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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

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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

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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

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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

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18
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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
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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

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7
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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

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676
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878
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338
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SNWR, SA

IWMMP Survey

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Carolyn Szarlotta

11/25/2014

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LONG-EARED OWL

Ferguson Bayou Trail, SNWR, SA

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Jerry Ziarno

11/24/2014

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Snow Goose

Dow Ponds, MI

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Craig Schafer

11/23/2014

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Tundra Swans
Snowy Owl
Red-tailed Hawk

700+
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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

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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

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200
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Jasper Twp., MI

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