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Roger Eriksson

12/30/2015

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Rough-legged Hawk  1

Redhead  61
Bufflehead  16
Common Goldeneye  11
Common Merganser  66
Red-breasted Merganser  3
American Coot  1
Tuttle Marsh, IO

East Tawas State Dock, IO
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Sam Burckhardt

12/28/2015

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Trumpeter Swan 2
​Bald Eagle  1
Northern Shrike  2
Swamp Sparrow  1
Tutte Marsh, IO
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Roger Eriksson

12/28/2015

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Long-tailed Duck  1
Common Goldeneye  1
Common Merganser  116
Red-breasted Merganser  1
American Coot  1

Long-tailed Duck  3
Common Goldeneye  1
Common Merganser  73
Bonaparte's Gull  26
East Tawas State Dock, IO





​Jerry's Marina/Tawas Bay, IO
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Roger & Julie Eriksson

12/27/2015

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Redhead  4100  
Bufflehead  7
Snowy Owl  1

Bonaparte's Gull  48
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Gateway Park, IO



Jerry's Marina/Tawas Bay, IO
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Roger Eriksson

12/26/2015

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Redhead  4100
Bufflehead  5
Common Goldeneye  2
Common Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  9
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  5

Bufflehead  2
Common Goldeneye  4
Hooded Merganser  2
Common Merganser  119
Gateway Park, IO







East Tawas State Dock, IO
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Craig Schafer

12/25/2015

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Eastern Screech Owl  1                                       Bay City, BA  (new yard bird)
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Sam Burckhardt

12/23/2015

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Canvasback   1
Redhead  12
Long-tailed Duck   1
Bufflehead   1
Hooded Merganser   1
Common Merganser   80
Red-breasted Merganser   2
Double-crested Cormorant   1 imm
American Coot  2
East Tawas State Dock, IO
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Various observers

12/22/2015

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Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Redhead*
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Horned Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk​
Rough-legged Hawk
Bonaparte's Gull*
Eastern Screech-Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Shrike*
Common Raven
Golden-crowned Kinglet
​Snow Bunting*
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird*
 Highlights of the 4th Tittabawassee Valley CBC!

57 species total

​*Not in SBA (Gladwin County)
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Roger Eriksson

12/22/2015

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Snow/Ross's Goose  3   
Canada Goose  8531  
Tundra Swan  876     
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan  4     
Gadwall  2
American Black Duck  818
Mallard  8726    
Northern Pintail  8
Common Merganser  54
Double-crested Cormorant  3     
Great Blue Heron  6
Glossy/White-faced Ibis  1    
Northern Harrier  4
Bald Eagle  11
American Coot  2
Sandhill Crane  1763     
Mourning Dove  2
Short-eared Owl  8
American Tree Sparrow  154
Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA

   ​(Restricted Access)
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Monica Essenmacher

12/20/2015

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Song Sparrow  1                              Beaver Twp, BA
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Doug Jackson

12/20/2015

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Snowy Owl 1                                      AuGres River Mouth, AR
Common Merganser 20
Common Goldeneye 14
Bufflehead 3

Bald Eagle 1                                      Arenac County
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Northern Harrier 2
American Kestrel 3
Snow Bunting 60
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Roger Eriksson

12/20/2015

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Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  3
Common Goldeneye  33
Common Merganser  12
Bonaparte's Gull  104
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  8
Jerry's Marina/Tawas Bay, IO
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Craig Schafer

12/20/2015

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Northern Shrike 1
Red tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Northern Harrier 1
Fish Point, TU
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Monica Essenmacher

12/20/2015

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Tundra Swan  1
American Black Duck  1
Common Goldeneye  1
Common Merganser  12
Bonaparte's Gull  52
Herring Gull  39
Great Black-backed Gull  1     imm
Linwood Rd/Saginaw Bay, BA
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Roger Eriksson

12/19/2015

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Herring Gull  194
Glaucous Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Pinconning Twp/M-13, north of Pinconning, BA
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Roger Eriksson

12/19/2015

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Tundra Swan  1
Gadwall  3
American Black Duck  3
Mallard  18
Northern Pintail  1
Herring Gull  9
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Linwood Rd/Saginaw Bay, BA
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Joe Soehnel

12/19/2015

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American Wigeon  1
American Black Duck  31
Mallard  319
Redhead  2
Greater Scaup  3
Common Goldeneye  168
Double-crested Cormorant  7
Bald Eagle  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Bonaparte's Gull  8
Ring-billed Gull  4
Herring Gull  26
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Rock Pigeon  24
Peregrine Falcon  1
Karn Plant, BA

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Ryan Dziedzic

12/18/2015

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Greater White-fronted Goose  6     
Snow Goose  1     Blue phase
Canada Goose  5549
Mute Swan  1
Trumpeter Swan  2     
Tundra Swan  578
Gadwall  39
American Wigeon  17    
American Black Duck  159
Mallard  9438     
Northern Shoveler  55
Northern Pintail  96     
Green-winged Teal  15
Ring-necked Duck  75
Lesser Scaup  5
Hooded Merganser  2
Common Merganser  359
Double-crested Cormorant  3     
Great Blue Heron  8
Great Egret  7    
GOLDEN EAGLE 1     
Northern Harrier  8
Bald Eagle  14
Red-tailed Hawk  13    
American Coot  14
Sandhill Crane  900+     
DUNLIN 1    
Ring-billed Gull  500
Herring Gull  75
Short-eared Owl  3     
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  8
Pileated Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  1
Blue Jay  18
American Crow  94
Brown Creeper  1
Snow Bunting  125    
American Tree Sparrow  78
SNWR - IWMMP Survey
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​A stellar day at the refuge!!!
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Craig Schafer

12/17/2015

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Common Merganser 2
Greater Blacked-backed Gull 1
Herring Gull 8
Bonaparte Gull 16

Bufflehead  2
Linwood Rd/Saginaw Bay, BA




​Erikson Rd, BA
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Larry Abraham

12/16/2015

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American Crow  638
1  Eastern Bluebird

1   Eastern Screech Owl
1   Pileated Woodpecker 
1   Hairy Woodpecker        
3   Downy  Woodpecker       
1   Northern Flicker  
2   Red-bellied Woodpecker

1   Snowy Owl  
Bridgeport, SA


Bridgeport Twp SA
      Yard birds





Tuscola County
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Monica Essenmacher

12/16/2015

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4 Trumpeter Swan 
82 Tundra Swan
163 Canvasback 
44 Redhead
1 Common Goldeneye
4 Hooded Merganser
1 Common Merganser
6 Herring Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gull
Harbor Beach, HU
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Monica Essenmacher

12/16/2015

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18 Canada Goose                                                 Minden/M-25, HU
12 Mute Swan
7 European Starling
2 Common Redpoll
75 American Goldfinch
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Kim LeBlanc

12/16/2015

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1000+ Sandhill crane                                   Bishop Rd/Prairie Farm, SA
1 Northern Harrier
2 Bald Eagle
~ 50 Tundra Swan
2 Trumpeter Swan
1 Red-tailed Hawk
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Joe Soehnel & David Peters

12/15/2015

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Trumpeter Swan  7  
Tundra Swan  67
Canvasback  2
White-winged Scoter  3
Long-tailed Duck  22
Common Loon  1
Horned Grebe  2
Bald Eagle  2
Rough-legged Hawk  1
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Northern Flicker  2
Northern Shrike  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
American Robin  2
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Pine Siskin  2
Huron CBC Area 2 Highlights
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Val Trabucchi & Mike Ladenberger

12/15/2015

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Merlin  1
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Tundra Swan  144
​Ruffed Grouse  1
Wild Turkey  66
Rough-legged Hawk  2
​Sandhill Crane  4
Eastern Screech Owl  2
Northern Flicker  4
Northern Shrike  1
Huron CBC Area 5


​Huron CBC Area 6


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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

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

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