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  • In Memorium: Joseph M. Soehnel

Joe Soehnel & John Porath

9/28/2016

 
Snow Goose  1     Blue Phase.
Canada Goose  541
Tundra Swan  1
Wood Duck  318  
Gadwall  15
American Wigeon  519   
American Black Duck  64

Mallard  1200     Actual summation of all sections covered for the IWMMP.  This is not an estimate; just a tidy 1200 total.

Blue-winged Teal  32
Northern Shoveler  63
Northern Pintail  236 
Green-winged Teal  1497 
dabbling duck sp.  100
Hooded Merganser  1
Common Merganser  8
Ruddy Duck  6
Pied-billed Grebe  45
Horned Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  136
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  32
Great Egret  123
Snowy Egret  1 imm bird
Black-crowned Night-Heron  5
Glossy Ibis  1 
Turkey Vulture  16
Northern Harrier  7
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Common Gallinule  19
American Coot  315
Sandhill Crane  54
American Golden-Plover  1
Killdeer  8
Stilt Sandpiper  1
Dunlin  1
Pectoral Sandpiper  12
Short-billed Dowitcher  15  
Long-billed Dowitcher  1   
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  2
Wilson's Snipe  28
Greater Yellowlegs  23
Lesser Yellowlegs  27
Bonaparte's Gull  1
Ring-billed Gull  192
Chimney Swift  4
Eastern Phoebe  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3
Tree Swallow  75
Barn Swallow  8
Brown Creeper  2
Marsh Wren  3
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Eastern Bluebird  1
American Pipit  4
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  25    
White-crowned Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  12
Song Sparrow  3
Swamp Sparrow  4
Red-winged Blackbird  750 
Rusty Blackbird  3
Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
   (Restricted Access)

Roger Eriksson

9/28/2016

 
1 Snow Goose 
122 Wood Duck
6 Gadwall
466 American Wigeon 
44 American Black Duck
124 Blue-winged Teal
76 Northern Shoveler
172 Northern Pintail 
469 Green-winged Teal
5 Redhead
3 Common Merganser
6 Ruddy Duck
29 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Horned Grebe
4 Northern Harrier
56 Common Gallinule
373 American Coot
16 Sandhill Crane
5 American Golden-Plover 
1 Stilt Sandpiper
2 Least Sandpiper
5 Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
37 Wilson's Snipe
6 Greater Yellowlegs
11 Lesser Yellowlegs
3 Chimney Swift
2 Barn Swallow
2 American Pipit
14 Palm Warbler
7 Yellow-rumped Warbler
8 Savannah Sparrow
4 Song Sparrow
1 Indigo Bunting
Shiawassee NWR Auto Tour, SA

Allen Chartier

9/28/2016

 
Turkey Vulture  7
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  10
Peregrine Falcon  1 
Horned Lark  27
American Robin  24
European Starling  174
Palm Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Chipping Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Savannah Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  210
Common Grackle  30
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
American Goldfinch  13
Columbia Twp, TU

Joe Soehnel

9/28/2016

 
Eastern Screech-Owl  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  1
Winter Wren  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Swainson's Thrush  1
Hermit Thrush  3
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Bay-breasted Warbler  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
White-throated Sparrow  1
Hampton Twp Nature Trail, BA

Roger Eriksson

9/27/2016

 
248 Pied-billed Grebe -- Continuing
6 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
3 Great Egret
1 Northern Harrier
1 Bald Eagle
2 Common Gallinule
291 American Coot

282 Canada Goose

1 Tundra Swan
109 Wood Duck 
4 Gadwall
42 American Wigeon
8 American Black Duck
289 Mallard
191 Blue-winged Teal 
27 Northern Shoveler
112 Northern Pintail
893 Green-winged Teal
4 Ruddy Duck
42 Pied-billed Grebe
62 Double-crested Cormorant
14 Great Blue Heron
41 Great Egret
1 Glossy/White-faced Ibis 
5 Northern Harrier
28 Common Gallinule
246 American Coot
73 Sandhill Crane
8 Killdeer
4 Least Sandpiper
10 Pectoral Sandpiper
14 Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
1 Wilson's Snipe
12 Greater Yellowlegs
8 Lesser Yellowlegs
Crow Island West Unit, SA








​Shiawassee NWR Auto Tour, SA

Allen Chartier

9/26/2016

 
Canada Goose  7
Turkey Vulture  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  45
Mourning Dove  10
Northern Flicker  2
American Kestrel  2
Blue Jay  9
American Crow  65
Horned Lark  55
American Robin  3
European Starling  41
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  133
Common Grackle  61
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
American Goldfinch  12
House Sparrow  35
Columbia Twp, TU

Roger Eriksson

9/25/2016

 
Trumpeter Swan  2
Wood Duck  2
American Wigeon  2
Blue-winged Teal  4
Northern Shoveler  1
Green-winged Teal  8
Hooded Merganser  17
Great Blue Heron  9
Great Egret  62  
Bald Eagle  1
Common Gallinule  1   
Black-bellied Plover  4
American Golden-Plover  3
Semipalmated Plover  5
Killdeer  9
Least Sandpiper  10 
Pectoral Sandpiper  14
Wilson's Snipe  1
Greater Yellowlegs  14
Lesser Yellowlegs  7
Belted Kingfisher  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Philadelphia Vireo  1
American Pipit  28
American Redstart  3   
Palm Warbler  4
Rusty Blackbird  14
Tuttle Marsh, IO

Beth Teliczan

9/25/2016

 
American White Pelican  18
Whiting Overlook, MI
   (Dow Ponds)

Glenn & Ellen Peterson

9/25/2016

 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Bangor Twp, BA

Roger Eriksson

9/25/2016

 
1 American Wigeon
3 Northern Shoveler
6 Hooded Merganser
1 Pied-billed Grebe
12 Great Blue Heron
51 Great Egret 
1 Bald Eagle
2 Black-bellied Plover
13 Killdeer
2 Pectoral Sandpiper
1 Wilson's Snipe
10 Greater Yellowlegs
7 Lesser Yellowlegs
48 American Pipit

​26 Turkey Vulture

Tuttle Marsh, IO














​Baldwin Twp, IO

Ryan Dziedzic

9/24/2016

 
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Field Sparrow  1
Oil City area, MI

Roger Eriksson

9/24/2016

 
226 Blue Jay
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
7 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Gray Catbird
1 Black-and-white Warbler
2 Nashville Warbler
3 American Redstart
8 Palm Warbler
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler
6 White-throated Sparrow
2 Rusty Blackbird
Tawas Point, IO

Glenn & Ellen Peterson

9/23/2016

 
Peregrine Falcon  1
Bay City - City Hall, BA

John Porath

9/23/2016

 
Wood Duck  15
Great Egret  16
Glossy Ibis  *  1    
Common Gallinule  1
Sandhill Crane  10
American Golden-Plover  3 
Least Sandpiper  7
Pectoral Sandpiper  4
Long-billed Dowitcher  1  
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  5 

Tree Swallow  50 
Shiawassee NWR Auto Tour, SA

Ryan Dziedzic

9/23/2016

 
Nashville Warbler  1
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  1

Gadwall  2
American Black Duck  3
Northern Shoveler  2
Green-winged Teal  3
Redhead  3
Ring-necked Duck  1
Ruddy Duck  1
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Semipalmated Plover  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Pine Warbler  3  
Yellow-rumped Warbler  10
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-throated Sparrow  3

Mute Swan  4
Lesser Scaup  3

Northern Pintail  1
Pied-billed Grebe  25
Great Egret  6

American Pipit  30

Wood Duck  10
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3   
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Brown Creeper  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Black-and-white Warbler  1
American Redstart  2
Magnolia Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Oil City area, MI




Sanford Lake Park, MI



















Sanford Lake (Marina), MI

Sanford Lake (Anna Lane), MI



Hope, MI

Laur Big Salt River CP, MI

Joe Soehnel

9/22/2016

 
Canada Goose  605
Trumpeter Swan  5
Tundra Swan  1
Wood Duck  266   
Gadwall  18
American Wigeon  303   
American Black Duck  6
Mallard  571
Blue-winged Teal  148
Northern Shoveler  11
Northern Pintail  62  
Green-winged Teal  254
Redhead  1
Ring-necked Duck  1
Ruddy Duck  1
Pied-billed Grebe  28
Double-crested Cormorant  73
Great Blue Heron  21
Great Egret  72
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Glossy/White-faced Ibis  1    
Common Gallinule  39
American Coot  222
Sandhill Crane  50
Black-bellied Plover  2
American Golden-Plover  3  
Killdeer  70
Stilt Sandpiper  1
Least Sandpiper  4
Pectoral Sandpiper  56  
Short-billed Dowitcher  2
Long-billed Dowitcher  1
Wilson's Snipe  25
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  26
Lesser Yellowlegs  60
Tree Swallow  300
American Pipit  12
Savannah Sparrow  8
Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
    ​(Restricted Access)

Roger Eriksson

9/22/2016

 
10 Hooded Merganser
12 Great Blue Heron
61 Great Egret
2 Northern Harrier
1 Bald Eagle
1 Black-bellied Plover
4 Semipalmated Plover
13 Least Sandpiper
9 Pectoral Sandpiper
5 Greater Yellowlegs
6 Lesser Yellowlegs
4 Eastern Phoebe
1 Warbling Vireo 
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Common Raven
2 Swainson's Thrush
4 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
29 American Pipit
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Tennessee Warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
7 Common Yellowthroat
10 American Redstart
2 Magnolia Warbler
2 Yellow Warbler 
3 Palm Warbler
11 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
8 Savannah Sparrow
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
Tuttle Marsh, IO

Ryan Dziedzic

9/21/2016

 
Cooper's Hawk  1
Sandhill Crane  38
Killdeer  85
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  60
Mourning Dove  85
Pileated Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  2
Eastern Phoebe  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1

Gray Catbird  7
Brown Thrasher  1
House Wren  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1     

Eastern Bluebird  5
Horned Lark  3

American Redstart  7
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  8
Magnolia Warbler  5    
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Wilson's Warbler  2    
Chipping Sparrow  4
White-throated Sparrow  1
Vesper Sparrow  4

Savannah Sparrow  25   
Song Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  3     

Jasper Twp., MI

John Porath

9/21/2016

 
Wood Duck  4
Green-winged Teal  1
Northern Harrier  2
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Sandhill Crane  5
Mourning Dove  16
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Phoebe  3
Yellow-throated Vireo  1
Horned Lark  5
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Wood Thrush  1
Gray Catbird  4
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Fish Point, TU

Allen Chartier

9/20/2016

 
American Kestrel  2
American Crow  26
Horned Lark  83
Savannah Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird  65
American Goldfinch  24
Columbia Twp, TU

Roger Eriksson

9/20/2016

 
Hooded Merganser  1
Great Blue Heron  11
Great Egret  44
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  1
Sandhill Crane  2
Semipalmated Plover  7
Killdeer  16
Pectoral Sandpiper  9
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Belted Kingfisher  5
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  9
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  7

1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Swainson's Thrush
1 Nashville Warbler
1 American Redstart
2 Northern Parula
2 Magnolia Warbler
2 Blackpoll Warbler
1 Pine Warbler
Tuttle Marsh, IO

















Baldwin Twp, IO

Doug Jackson

9/19/2016

 
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Common Merganser 7
Great Blue Heron 1
Black-bellied Plover 2
Sanderling 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
American Redstart 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 8
Pine Warbler 1
Savannah Sparrow 3
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Tawas Point, IO

Roger Eriksson

9/19/2016

 
1 Blue-headed Vireo
1 Philadelphia Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
108 Blue Jay
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Black-and-white Warbler
2 Nashville Warbler
1 Northern Parula
2 Magnolia Warbler
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
12 Blackpoll Warbler
2 Palm Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
11 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Black-throated Green Warbler

​1 Philadelphia Vireo -- Photos
2 Red-eyed Vireo
11 Blue Jay
4 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Gray Catbird
3 American Redstart
1 Magnolia Warbler
4 Blackpoll Warbler
4 Yellow-rumped Warbler
Baldwin Twp, IO


















​Tawas Point, IO

Jeanne & Jerry Henderson

9/19/2016

 
American White Pelican  11
Bay City/Saginaw River, BA
   Flying downriver!

Monica Essenmacher

9/18/2016

 
4 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Horned Grebe
2 Red-necked Grebe 
1 Horned/Eared Grebe
2 Turkey Vulture
1 Bald Eagle -- AD
1 Philadelphia Vireo
39 Eastern Bluebird 
1 Gray Catbird
3 Pine Warbler
5 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
Sanford Lake/Anna Lane, MI
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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:  
    • ​SRA = State Recreation Area; 
    • 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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