Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

Joe Soehnel

12/31/2016

Gadwall 16
American Wigeon 1
American Black Duck 18
Mallard 1280
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 23
Canvasback 2
Redhead 16
Ring-necked Duck 5
Greater Scaup 2
Lesser Scaup 1
Hooded Merganser 26
Ruddy Duck 1 Photo
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 44 Carefully counted on the ice edge from west along the shipping channel ice edge then east along dredge island and then out to the east.
Rough-legged Hawk 1
American Coot 24
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 1

View this checklist with photos (a bit mushy) online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33308967

Karn Plant, BA
(Restricted Access)

Monica Essenmacher

12/29/2016

153 Common Goldeneye
20 Common Merganser
4 Bald Eagle
17 Ring-billed Gull
29 Herring Gull
1 Glaucous Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gull

45 Common Goldeneye
24 Common Merganser
3 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Red-necked Grebe
1 Great Black-backed Gull

18 Canada Goose
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Rough-legged Hawk

Wild Turkey 11
Bald Eagle 1
Barred Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Dark-eyed Junco 4
American Goldfinch 12

Phillip County Park, HU

Port Austin Area, HU

Port Crescent Hawk Watch, HU
Kinch Rd Site

Beaver Twp, BA

Don & Gail Schmuck

12/29/2016

Snowy Owl 2

Akron Twp, TU

Joe Soehnel

12/29/2016

Canada Goose 76
Tundra Swan 26
American Black Duck 14
Mallard 143
Northern Pintail 4
Redhead 1
Lesser Scaup 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Northern Harrier 3
Bald Eagle 13
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Herring Gull 18
Mourning Dove 74
Hairy Woodpecker 2
American Kestrel 1
Northern Shrike 1
American Crow 596
Tufted Titmouse 4
Snow Bunting 135
Song Sparrow 1

Shiawassee NWR IWMMP, SA
(Restricted Access)

David Peters

12/28/2016

American Crow 2442

Saginaw, SA

Monica Essenmacher

12/27/2016

45 Wild Turkey
1 Northern Harrier
2 Cooper's Hawk
1 Bald Eagle
1 Red-tailed Hawk
11 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
25 Mourning Dove
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
4 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 American Kestrel
6 Blue Jay
4 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
3 White-breasted Nuthatch
4 Golden-crowned Kinglet
8 Eastern Bluebird
1 American Robin
17 European Starling
3 Lapland Longspur
18 American Tree Sparrow
5 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
1 Song Sparrow
3 Northern Cardinal
1 House Finch
3 American Goldfinch
44 House Sparrow

Tuscola CBC, TU - Section 3

Joe Soehnel

12/25/2016

Mourning Dove 16
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
American Robin 15
American Tree Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 5
American Goldfinch 8

Hampton Twp Yard Birds, BA

Monica Essenmacher

12/23/2016

Golden Eagle 1 imm.

Kawkawlin Twp, BA

Joe Soehnel

12/22/2016

Trumpeter Swan 11 (7 imm)
Wood Duck 1
Common Goldeneye 145
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1

Iargo Springs, IO

Allen Chartier

12/22/2016

Red-tailed Hawk 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
American Kestrel 1
American Crow 4
Horned Lark 1
European Starling 1
Dark-eyed Junco 2
House Sparrow 3

Columbia Twp, TU

Sam Burckhardt

12/22/2016

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 1

Long-tailed Duck 1
Bufflehead 40
Common Goldeneye 40
Common Merganser 62
Red-breasted Merganser 167
Bald Eagle 2
American Coot 1
Thayer's Gull 1 1st cycle

East Tawas State Dock, IO

Gateway Park, IO

Ryan Dziedzic

12/22/2016

Ruffed Grouse 2
Wild Turkey 131
Mourning Dove 84
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 11
Downy Woodpecker 20
Hairy Woodpecker 11
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Northern Shrike 1
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 205
Tufted Titmouse 34
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 23
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Eastern Bluebird 10
American Robin 112
American Tree Sparrow 34
Dark-eyed Junco 62
Northern Cardinal 29
Purple Finch 3
American Goldfinch 33

Tittabawassee Valley CBC - Territory #3

55 species observed in this the fifth year of the count making for 79 species observed in the last five years overall!

David Peters

12/21/2016

Sandhill Crane 2

Shiawassee NWR, SA
(Restricted Access)

Monica Essenmacher

12/21/2016

12 Mute Swan
4 Trumpeter Swan -- Regular now.
29 Tundra Swan
10 swan sp.
4 Mallard
1 Canvasback
6 Redhead
18 Long-tailed Duck
21 Common Goldeneye
17 Common Merganser
3 Bald Eagle
13 Herring Gull
3 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Belted Kingfisher
4 American Crow
11 American Tree Sparrow

Harbor Beach, HU

Monica Essenmacher - Huron CBC

12/20/2016

26 Wild Turkey
1 Cooper's Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
2 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
21 Horned Lark
17 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
238 Snow Bunting
27 American Tree Sparrow
29 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
45 Common Redpoll
56 American Goldfinch

2 Common Goldeneye
2 Bald Eagle
1 Herring Gull
1 Glaucous Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gull
5 Snow Bunting

Huron CBC - Section 5

Huron CBC - Section 1

Ryan Dziedzic & Joe Soehnel - Huron CBC

12/20/2016

Tundra Swan 18
American Black Duck 3
Common Goldeneye 53
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Downy Woodpecker 10
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Horned Lark 15
Black-capped Chickadee 70
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 15
European Starling 482
Cedar Waxwing 5
Lapland Longspur 2
Snow Bunting 93
Chipping Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 42
Northern Cardinal 14
Red-winged Blackbird 1
American Goldfinch 12
House Sparrow 72

Huron CBC - Section 2

John McCoy

12/20/2016

BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK 1

Harbor Beach, HU

Michael Nelson

12/19/2016

Northern Flicker 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1

Monitor Twp, BA

Allen Chartier

12/19/2016

American Kestrel 1
Snow Bunting 120

Mourning Dove 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 28
Horned Lark 4
European Starling 2
Lapland Longspur 1
Snow Bunting 15
American Tree Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 17
Song Sparrow 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 50

Snow Bunting 1

Fairgrove, TU

Columbia Twp, TU

Akron Twp, TU

David Peters

12/19/2016

Canada Goose 4
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 5
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 7
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Herring Gull 86
Mourning Dove 14
American Crow 47
American Tree Sparrow 76

Shiawassee NWR, SA
(Restricted Access)

John Porath

12/18/2016

Cooper's Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Tree Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6
Northern Cardinal 1
House Sparrow 17

Reese, TU

Roger Eriksson

12/17/2016

2 Gadwall
42 Mallard
18 Bufflehead
7 Common Goldeneye
1 Common Merganser
1 Pied-billed Grebe

830 Canada Goose
52 Mallard
1 Bald Eagle
22 Herring Gull
1 Glaucous Gull

AuSable River Mouth, IO

Gateway Park, IO

Moira Maus

12/17/2016

Long-eared Owl 1
American Pipit 1

Tawas Point, IO

Ryan Dziedzic

12/17/2016

Red-shouldered Hawk 2

Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 8
Northern Shrike 2
American Kestrel 1
Northern Shrike 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1

Greendale Twp., MI

Geneva Twp, MI

Allen Chartier

12/16/2016

Bald Eagle 1 Adult.
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Herring Gull 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
Mourning Dove 2
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 3
American Crow 65
Horned Lark 2
American Tree Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 8

Snow Bunting 120

Snow Bunting 20

Snow Bunting 50

Columbia Twp, TU

Juniata Twp, TU

Blumfield Twp, SA

Fairgrove Area, TU