Blog Archives - Saginaw Bay Birding & Trail

Phil Odum

12/31/2017

1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Herring Gull
28 Mourning Dove
1 Downy Woodpecker
3 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
2 Black-capped Chickadee
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Thrasher
4 American Tree Sparrow
2 Dark-eyed Junco
6 Purple Finch
1 Common Redpoll
60 Pine Siskin -- Est
2 American Goldfinch

Tawas Point, Io

Monica Essenmacher

12/30/2017

26 Wild Turkey
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
47 Mourning Dove
1 Eastern Screech-Owl
2 Snowy Owl
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker
6 Downy Woodpecker
3 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 American Kestrel
1 Northern Shrike
38 Blue Jay
26 Horned Lark
45 Black-capped Chickadee
6 Red-breasted Nuthatch
8 White-breasted Nuthatch
5 Golden-crowned Kinglet
15 Snow Bunting
3 American Tree Sparrow
28 Dark-eyed Junco
11 Northern Cardinal
98 House Finch
32 Common Redpoll
5 Pine Siskin
17 American Goldfinch
136 House Sparrow

Tuscola CBC - Section 3

Joe Soehnel

12/30/2017

Snow Goose 1
Canada Goose 218
Mute Swan 24
Mallard 750
American Black Duck 28
Redhead 3
Ring-necked Duck 1
Greater Scaup 12
Lesser Scaup 1
Common Goldeneye 145
Hooded Merganser 6
Common Merganser 65
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 14
Great Blue Heron 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Northern Harrier 3
Bald Eagle 18
Red-tailed Hawk 1

Cooper's Hawk 1
Brown Creeper 1
American Robin 8

Karn Plant, Ba
(Restricted Access)

Hampton Twp Home Feeder, Ba

Phil Odum

12/30/2017

4 Mute Swan
3 Long-tailed Duck
2 Bald Eagle
35 Mourning Dove
2 Snowy Owl
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
7 Blue Jay
4 Black-capped Chickadee
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Thrasher
4 American Tree Sparrow
4 Dark-eyed Junco
6 Purple Finch
1 Common Redpoll
73 Pine Siskin
4 American Goldfinch

Tawas Point, io

Ryan Dziedzic & Stan Madziar (Bay City CBC)

12/30/2017

Snow Goose 1
Canada Goose 280
Mute Swan 68
Gadwall 4
Mallard 1000
American Black Duck 20
Redhead 3
Greater Scaup 25
Lesser Scaup 1
White-winged Scoter 1
Bufflehead 2
Common Goldeneye 150
Hooded Merganser 15
Common Merganser 80
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 17
Great Blue Heron 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 35
American Coot 1
Herring Gull 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Horned Lark 7
American Robin 1
Snow Bunting 2
American Tree Sparrow 12

Karn Plant, Ba
(Restricted Access)

Wayne Shawl

12/30/2017

Trumpeter Swan 102
Tundra Swan 2
Bufflehead 4
Common Goldeneye 112
Common Merganser 4
Red-breasted Merganser 5

Cooke Dam Area, Io

Phil Odum

12/29/2017

30 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
6 Blue Jay
2 Black-capped Chickadee
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Thrasher
6 American Tree Sparrow
4 Dark-eyed Junco
7 Purple Finch
26 Pine Siskin
14 American Goldfinch

Tawas Point, Io

Allen Chartier

12/29/2017

ed-tailed Hawk 2
Rock Pigeon 12
Northern Flicker 1
Horned Lark 2
American Tree Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 1

Wild Turkey 6

Hairy Woodpecker 1
American Crow 10
Horned Lark 2
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Townsend's Solitaire 1
Northern Cardinal 2
American Goldfinch 4

Columbia Twp, Hu

Colfax Twp, Tu

Meade Twp, Hu

Ryan Dziedzic

12/29/2017

Rough-legged Hawk 1

Ruffed Grouse 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Tree Sparrow 60
Common Redpoll 40

Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1

Bald Eagle 2
American Kestrel 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
House Sparrow 25

Mallard 350
American Black Duck 12
Common Goldeneye 150
Common Merganser 30
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
House Finch 25

Geneva Twp, Mi

AuSable State Forest, Mi

Jerome Twp, Mi

Burns Rd, Mi

Sanford Village Park, Mi

Phil Odum

12/28/2017

5 Common Goldeneye
1 Red-breasted Merganser
30 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
3 Black-capped Chickadee
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
6 American Tree Sparrow
4 Dark-eyed Junco
6 Purple Finch
22 Pine Siskin
16 American Goldfinch

Tawas Point, Io

Phil Odum

12/27/2017

3 Long-tailed Duck
1 Rough-legged Hawk
22 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
5 Blue Jay
1 Common Raven
3 Black-capped Chickadee
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 BROWN THRASHER
4 American Tree Sparrow
2 Dark-eyed Junco
4 Purple Finch
30 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, Io

Wayne Shawl

12/27/2017

Bufflehead 12
Common Goldeneye 76
Common Merganser 5
Ruffed Grouse 4
Bald Eagle 1
Mourning Dove 9
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 7
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
American Tree Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 21
Northern Cardinal 2
Purple Finch 25
Common Redpoll 3
Pine Siskin 37
American Goldfinch 31

Cooke Dam Area, Io

Phil Odum

12/25/2017

1 Long-tailed Duck
2 Bufflehead
1 Common Goldeneye
2 Red-breasted Merganser
23 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
6 Blue Jay
3 Black-capped Chickadee
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
8 American Tree Sparrow
2 Dark-eyed Junco
12 Purple Finch
50 Pine Siskin
8 American Goldfinch

Tawas Point, Io

Craig Schafer

12/25/2017

Red-tailex Hawk 1
Townsend's Solitaire 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 1

Filion Rd/Meade Twp, Hu

Phil Odum

12/24/2017

2 Common Goldeneye
22 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
3 Blue Jay
3 Black-capped Chickadee
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
6 American Tree Sparrow
4 Dark-eyed Junco
26 Purple Finch
6 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, Io

John Porath

12/23/2017

Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Townsend's Solitaire 1
Dark-eyed Junco 10

Snowy Owl 1

Filion Rd/Meade Twp, Hu

Bayport Rd, Hu

John Porath

12/22/2017

Great Blue Heron 1

Ring-necked Pheasant 3 males

Kingston Area, Tu

Gilford Rd, Tu

Roger Eriksson

12/21/2017

1 Common Goldeneye
2 Great Blue Heron
1 Northern Shrike

11 Common Goldeneye
4 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Snowy Owl

Tuttle Marsh, Io

East Tawas State Dock, Io

Phil Odum

12/21/2017

30 Long-tailed Duck
1 Bufflehead
1 Common Goldeneye
1 Common Merganser
16 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Cooper's Hawk
3 Bald Eagle
3 Herring Gull
28 Mourning Dove
2 Snowy Owl
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Shrike
13 Blue Jay
5 Black-capped Chickadee
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
6 American Tree Sparrow
4 Dark-eyed Junco
1 Northern Cardinal
1 Red-winged Blackbird
6 Purple Finch
916 Pine Siskin

Tawas Point, io

Monica Essenmacher

12/20/2017

2 Bald Eagle
1 Iceland Gull
2 Glaucous Gull

1 Lapland Longspur
780 Snow Bunting

Port Austin Harbor, Hu

Hume Twp, Hu

Joe Soehnel

12/20/2017

Golden Eagle 1
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Northern Harrier 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Townsend's Solitaire 1
Pine Siskin 12
Dark-eyed Junco 22

Tundra Swan 644

Filion & Lackie Rds, Hu

Unionville Area, Tu

Phil Odum

12/20/2017

22 Long-tailed Duck
4 Bufflehead
5 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Bald Eagle
2 Bonaparte's Gull
28 Mourning Dove
2 Snowy Owl
1 Northern Shrike
10 Blue Jay
6 Black-capped Chickadee
7 American Tree Sparrow
14 Purple Finch
1 Common Redpoll
152 Pine Siskin
10 American Goldfinch

Tawas Point, Io

Val Trabbucchi & Mike Ladenberger

12/19/2017

TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE 1

Filion & Lackie Rds, Hu

Val & Mike found this great bird during the Huron CBC and was re-found by Ryan Dziedzic, Monica Essenmacher, and Myles & Marilyn Willard in the afternoon. Wow!!!

Allen Chartier

12/19/2017

Tundra Swan 6
Mallard 45
American Black Duck 10
Snowy Owl 3

Snow Bunting 125

Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 2
Horned Lark 10

Fish Point SGA, Tu

Fairgrove Area, Tu

Columbia Twp, Tu

Monica Essenmacher

12/19/2017

2 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Rough-legged Hawk
1 Snowy Owl
1 Red-headed Woodpecker
1 American Kestrel
5 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Winter Wren
3 American Robin
7 Cedar Waxwing
14 Snow Bunting
1 Brown-headed Cowbird
8 Common Redpoll
9 Red Crossbill

Huron CBC - Section 1