting  10     

Gadwall  10     
American Wigeon  250     
American Black Duck  10
Blue-winged Teal  60
Northern Shoveler  50
Northern Pintail  125     
Green-winged Teal  250
Common Merganser  8
Ruddy Duck  1
Pied-billed Grebe  15
Great Egret  175
Black-crowned Night-Heron  7
Northern Harrier  3
Common Gallinule  4
Sandhill Crane  97
Greater Yellowlegs  8
Lesser Yellowlegs  12
Wilson's Snipe  3
Great Horned Owl  2
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Marsh Wren  1
Palm Warbler  5
Indigo Bunting  5     
Bobolink  4
Oil City area, MI














Ferguson Bayou Trail - Shiawassee NWR, SA






















Wildlife Drive - Shiawassee NWR, SA
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Wayne Shawl

9/25/2015

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Ruffed Grouse  1                                                   Cooke Dam Area, IO
Wild Turkey  9
Cooper's Hawk  1
Great Horned Owl  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  4
Pileated Woodpecker  3
Eastern Phoebe  4
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Common Raven  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  5
Eastern Bluebird  1
Nashville Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  5
Chipping Sparrow  7
Dark-eyed Junco  11
White-crowned Sparrow  5
Purple Finch  2
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Monica Essenmacher

9/25/2015

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5 Wood Duck                                                       Bay City SRA, BA
3 American Wigeon
1153 Double-crested Cormorant
5 Lesser Yellowlegs
2 Caspian Tern
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
1 Brown Creeper
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Eastern Bluebird
4 Gray Catbird
13 Cedar Waxwing
17 Palm Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
12 Yellow-rumped Warbler
7 White-throated Sparrow
7 Swamp Sparrow
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Dave Lancaster via Monica Essenmacher & eBird

9/25/2015

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Northern Harrier   1                                             Rush Lake, HU
Sandhill Crane   2
Palm Warbler   6
Grasshopper Sparrow  2
Le Conte's Sparrow  1
Clay-colored Sparrow   4
White-crowned Sparrow   6
White-throated Sparrow   6
Swamp Sparrow  2
​
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Joe Soehnel

9/23/2015

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Canada Goose  736                                            Shiawassee NWR, SA (IWMMP)
Mute Swan  1                                                         Restricted Access
Trumpeter Swan  3
Wood Duck  255 
Gadwall  16
American Wigeon  344    
American Black Duck  26
Mallard  3536
Blue-winged Teal  230
Northern Shoveler  47
Northern Pintail  89   
Green-winged Teal  234
Redhead  4
Pied-billed Grebe  137 
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  40
Great Egret  338  
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  14
Northern Harrier  4
Virginia Rail  15  
Sora  37 
Common Gallinule  57 
American Coot  465 
Sandhill Crane  51
Black-bellied Plover  32 
Killdeer  141 
Solitary Sandpiper  2  
Greater Yellowlegs  12
Lesser Yellowlegs  123
Pectoral Sandpiper  16
Wilson's Snipe  6
Caspian Tern  1
Great Horned Owl  3
Pileated Woodpecker  6
Merlin  1     https://youtu.be/Mx-pDJlNWSU
Peregrine Falcon  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Brown Creeper  1
Marsh Wren  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Eastern Bluebird  1
Gray Catbird  5
Tennessee Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  14
American Redstart  1
Cape May Warbler  1
Northern Parula  2
Magnolia Warbler  1
Bay-breasted Warbler  2
Blackpoll Warbler  4
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Palm Warbler  6 
Yellow-rumped Warbler  27
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Dark-eyed Junco  2
White-crowned Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  15
Lincoln's Sparrow  5   
Swamp Sparrow  7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  7   
Bobolink  12
Rusty Blackbird  4
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Christopher Vogel via eBird

9/23/2015

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Green-winged Teal   10                                      Port Austin Harbor, HU
Ring-necked Duck   4
Redhead     15
Lesser Scaup   3
Red-necked Grebe  1
Black-bellied Plover  1
Sanderling  4
Bonaparte's Gull  95
American Pipit  4
Palm Warbler  1
Vesper Sparrow  1
Rusty Blackbird  2
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Wayne Shawl

9/23/2015

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Wood Duck  7                                                       Tuttle Marsh, IO
Gadwall  4
American Wigeon  5
American Black Duck  4
Blue-winged Teal  37
Northern Pintail  5
Green-winged Teal  53
Ring-necked Duck  8
Hooded Merganser  27
Pied-billed Grebe  35
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  15
Great Egret  71
Green Heron  1
Common Gallinule  1
Greater Yellowlegs  7
Lesser Yellowlegs  4
Belted Kingfisher  7
Eastern Phoebe  9
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Swamp Sparrow  2
Rusty Blackbird  5
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Joe Soehnel

9/22/2015

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Bald Eagle  2                                                       Hampton Twp Nature Trail, BA
Virginia Rail  1
Sandhill Crane  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Philadelphia Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Winter Wren  1
Gray Catbird  7
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  8
American Redstart  1
Cape May Warbler  1
Northern Parula  2
Magnolia Warbler  1
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  6
White-throated Sparrow  18
Lincoln's Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  4
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Craig Schafer

9/22/2015

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Wood Duck 12                                                      Bay City SRA, BA
Osprey 1
Sandhill Crane 2
Caspian tern 3
Northern Flicker 8
House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 2
Eastern Bluebird 8
Gray Catbird 6
Yellow rumped warbler 3
Savannah Sparrow 1
Lincoln Sparrow 1
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David Peters

9/21/2015

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Dark-eyed Junco  2                                             Shiawassee NWR, SA
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Monica Essenmacher via eBird

9/21/2015

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Double-crested Cormorant   231                        Whiting Overlook Park, MI
Golden Eagle  2
Bald Eagle   3
Lincoln's Sparrow  1
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Melissa Eddy

9/21/2015

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Whip-poor-will   2                                                 Jerome Twp, MI

Still calling in the night!
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Ryan Dziedzic

9/20/2015

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Sharp-shinned Hawk  1                                      Greendale Twp Cemetery, MI
Red-shouldered Hawk  3
Mourning Dove  25
Red-bellied Woodpecker  8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Downy Woodpecker  10
Hairy Woodpecker  4
Northern Flicker  5
Pileated Woodpecker  5
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
Philadelphia Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  21
Black-capped Chickadee  71
Tufted Titmouse  5
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  4
Brown Creeper  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Eastern Bluebird  14
Swainson's Thrush  2
Gray Catbird  10
American Pipit  2
Cedar Waxwing  34
Tennessee Warbler  3
Nashville Warbler  7
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  2
Cape May Warbler  1
Magnolia Warbler  4
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  4
Palm Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  5
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Chipping Sparrow  18
White-throated Sparrow  20
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
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Roger Eriksson

9/19/2015

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Red-eyed Vireo  2                                                Tawas Point, IO
House Wren  1
Swainson's Thrush  3
Gray Catbird  4
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  5
Northern Parula  1
Bay-breasted Warbler  4
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  11
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  24
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1


Redhead  112                                                    Pinconning County Park
Pied-billed Grebe  193



Wood Duck  5                                                    Crow Island SGA, SA
American Wigeon  26
Mallard  13
Blue-winged Teal  10
Green-winged Teal  1
Ring-necked Duck  26  
Hooded Merganser  2
Pied-billed Grebe  331
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Common Gallinule  9
American Coot  172
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Ryan Dziedzic

9/19/2015

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Sandhill Crane  5 
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Philadelphia Vireo  2
Black-capped Chickadee  12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Wood Thrush  1
Nashville Warbler  1
American Redstart  2
Northern Parula  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1
Field Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  2
Oil City area, MI
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Craig Schafer

9/18/2015

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Wood Duck 6                                                        Bay City SRA, BA
Bald Eagle 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Philadelphia Warbler 2
Red eyed Vireo 1
Marsh Wren 4
Gray Catbird 9
Brown Thrasher 2
Black and White Warbler 3
Tennessee  Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 4
Cape May Warbler 1
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow Rumped Warbler 1
Black throated Green Warbler 2
White Throated Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
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Joe Soehnel

9/17/2015

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Trumpeter Swan  3                                              Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
Wood Duck  287                                                       (Restricted Access)
Gadwall  17 
American Wigeon  111
American Black Duck  14
Mallard  1289
Blue-winged Teal  252
Northern Shoveler  23
Northern Pintail  22
Green-winged Teal  387
Redhead  1
Hooded Merganser  1
Pied-billed Grebe  88
Great Blue Heron  42
Great Egret  357     


Grefe Pond roost count only.  I did not include counts from any of the sections as there would, no doubt, be double counting. 

Black-crowned Night-Heron  9
Northern Harrier  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  2
Bald Eagle  3
Red-tailed Hawk  4
Virginia Rail  11
Sora  36     
Common Gallinule  38    
American Coot  130  
Sandhill Crane  97
Black-bellied Plover  17
Killdeer  137
Lesser Yellowlegs  147
Pectoral Sandpiper  43
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Wilson's Snipe  11
Great Horned Owl  2
Chimney Swift  43
Pileated Woodpecker  2
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  2   
Peregrine Falcon  2  
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Eastern Phoebe  12
Warbling Vireo  1
Philadelphia Vireo  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  55
Barn Swallow  1
Marsh Wren  1
Gray Catbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  5
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  2
Northern Parula  2
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  4
Bobolink  81
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