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Monica Essenmacher

11/30/2017

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274 Tundra Swan
1 Northern Shoveler
5 Mallard
2 American Black Duck
1 Ring-necked Duck
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Rough-legged Hawk
5 American Coot
3 Snowy Owl 
14 American Goldfinch

345 Tundra Swan

45 Lesser Scaup
9 Bufflehead
1 Northern Harrier

4 Common Goldeneye

20 Common Merganser
1 Red-necked Grebe
1 Bald Eagle
2 Bonaparte's Gull
\15 Snow Bunting

Barred Owl   2
Fish Point SWA, Tu










​Akron Twp, Tu




​Sunset Bay Marina, Tu






​Beaver Twp, Ba
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Craig Schafer

11/29/2017

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Snowy Owl  1

Tundra Swans 1000
Northern Harrier 1
Copper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Sandhill Cranes 750
Mourning Dove 2
Snowy Owl 9 
American Kestrel 2
FASHION SQUARE MALL!!, Sa

Prairie Farms, Sa
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Wayne Shawl

11/29/2017

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Trumpeter Swan  21
American Black Duck  5
Bufflehead  8
Common Merganser  56
Red-breasted Merganser  9
Ruffed Grouse  1
Common Loon  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Barred Owl  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Common Raven  2
Cooke Dam Area, Io
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Phil Odum

11/28/2017

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1 Redhead 
1 Long-tailed Duck 
12 Bufflehead 
2 Hooded Merganser 
150 Red-breasted Merganser 
1 Bald Eagle 
1 Snowy Owl 
1 Belted Kingfisher 
Tawas Point, Io
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Joe Soehnel

11/27/2017

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Gadwall  2
Northern Shoveler  12
Green-winged Teal  1

Rough-legged Hawk  1

Snowy Owl  1

Long-tailed Duck  82
Horned Grebe  6
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Pine Siskin  26

King Eider 1 fem continuing
Common Loon  2
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Snowy Owl  1

Long-tailed Duck  85
White-winged Scoter  1
Common Loon  2
​Horned Grebe  1
Standish Sewage Lagoons, Ar



Noggle Rd Grassland Area, Ar

Northport Marina, Ar

Foster Rd, Ar




AuSable River Mouth, Io




Jerry's Marina, Io
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Allen Chartier

11/27/2017

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Rough-legged Hawk  2
Red Crossbill  13
​House Sparrow  74

​Snow Bunting  500

Tundra Swan  10

Bald Eagle  2
Northern Shrike  1

Wild Turkey  20
​Red-tailed Hawk  2
Unionville Area, Tu

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​Fairgrove Area, Tu

​Wisner Twp, Tu

Crow Island SGA East Unit, Sa


​Birch Run Twp, Sa
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Wayne Shawl

11/27/2017

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Ruffed Grouse 7
Mourning Dove 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 5
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
American Tree Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 8
Northern Cardinal 1
Purple Finch 2
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 4
Cooke Dam Area, Io
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Monica Essenmacher

11/26/2017

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Barred Owl  1
​American Robin  1

​4 Common Merganser
58 Bonaparte's Gull

665 Bonaparte's Gull

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Beaver Twp, Ba


Lake Twp, Hu


​Thompson County Park, Hu


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Joe Soehnel

11/26/2017

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Ring-necked Duck  1
Greater/Lesser Scaup  175
Long-tailed Duck  14
Common Goldeneye  156
Hooded Merganser  102   
Common Merganser  8
Red-breasted Merganser  12
Ring-necked Pheasant  1
Pied-billed Grebe  3
Double-crested Cormorant  28
Great Blue Heron  3     
Great Egret  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  4 
Bonaparte's Gull  1 
Belted Kingfisher  1
Karn Plant, Ba
    (Restricted Access)
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Ryan Dziedzic

11/25/2017

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Long-tailed Duck  6
Bufflehead  3
Red-breasted Merganser  29
Common Loon  2

​White-winged Scoter  1

Long-tailed Duck  30
Red-breasted Merganser  125
Common Loon  2
Bonaparte's Gull  5
Brown Creeper  1

Long-tailed Duck  275

Bufflehead  32
Ruffed Grouse  1
Snowy Owl  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
Eastern Bluebird  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  1 
White-throated Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  2   
Brown-headed Cowbird  1 
Common Grackle  10 
Common Redpoll  150   
Pine Siskin  1000    
American Goldfinch  150

​Snowy Owl  1

​Rusty Blackbird  1

​Gray Catbird  1

AuSable River Mouth, Io




​Jerry's Marina, Io






Tawas Point, Io















East Tawas State Dock, Io

Alabaster Twp, Io

​Hale Rd, Ar
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Roger Eriksson

11/25/2017

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16 Trumpeter Swan 
1 Blue Jay 
4 Black-capped Chickadee 
2 White-breasted Nuthatch 
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 
2 Common Redpoll 
5 American Goldfinch ​
Tuttle Marsh, Io
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Roger Eriksson

11/24/2017

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1 Surf Scoter 
1 White-winged Scoter 
98 Long-tailed Duck 
240 Common Merganser 
85 Red-breasted Merganser 
16 Mourning Dove 
1 Snowy Owl 
3 Red-winged Blackbird 
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
8 Common Grackle
Jerry's Marina, Io
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Mic Hamas

11/24/2017

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Eastern Phoebe  1
Midland, Mi
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Roger Eriksson

11/23/2017

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2 American Black Duck 
28 Redhead 
2 Long-tailed Duck 
3 Bufflehead 
38 Common Merganser 
21 Red-breasted Merganser 
1 Snowy Owl 

King Eider  1    

Long-tailed Duck  4
Bufflehead  6
Common Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  2
East Tawas State Dock, Io







AuSable River Mouth, Io
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Monica Essenmacher

11/22/2017

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931 Tundra Swan
3 Northern Shoveler
575 Mallard
10 Redhead
159 Ring-necked Duck
2 Lesser Scaup
2 Hooded Merganser
12 Ruddy Duck
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
2 Northern Harrier
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
18 American Coot
18 Sandhill Crane
1 Snowy Owl
1 Pileated Woodpecker
14 Pine Siskin

​9 Common Goldeneye

37 Common Merganser
5 Horned Grebe
1 Northern Harrier
1 Bald Eagle
Fish Point SWA, Tu


















Sunset Bay Marina, Tu
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Todd Palgut - Per eBird

11/22/2017

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KING EIDER - 1 fem
AuSable River Mouth, Io

Also noted 11/23/17 by several birders.
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Allen Chartier

11/22/2017

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Tundra Swan  103
Northern Harrier  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Rough-legged Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  270
American Kestrel  3
American Crow  22
Horned Lark  9
Lapland Longspur  3
Snow Bunting  520

​Northern Shoveler  7

Gadwall  10
American Wigeon  2
Mallard  730
American Black Duck  34
Northern Pintail  3
Green-winged Teal  4
Ruddy Duck  13
Great Blue Heron  1
Northern Harrier  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Coot  15
Snowy Owl  2    
American Kestrel  1
Red-winged Blackbird  1

Tundra Swan  680 

​Tundra Swan  105 ​
Columbia Twp, Tu










Fish Point SWA, Tu

















Wisner Twp, Tu

​Akron Twp, Tu
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Monica Essenmacher

11/21/2017

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3 Cackling Goose 
730 Canada Goose
4 Trumpeter Swan
2035 Tundra Swan 
24 American Black Duck
2 Northern Pintail
8 Redhead
213 Ring-necked Duck
3 Lesser Scaup
5 Ruddy Duck
5800 duck sp. 
1 Pied-billed Grebe
4 Great Blue Heron
1 Bald Eagle
1 Snowy Owl
Fish Point, Tu
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John Porath

11/21/2017

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Tundra Swan  96
Northern Harrier  3
Bald Eagle  1
Bonaparte's Gull  4
Snowy Owl  2     
American Kestrel  1
Snow Bunting  8
Fish Point SWA, Tu
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Monica Essenmacher

11/20/2017

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1 Red-bellied Woodpecker

1 Common Raven -- Buteo-sized,  big-headed, heavy-billed corvid being ushered out (at its leisure)of the cornfield by its smaller cousins.

4 Horned Lark
2 Eastern Bluebird
4 American Robin

​2 Bufflehead

24 Common Goldeneye
56 Common Merganser

​2 American Wigeon

2 Redhead
6 Lesser Scaup
7 Common Goldeneye
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Bald Eagle
1 Bonaparte's Gull
Tittabawassee River Rd, Mi










Sanford Lake Park, Mi



Edenville, Mi
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Craig Schafer

11/19/2017

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Snow Goose blue morph 2
Canada Geese 800
Tundra Swans 800
Wood Duck 6
Mallard 800
Northern Pintail 80
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 3
Sandhill Cranes 650
Ring-billed Gull 85
Horned Lark 4
Snow Bunting 30

​Snowy Owl  1

​Snowy Owl  1
Prairie Farms, Sa












Fish Pt SWA, Tu

Akron/Brockway Rds, Tu
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Joe Soehnel

11/18/2017

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American Black Duck  5
Greater Scaup  181
Long-tailed Duck  2
Bufflehead  4
Common Goldeneye  48
Hooded Merganser  13
Red-breasted Merganser  289
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Horned Grebe  1
Red-necked Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  54
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  7   
Black-crowned Night-Heron  6    
American Coot  1
Snowy Owl  1 
Karn Plant, Ba
    (Restricted Access)
This was the first Snowy Owl at the Karn Plant property in years.  They used to be a common occurrence every winter but the increased Bald Eagle population extricated the overwintering Snowy Owls.  Interestingly, Bonaparte's Gulls were dive bombing the Snowy Owl at a safe distance and were making harsh, harassing calls when dive bombing the uninterested owl.
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Roger Eriksson

11/18/2017

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494 Canada Goose 
1 American Wigeon 
189 Mallard 
8 American Black Duck 
1 Red-tailed Hawk 
Alabaster Twp, Io
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Monica Essenmacher

11/18/2017

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1 Greater Scaup
9 Lesser Scaup
1 White-winged Scoter
7 Long-tailed Duck
15 Bufflehead
36 Common Goldeneye
1 Common Merganser
2 Great Blue Heron
68 Bonaparte's Gull

6 Bufflehead

7 Ring-necked Pheasant 
1 Pied-billed Grebe
11 Dark-eyed Junco 
1 White-crowned Sparrow 
1 Song Sparrow

​1 Northern Shrike

Linwood Rd Terminus, Ba









Nayanquing Point, Ba






​Beaver Twp, Ba
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Phil Odum

11/17/2017

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1 White-winged Scoter 
2 Long-tailed Duck 
30 Bufflehead 
2 Hooded Merganser 
2 Red-breasted Merganser 
1 Common Loon 
23 Bonaparte's Gull 
4 Great Black-backed Gull 
1 Pileated Woodpecker 
3 Rusty Blackbird 
23 Pine Siskin 
Tawas Point, Io
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    • BA = Bay
    • HU = Huron
    • IO = Iosco
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