Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

David Peters

10/31/2017

Tree Swallow 16

Shiawassee NWR, SA

Monica Essenmacher

10/31/2017

2 Snow Goose
65 Canada Goose
1 Canvasback
45 Redhead
6 Red-breasted Merganser
8 Horned Grebe

1 Hooded Merganser
48 Red-breasted Merganser
4 Double-crested Cormorant
1 BLACK-LEGGED KITIWAKE *

55 Redhead
16 Greater Scaup
2 Bufflehead
18 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Red-necked Grebe
5 Bonaparte's Gull

8 Turkey Vulture

2 Dunlin
3 Bonaparte's Gull

3 Bald Eagle
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Belted Kingfisher
5 Snow Bunting
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler

175 Tundra Swan -- Continuing.
3 Wood Duck
2 Blue-winged Teal
10 Gadwall
20 American Wigeon
130 Mallard
14 American Black Duck
790 Ring-necked Duck
1 Greater Scaup
1 Lesser Scaup
6 Hooded Merganser
1 Red-breasted Merganser
15 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Northern Harrier
565 American Coot
28 Sandhill Crane
3 Dunlin
1 Belted Kingfisher
3 Horned Lark
70 Rusty Blackbird

Harbor Beach Trescott St Pier, HU

Grindstone City, HU

Port Austin Harbor, HU

Hellems Rd, HU

Port Austin Area, HU

Port Crescent State Park, HU

Phil Odum, Bob Bell, Kim Laskowski & Michael Nelson

10/31/2017

23 Redhead
1 Greater Scaup
2 Surf Scoter
4 White-winged Scoter
10 Long-tailed Duck
2 Bufflehead
2 Common Goldeneye
2 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Common Loon
1 Horned Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Northern Harrier
3 Sharp-shinned Hawk
5 Bald Eagle
3 Rough-legged Hawk
257 Dunlin
5 Greater Yellowlegs
9 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Merlin
12 Cedar Waxwing
10 Snow Bunting
10 American Tree Sparrow
4 Dark-eyed Junco
1 White-crowned Sparrow
18 Rusty Blackbird
1 Common Grackle
80 Pine Siskin

Tawas Pt., IO

Kim LeBlanc

10/31/2017

Short-eared Owl 1

Miller Rd, SA

Roger Eriksson

10/31/2017

22 Redhead
1 Bufflehead
1 Common Merganser
3 Red-necked Grebe
32 Double-crested Cormorant
33 Bonaparte's Gull

1050 Redhead
2 Common Merganser
6 Red-breasted Merganser

220 Redhead
14 Surf Scoter
7 White-winged Scoter
1 Black Scoter

East Tawas State Dock, IO

Alabaster Twp, IO

Jerry's Marina, IO

Monica Essenmacher

10/30/2017

40 Tundra Swan
2 Wood Duck
19 Gadwall
34 American Wigeon
500 Mallard
5 American Black Duck
3 Northern Pintail
1 Canvasback
70 Redhead
60 Ring-necked Duck
30 Lesser Scaup
14 Bufflehead
2 Ruddy Duck
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Red-tailed Hawk
245 American Coot
60 Sandhill Crane
120 American Crow
100 Rusty Blackbird

2 Brewer's Blackbird -- One seen; others heard. On periphery of large Rusty flock. Crackling, buzzy-noted vocals with the repeated (what I call) high-pitched “oui-oui” notes heard. In a favorite RUBL spot, Thomas/ Gotham.

19 Pine Siskin

Fish Point SWA, TU

Phil Odum

10/30/2017

5 Tundra Swan -- 2 adult 3 Imm.
2 Surf Scoter
1 White-winged Scoter
27 Long-tailed Duck
15 Bufflehead
4 Common Goldeneye
5 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Ruffed Grouse
11 Common Loon
1 Horned Grebe
3 Great Blue Heron
2 Bald Eagle
2 Black-bellied Plover
3 Dunlin
31 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Peregrine Falcon
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
6 American Robin
13 American Tree Sparrow
1 Fox Sparrow
16 Dark-eyed Junco
3 White-crowned Sparrow
4 Purple Finch
450 Pine Siskin

Tawas Pt, IO

Phil Odum

10/29/2017

4 Tundra Swan
1 Redhead
1 Surf Scoter
5 White-winged Scoter
1 Black Scoter
7 Long-tailed Duck
8 Bufflehead
2 Common Goldeneye
4 Hooded Merganser
4 Common Merganser
11 Red-breasted Merganser
3 Common Loon
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
4 Black-bellied Plover
1 Dunlin
1 Wilson's Snipe
19 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Short-eared Owl
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Merlin
4 Common Raven
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
1 Winter Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
3 American Pipit
12 Snow Bunting
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
22 American Tree Sparrow
2 Fox Sparrow
14 Dark-eyed Junco
5 White-crowned Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's)
2 White-throated Sparrow
1 Eastern Meadowlark
6 Rusty Blackbird
1 Purple Finch
100 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, IO

Phil Odum

10/28/2017

1 Redhead
5 Surf Scoter
12 White-winged Scoter
1 Black Scoter
7 Long-tailed Duck
6 Bufflehead
6 Common Goldeneye
4 Hooded Merganser
4 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Red-throated Loon
2 Common Loon
1 Horned Grebe
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Bald Eagle
1 Greater Yellowlegs
42 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Merlin
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
1 Winter Wren
2 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Snow Bunting
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
16 American Tree Sparrow
12 Dark-eyed Junco
3 White-crowned Sparrow (leucophrys)
1 White-throated Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
2 Northern Cardinal
50 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, IO

Roger Eriksson

10/28/2017

1 Gadwall
830 Redhead
6 Greater Scaup
7 Surf Scoter
1 Long-tailed Duck
2 Bufflehead
5 Common Merganser
6 Double-crested Cormorant
96 Bonaparte's Gull

Jerry's Marina/Tawas Bay, IO

Joe Soehnel

10/27/2017

GR. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE 1
Canada Goose 275
Mallard 125
Northern Pintail 4
Redhead 1
Greater Scaup 2118
Lesser Scaup 6
Ruddy Duck 1
Double-crested Cormorant 376
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 6
Bald Eagle 2
Bonaparte's Gull 675

Bangor Twp/Saginaw Bay, BA

Phil Odum & Jason Bojczyk

10/27/2017

2 American Black Duck
4 Green-winged Teal
2 Redhead
1 Surf Scoter
7 White-winged Scoter
1 Black Scoter
37 Long-tailed Duck
8 Bufflehead
4 Common Goldeneye
4 Hooded Merganser
9 Common Merganser
9 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Common Loon
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Red-necked Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
2 Bald Eagle
3 Black-bellied Plover
1 Sanderling
1 Greater Yellowlegs
65 Bonaparte's Gull
4 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Belted Kingfisher
5 Horned Lark
1 Brown Creeper
1 Winter Wren
3 Golden-crowned Kinglet
3 American Pipit
5 American Tree Sparrow
1 Fox Sparrow (Red)
10 Dark-eyed Junco
3 White-crowned Sparrow (leucophrys)
2 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, IO

Roger Eriksson

10/27/2017

2327 Redhead
9 Bufflehead
1 Bonaparte's Gull

1 Common Loon
21 Bonaparte's Gull
5 Snow Bunting

Gateway Park, IO

East Tawas State Dock, IO

Phil Odum

10/26/2017

1 Wood Duck
1 Redhead
1 Surf Scoter
9 White-winged Scoter
2 Long-tailed Duck
11 Bufflehead
2 Common Goldeneye
1 Hooded Merganser
3 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Common Loon
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 Black-bellied Plover
1 Dunlin
1 Wilson's Snipe
27 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Northern Shrike
30 Blue Jay
1 Common Raven
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
4 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 American Pipit
5 Snow Bunting
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
28 American Tree Sparrow
22 Dark-eyed Junco
6 Rusty Blackbird
130 Pine Siskin

4 Hooded Merganser
3 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Black-bellied Plover
30 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Long-eared Owl
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Brown Creeper
6 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
7 American Tree Sparrow
16 Dark-eyed Junco
1 White-crowned Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow

Tawas Point, (Morning)

Tawas Point, IO (Afternoon)

Monica Essenmacher

10/26/2017

10 Redhead
2 Ring-necked Duck
3 Greater Scaup
7 Lesser Scaup
2 White-winged Scoter
4 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Greater Yellowlegs
18 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet

Port Austin Harbor, HU

Monica Essenmacher

10/26/2017

13 Pied-billed Grebe
7 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Great Blue Heron
3 Great Egret
1 Bald Eagle
3 Bonaparte's Gull
200 Ring-billed Gull
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Eastern Bluebird
45 American Robin
12 Dark-eyed Junco
1 Song Sparrow
2 Common Grackle
13 Pine Siskin

80 Tundra Swan -- More heard.
2 Wood Duck
1 Blue-winged Teal
1 Northern Shoveler
4 Gadwall
6 American Wigeon
7 American Black Duck
2 Northern Pintail
3 Green-winged Teal
4 Canvasback
100 Redhead
1 Greater Scaup
20 Lesser Scaup
16 Ruddy Duck
17 Pied-billed Grebe
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Great Egret
2 Northern Harrier
123 American Coot
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Winter Wren
7 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Gray Catbird
7 Dark-eyed Junco
14 Rusty Blackbird

1 Common Loon
6 Bonaparte's Gull

Bayport, HU

Fish Point SGA, TU

Sunset Bay Marina, TU
(Private)

Jason Bojczyk

10/26/2017

Surf Scoter-8+
White-winged Scoter-4
Black Scoter-3
Red-throated Loon-1
Pied-billed Grebe-1
Cooper’s Hawk-1
Northern Goshawk-1
Red-shouldered Hawk-1
Black-bellied Plover-3
Calidris Sp.-1
Bonaparte’s Gull-80+
Long-eared Owl-1
Belted Kingfisher-1
Brown Creeper-3
Winter Wren-1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-4
Gray Catbird-1
Nashville Warbler-1
Fox Sparrow-3
White-throated Sparrow-1
White-crowned Sparrow-3
Pine Siskin-152+

Tawas Point Highlights, IO

Allen Chartier

10/26/2017

Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 2 1 male, 1 immature female.
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 2
Merlin 1 Male.
American Crow 105
Horned Lark 166
American Pipit 10
Lapland Longspur 6
Red-winged Blackbird 1330
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Rusty Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 75
House Sparrow 44

Columbia Twp, TU

Phil Odum

10/25/2017

1 Gadwall
2 American Wigeon
36 Redhead
6 Ring-necked Duck
4 Greater Scaup
4 Lesser Scaup
3 Surf Scoter
9 Long-tailed Duck
13 Bufflehead
2 Common Goldeneye
4 Common Merganser
7 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Ruddy Duck
4 Common Loon
1 Horned Grebe
1 Bald Eagle
1 Black-bellied Plover
1 American Woodcock
10 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
1 Hermit Thrush
4 American Pipit
2 American Tree Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
5 Rusty Blackbird
44 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, IO

Roger Eriksson & Joe Soehnel

10/25/2017

2005 Canada Goose
3 Mute Swan
25 Trumpeter Swan
121 Tundra Swan
10 Trumpeter/Tundra Swan
41 Wood Duck
2 Blue-winged Teal
468 Northern Shoveler
795 Gadwall -- Continuing
880 American Wigeon
4012 Mallard
172 American Black Duck
1209 Northern Pintail
535 Green-winged Teal (American)
63 Canvasback
32 Redhead
1097 Ring-necked Duck
6 Greater Scaup
7 Lesser Scaup
4 Bufflehead
439 Common Merganser
54 Ruddy Duck
154 Pied-billed Grebe
92 Double-crested Cormorant
26 Great Blue Heron
61 Great Egret
3 Black-crowned Night-Heron
5 Northern Harrier
8 Bald Eagle
2 Red-tailed Hawk
7 Common Gallinule
737 American Coot
1366 Sandhill Crane
11 Killdeer
136 Dunlin
1 Least Sandpiper
96 Pectoral Sandpiper
8 Long-billed Dowitcher
22 Wilson's Snipe
9 Greater Yellowlegs
13 Lesser Yellowlegs
12 Bonaparte's Gull
1 Peregrine Falcon
1 Northern Shrike
40 Tree Swallow
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
3 American Robin
35 American Pipit
7 White-crowned Sparrow
6 Savannah Sparrow
14 Song Sparrow
534 Red-winged Blackbird
173 Rusty Blackbird

Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
(Restricted Access)

Monica Essenmacher

10/25/2017

40 Canada Goose
8 Mute Swan
4 Canvasback
38 Redhead
3 Ring-necked Duck
8 Greater Scaup
14 Lesser Scaup
2 Surf Scoter
15 White-winged Scoter
17 Hooded Merganser
6 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Brown Creeper
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Eastern Bluebird
1 Hermit Thrush
26 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
6 Dark-eyed Junco
15 Rusty Blackbird
10 American Goldfinch

10 American Wigeon
22 Green-winged Teal
88 Redhead
14 Ring-necked Duck
11 Greater Scaup
1 Lesser Scaup
2 Bufflehead
1 Hooded Merganser
2 Common Merganser
8 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Horned Grebe
18 Bonaparte's Gull
1 LITTLE GULL

Harbor Beach, HU

Port Austin Harbor, HU

Monica Essenmacher

10/24/2017

6 Blue-winged Teal
7 Gadwall
1 Canvasback
23 Redhead
2 Ring-necked Duck
6 Lesser Scaup
4 Common Merganser
10 Red-breasted Merganser
166 Ruddy Duck
94 Double-crested Cormorant
48 American White Pelican
1 Great Blue Heron
2 Bald Eagle
47 Bonaparte's Gull
149 Tree Swallow

3 Trumpeter Swan
85 Tundra Swan
2 Wood Duck
51 Gadwall
41 American Wigeon
486 Ring-necked Duck
20 Pied-billed Grebe
3 Northern Harrier
83 American Coot
2 Dunlin
2 Wilson's Snipe
3 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Lesser Yellowlegs

Dow Ponds, MI

Fish Point SGA, TU

Monica Essenmacher

10/23/2017

1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Blue Jay
2 American Crow
4 Black-capped Chickadee
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
9 Eastern Bluebird
5 American Robin
5 European Starling
4 Cedar Waxwing
1 Palm Warbler
10 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

Tittabawassee River Rd, MI

Joe Soehnel

10/23/2017

Mute Swan 2
Tundra Swan 59
Wood Duck 8
Northern Shoveler 1
Gadwall 626
American Wigeon 85
Mallard 1400
American Black Duck 18
Northern Pintail 28
Green-winged Teal 35
Canvasback 4
Redhead 12
Ring-necked Duck 163
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 2
Ruddy Duck 6
Pied-billed Grebe 18
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 22
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Common Gallinule 2
American Coot 116
Killdeer 3
Dunlin 6
Wilson's Snipe 2
Tree Swallow 32
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 825

Fish Point SWA, TU

Roger Eriksson

10/22/2017

11 Redhead
20 Greater Scaup
34 Surf Scoter
2 Black Scoter
7 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron

Jerry's Marina/Tawas Bay, IO