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Joe Soehnel

12/31/2016

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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
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Monica Essenmacher

12/29/2016

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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

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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

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Beaver Twp, BA
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Don & Gail Schmuck

12/29/2016

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Snowy Owl  2
Akron Twp, TU
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Joe Soehnel

12/29/2016

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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
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David Peters

12/28/2016

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American Crow  ​2442
Saginaw, SA 
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Monica Essenmacher

12/27/2016

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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
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Joe Soehnel

12/25/2016

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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
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Monica Essenmacher

12/23/2016

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Golden Eagle  1 imm.
Kawkawlin Twp, BA
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Joe Soehnel

12/22/2016

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Trumpeter Swan  11 (7 imm)
Wood Duck  1
Common Goldeneye  145
Brown Creeper  1
​Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
Iargo Springs, IO
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Allen Chartier

12/22/2016

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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
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Sam Burckhardt

12/22/2016

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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
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Ryan Dziedzic

12/22/2016

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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!
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David Peters

12/21/2016

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Sandhill Crane 2
Shiawassee NWR, SA
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Monica Essenmacher

12/21/2016

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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
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Monica Essenmacher - Huron CBC

12/20/2016

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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
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Ryan Dziedzic & Joe Soehnel - Huron CBC

12/20/2016

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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
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John McCoy

12/20/2016

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BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK  1
Harbor Beach, HU
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Michael Nelson

12/19/2016

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Northern Flicker                1    
White-crowned Sparrow   1
Monitor Twp, BA
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Allen Chartier

12/19/2016

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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
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David Peters

12/19/2016

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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
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John Porath

12/18/2016

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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
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Roger Eriksson

12/17/2016

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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
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Moira Maus

12/17/2016

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Long-eared Owl  1
​American Pipit  1
Tawas Point, IO
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Ryan Dziedzic

12/17/2016

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​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
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Allen Chartier

12/16/2016

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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
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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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