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Kim LeBlanc

11/30/2014

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Snowy Owl  3                                                       Saginaw County (same area)
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Kim LeBlanc

11/28/2014

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Sandhill Crane        454                                       Fry Rd, SA
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
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Curt & Cathy Hofer

11/28/2014

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Song Sparrow

Glaucous Gull

Northern Harrier
1

1

2
End of Lebourdais Rd, BA

Whitefeather Dump area, BA

Saganing Rd./11 Mile, BA
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Craig Schafer

11/28/2014

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Tundra Swan
Rough-legged Hawk
Snowy Owl
noted
1
6

Bradleyville Road area, TU
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Wayne Shawl

11/28/2014

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Bufflehead 
Common Goldeneye  
Common Merganser 
Ruffed Grouse 
Bald Eagle  
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Downy Woodpecker 
Hairy Woodpecker 
Pileated Woodpecker  
Common Raven  
Tufted Titmouse 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 
Pine Siskin 
4
9
4
2
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
3
8
Cooke Dam area, IO
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Roger Eriksson

11/28/2014

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Canada Goose       
Mallard 

Bonaparte's Gull 

SNOWY OWL

Herring Gull  
Glaucous Gull  
Great Black-backed Gull 
1060
24

21

1

242
5
1

End of Cottage Grove Rd., BA


End of Lebourdais Rd., BA

Fraser Rd. s. of Pinconning Rd., BA

Whitefeather Dump area, BA
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Jeff Sommer & Larry Abraham

11/27/2014

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Red-shouldered Hawk

ROSS'S GOOSE
1

1
Northern Saginaw County

Bigelow Park, BA
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Craig Schafer

11/27/2014

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Red bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
2
3
5
18
6
22
Bay City, BA

yard birds
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Wayne Shawl

11/27/2014

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Common Raven      
Pine Siskin 

Rough-legged Hawk 
31
7

1
W. River Rd, IO


M-65 (south of Hale), IO
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Ryan Dziedzic

11/26/2014

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Tundra Swan 
Northern Harrier    
Red-tailed Hawk  
Rough-legged Hawk      
Short-eared Owl 
5
1
7
1
2
Geneva Twp., MI

The SEOW's were on the corner of McNally & Geneva Roads
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Ryan Dziedzic

11/25/2014

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Snow Goose
Canada Goose  

Tundra Swan
  
American Black Duck
  Mallard  
Ring-necked Duck  
Common Merganser   Northern Harrier  

Cooper's Hawk
  
Bald Eagle   
Red-tailed Hawk   
Rough-legged Hawk   Sandhill Crane   
Pileated Woodpecker   Northern Shrike   
American Crow     
American Tree Sparrow   Song Sparrow   

Swamp Sparrow
  
Red-winged Blackbird   Eastern Meadowlark  
 
5
2583
72
47
676
7
878
8
1
22
12
4
540
1
1
338
119
4
1
13
1

SNWR, SA


IWMMP Survey
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Carolyn Szarlotta

11/25/2014

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LONG-EARED OWL
9
Ferguson Bayou Trail, SNWR, SA
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Jerry Ziarno

11/24/2014

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Snow Goose
1
Dow Ponds, MI
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Craig Schafer

11/23/2014

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Tundra Swans
Snowy Owl 
Red-tailed Hawk
700+
1
1
Bradleyville Road area, TU

Many TUSW arriving at M-25/Bradleyville Road
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Roger Eriksson

11/23/2014

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Redhead 
Bufflehead  
Common Merganser  
Red-breasted Merganser  
Horned Grebe  
American Coot 
8
4
4
7
3
2
East Tawas DNR State Dock, IO
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Wayne Shawl

11/22/2014

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Trumpeter Swan  6                                              Cooke Dam Area, IO
American Black Duck  17
Ruffed Grouse  1
Hairy Woodpecker  3
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Common Raven  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
American Goldfinch  9
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Joe Soehnel

11/22/2014

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American Black Duck  24                                   Karn Plant, BA
Mallard  684                                                            (Restricted Access)
Ring-necked Duck   2
Greater Scaup  84
Common Goldeneye  218
Common Merganser  142
Northern Harrier  1
American Kestrel  1
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  2
Black-crowned Night Heron 1 imm
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Roger Eriksson

11/21/2014

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Redhead  8                                                           East Tawas State Dock, IO
Bufflehead  9
Common Goldeneye  8
Hooded Merganser  1
Common Merganser  62
Red-breasted Merganser  3
Double-crested Cormorant  1
American Coot  2
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Don Schmuck

11/21/2014

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Snowy Owl  1 ad male                          Dickerson Rd near Thomas Rd, TU
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Jeanne Henderson

11/20/2014

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Northern Shrike   1                                    Chippewa Nature Center, MI
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Craig Schafer

11/20/2014

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Pine Siskin  2
American Goldfinch 33
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Roger Eriksson

11/20/2014

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Mute Swan  12               
Canvasback   6
Redhead   4
Bufflehead   4
Common Goldeneye   128
Hooded Merganser  4
Common Merganser  1765  

Tundra Swan  148
Great Black-backed Gull  1 


Rough-legged Hawk  1
Lebourdais Rd/Sag Bay, BA







Pinconning Park, BA


Noggle Rd, AR
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Joe Soehnel

11/19/2014

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Canada Goose   2722
Snow Goose   2
Trumpeter Swan   4
Tundra Swan        1001
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck   2
American Black Duck 82
Mallard  5194
Northern Shoveler  9
Northern Pintail  3
Common Goldeneye  1
Common Merganser  33
Hooded Merganser  9
Cooper's Hawk  1
Rough-legged Hawk 3
Northern Harrier  8  
Bald Eagle   7
American Coot  16  
Sandhill Crane   406
Bonaparte's Gull  10
Short-eared Owl  11
Long-eared Owl  2
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Rusty Blackbird  1 injured
American Tree Sparrow  108
Joe Soehnel - Highlights from this week's IWMMP survey along with non-waterbird observations.

This was a day, weather-wise, that would be the norm for Jan/Feb with snow fall most of the day, temps not exceeding 26F, and strong westerly winds.  All sections of the IWMMP were either totally or nearly totally frozen, leaving precious little area for waterbirds to congregate.  Even the Shiawassee River was nearly frozen, leaving two massive groups of waterbirds in dense formations on the river.

The American Coots were swimming/feeding in a narrow slit of open water on Grefe Pond.  The seemingly dazed Great Egrets were standing on a two track near Houlihan Grasslands.

The Short-eared Owls are still being well represented in the massive "farm unit" area of the refuge.  Maybe the extremely cold temps for this time of the year caused several of them to begin their hunt in daylight at 4:00 P.M.  Conversely, it seemed like the Northern Harriers were hunting close to dark which, by then, they are settled down for the evening.  A Short-eared Owl and a Northern Harrier actually dive bombed each other when their paths crossed a bit too closely.
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David Peters

11/17/2014

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American Crow  1068                             Hoyt Park, Saginaw, SA
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Ryan Dziedzic

11/16/2014

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Wild Turkey  
Northern Harrier     
Rough-legged Hawk       
Rock Pigeon
American Kestrel 
Horned Lark  
Lapland Longspur  
Snow Bunting 
Dark-eyed Junco 
Red-winged Blackbird  
Rusty Blackbird     
Pine Siskin 
9
3
2
73
1
200
12
8
37
2
200
11
Jasper Twp., 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

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    • ​SRA = State Recreation Area; 
    • SWA = State Wildlife Area;
    • SGA = State Game Area; 
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    • NWR = National Wildlife Refuge;
    • IWMMP = Integrated Waterbird Management Monitoring Program; 
    • CDF = Containment Disposal Facility (Dredge Island).

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