Gadwall 7 (Restricted Access)
American Wigeon 3
American Black Duck 1
Green-winged Teal 24
Hooded Merganser 4
Wild Turkey 14
Pied-billed Grebe 51
Least Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 38
Great Egret 216
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 18
Bald Eagle 3
Virginia Rail 21
Sora 7
Common Gallinule 54
American Coot 42
Sandhill Crane 16
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 22
Caspian Tern 9
Northern Flicker 12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Vesper Sparrow 2
Dickcissel 3
Bobolink 2
My show stopping experience today at Shiawassee NWR? I was driving up to the second spillway on the auto tour and immediately saw a completely albino Tree Swallow! I watched, mesmerized, for over five minutes before it flew out of sight with three other Tree Swallows. It seemed to fly in a graceful slow motion and, at one point, flew right overhead. Truly blessed and truly impressed! Craig Schafer reported it to me from July 9th and had forgotten about it until my sighting. Worth a drive just to see that bird!