Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

Wayne Shawl

9/18/2019

Canada Goose 7
Trumpeter Swan 4
Wood Duck 2
Northern Shoveler 2
Mallard 4
Hooded Merganser 7
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Mourning Dove 2
Sandhill Crane 3
Herring Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 29
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 1
Belted Kingfisher 7
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Phoebe 7
Blue Jay 2
Common Raven 1
American Robin 24
Cedar Waxwing 3
Common Grackle 1
Northern Parula 2
Palm Warbler 3

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Allen Chartier

9/17/2019

Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
European Starling 2
American Robin 3
House Sparrow 5
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2

Canada Goose 24
Wood Duck 101
Blue-winged Teal 1
Mallard 2
Mourning Dove 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 8
Great Egret 28
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Blue Jay 2
Tree Swallow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 4

Wild Turkey 2
Sandhill Crane 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Gray Catbird 1
American Robin 2
American Goldfinch 2
Song Sparrow 2
Common Grackle 2
Northern Waterthrush 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 7
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Blue Jay 3
Swamp Sparrow 1

Canada Goose 410
Trumpeter Swan 5
Wood Duck 189
Blue-winged Teal 47
Northern Shoveler 20
Gadwall 4
American Wigeon 75
Mallard 519
American Black Duck 7
Northern Pintail 8
Green-winged Teal 264
Ring-necked Duck 3
Hooded Merganser 1
Pied-billed Grebe 62
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 25
Mourning Dove 8
Common Gallinule 18
American Coot 424
Sandhill Crane 28
Killdeer 286
Least Sandpiper 9
Pectoral Sandpiper 71
Wilson's Snipe 18
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Lesser Yellowlegs 21
Ring-billed Gull 278
Double-crested Cormorant 238
American White Pelican 52
Great Blue Heron 54
Great Egret 136
Green Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 10
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 11
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 12
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tree Swallow 145
Barn Swallow 20
Brown Creeper 3
Marsh Wren 6
European Starling 28
Gray Catbird 4
American Robin 1
Cedar Waxwing 3
American Goldfinch 57
White-throated Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 53
Song Sparrow 38
Swamp Sparrow 3
Bobolink 33
Red-winged Blackbird 453
Common Grackle 15
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 13
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 17

Canada Goose 18
Wood Duck 41
Blue-winged Teal 21
Mallard 17
Wild Turkey 4
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Mourning Dove 1
Sora 1
Common Gallinule 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Bald Eagle 4
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Marsh Wren 3
Gray Catbird 1
American Robin 2
American Goldfinch 11
Song Sparrow 11
Swamp Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Tennessee Warbler 2
Mourning Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1

Shiawassee NWR Headquarters, SA

Shiawassee NWR (Ferguson Bayou), SA

Shiawassee NWR (Bartel Road), SA

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Shiawassee NWR (Houlihan Road Grassland), SA

Shiawassee NWR, SA

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Shiawassee NWR (north), SA

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Phil Odum

9/12/2019

141 Canada Goose
4 Wood Duck
2 Mallard
2 Hooded Merganser
1 Common Merganser
2 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Mourning Dove
1 Semipalmated Plover
26 Ring-billed Gull
2 Herring Gull (American)
1 Common Loon
13 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
2 Turkey Vulture
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Bald Eagle
2 Belted Kingfisher
4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Least Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Philadelphia Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireo
5 Blue Jay
2 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Bank Swallow -
4 European Starling
2 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
1 Swainson's Thrush
24 Cedar Waxwing
4 Chipping Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
7 Savannah Sparrow
6 Song Sparrow
1 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Northern Waterthrush
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Tennessee Warbler
4 Nashville Warbler
4 Common Yellowthroat
12 American Redstart
5 Cape May Warbler
2 Magnolia Warbler
1 Bay-breasted Warbler
2 Blackpoll Warbler
4 Palm Warbler (Western)
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
2 Black-throated Green Warbler
2 Wilson's Warbler
3 Scarlet Tanager
1 Northern Cardinal
5 Indigo Bunting

Tawas Point SP, IO

Allen Chartier

9/11/2019

Mourning Dove 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
European Starling 4
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
Bobolink 1 Flyover.
Northern Cardinal 3

Wood Duck 49
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Mourning Dove 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 5
Green Heron 2
Bald Eagle 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Gray Catbird 1
American Robin 2
Cedar Waxwing 2
American Goldfinch 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2

Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 3
Gray Catbird 2
American Goldfinch 27
Red-winged Blackbird 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 1

Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Bald Eagle 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Song Sparrow 2

Canada Goose 424
Trumpeter Swan 3
Wood Duck 117
Blue-winged Teal 47
Northern Shoveler 13
American Wigeon 43
Mallard 830
American Black Duck 1
Northern Pintail 10
Green-winged Teal 209
Ring-necked Duck 4
Pied-billed Grebe 86
Mourning Dove 6
Sora 1
Common Gallinule 12
American Coot 354
Sandhill Crane 15
Black-bellied Plover 6
American Golden-Plover 2
Killdeer 143
Least Sandpiper 12
Pectoral Sandpiper 68
Wilson's Snipe 8
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 23
Lesser Yellowlegs 49
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 175
Caspian Tern 10
Double-crested Cormorant 204
American White Pelican 80
Great Blue Heron 45
Great Egret 82
Green Heron 8
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 4
Bald Eagle 8
Belted Kingfisher 8
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Eastern Phoebe 3
Warbling Vireo 5
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 13
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Horned Lark 1
Barn Swallow 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Sedge Wren 2
Marsh Wren 6
European Starling 925
Gray Catbird 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Goldfinch 83
Savannah Sparrow 42
Song Sparrow 57
Swamp Sparrow 7
Bobolink 46
Red-winged Blackbird 1350
Common Grackle 10
Common Yellowthroat 25
Yellow Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 3

Wood Duck 32
Blue-winged Teal 24
Mallard 12
Green-winged Teal 12
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Mourning Dove 3
Common Gallinule 2
American Coot 4
Wilson's Snipe 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 5
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Marsh Wren 4
American Robin 1
American Goldfinch 2
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 4

Shiawassee NWR Headquarters, SA

Shiawassee NWR (Ferguson Bayou), SA

Shiawassee NWR (Bartel Road), SA

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Shiawassee NWR (Houlihan Road Grassland), SA

Shiawassee NWR, SA

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Shiawassee NWR (north), SA

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Ryan Dziedzic

9/8/2019

Canada Goose 13
Mallard 14
Ruffed Grouse 4
Wild Turkey 28
Mourning Dove 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 12
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 7
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Least Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 4
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 11
Blue Jay 29
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 52
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 11
Brown Creeper 2
House Wren 1
European Starling 11
Gray Catbird 23
Brown Thrasher 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 2
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 12
Cedar Waxwing 10
House Sparrow 10
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 11
Chipping Sparrow 24
Song Sparrow 7
Common Grackle 6
Ovenbird 3
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Tennessee Warbler 5
Nashville Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 8
American Redstart 22
Cape May Warbler 11
Magnolia Warbler 8
Bay-breasted Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 17
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7
Indigo Bunting 1

Greendale Twp., MI

Wayne Shawl

9/7/2019

Canada Goose 17
Trumpeter Swan 5
Wood Duck 18
Blue-winged Teal 10
American Wigeon 2
Mallard 7
American Black Duck 2
Green-winged Teal 4
Redhead 2
Ring-necked Duck 5
Hooded Merganser 2
Wild Turkey 3
Pied-billed Grebe 7
Sandhill Crane 6
Ring-billed Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 4
Osprey 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Merlin 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 5
Common Raven 1
American Robin 4
Cedar Waxwing 2
American Goldfinch 5
Swamp Sparrow 2
Common Grackle 5

Tuttle Marsh, IO

Phil Odum

9/4/2019

16 Canada Goose
2 Wood Duck
2 Mallard
1 Ring-necked Duck
2 Common Merganser
4 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Mourning Dove
1 Killdeer
27 Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull (American)
4 Double-crested Cormorant
7 Great Blue Heron
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Downy Woodpecker
6 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 Traill's Flycatcher
1 Least Flycatcher
4 Eastern Phoebe
4 Eastern Kingbird
1 Philadelphia Vireo
2 Warbling Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Blue Jay
2 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 House Wren
4 Gray Catbird
1 Swainson's Thrush
1 American Robin
20 Cedar Waxwing
3 American Goldfinch
6 Song Sparrow
1 Common Grackle
2 Northern Waterthrush
1 Black-and-white Warbler
1 Tennessee Warbler
2 Nashville Warbler
1 Mourning Warbler
4 Common Yellowthroat
11 American Redstart
9 Cape May Warbler
1 Northern Parula
4 Magnolia Warbler
4 Bay-breasted Warbler
6 Blackburnian Warbler
1 Yellow Warbler
2 Blackpoll Warbler
10 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
3 Wilson's Warbler

Tawas Point SP, IO

Allen Chartier

9/3/2019

Wood Duck 69
Mourning Dove 1
Great Blue Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5
Traill's Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 3
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Gray Catbird 1
American Robin 1
American Goldfinch 5
Song Sparrow 10
Baltimore Oriole 1
Northern Cardinal 2

Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
European Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
American Goldfinch 15
Song Sparrow 4
Bobolink 2
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Northern Waterthrush 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

Mourning Dove 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Eastern Kingbird 4
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
European Starling 3
Gray Catbird 1
American Robin 2
House Sparrow 4
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 7
Northern Cardinal 3

Canada Goose 350
Trumpeter Swan 3
Wood Duck 143
Blue-winged Teal 149
Northern Shoveler 4
Gadwall 4
American Wigeon 24
Mallard 1288
American Black Duck 4
Green-winged Teal 102
Hooded Merganser 2
Pied-billed Grebe 88
Mourning Dove 9
Chimney Swift 14
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Virginia Rail 1
Common Gallinule 11
American Coot 351
Sandhill Crane 63
Killdeer 50
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Least Sandpiper 4
Pectoral Sandpiper 3
Wilson's Snipe 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 25
Lesser Yellowlegs 55
PARASITIC JAEGER 1**
Ring-billed Gull 102
Caspian Tern 19
Double-crested Cormorant 200
American White Pelican 63
Great Blue Heron 53
Great Egret 106
Green Heron 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Northern Harrier 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 13
Belted Kingfisher 7
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Eastern Phoebe 3
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 3
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 115
Tree Swallow 1065
Barn Swallow 570
Sedge Wren 1
European Starling 640
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 4
American Goldfinch 71
Savannah Sparrow 29
Song Sparrow 29
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 3
Bobolink 51
Red-winged Blackbird 1350
Common Grackle 45
Common Yellowthroat 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 8
Indigo Bunting 1

Shiawassee NWR (Ferguson Bayou), SA

Shiawassee NWR (Bartel Road), SA

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Shiawassee NWR Headquarters, SA

Shiawassee NWR, SA

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Ryan Dziedzic

9/2/2019

Wild Turkey 20
Mourning Dove 11
Sandhill Crane 3
Killdeer 11
Ring-billed Gull 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
American Kestrel 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5
Eastern Phoebe 1
Warbling Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 16
Tufted Titmouse 1
Horned Lark 1
Barn Swallow 21
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
House Wren 2
European Starling 20
Gray Catbird 9
Brown Thrasher 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 2
Cedar Waxwing 5
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 7
American Goldfinch 11
Chipping Sparrow 7
Field Sparrow 1
Vesper Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 14
Magnolia Warbler 5
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 4
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 4

Osprey 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Eastern Kingbird 11
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 4
Cedar Waxwing 15
American Goldfinch 1
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Scarlet Tanager 1

Canada Goose 50
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 15
Lesser Scaup 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 75
Herring Gull 2
Caspian Tern 15
Double-crested Cormorant 150
American White Pelican 8 Continuing
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 3

Jasper Twp., MI

Pine River Park, MI

Dow Ponds, MI