Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge 5/17-18

[Steve_Kahl@fws.gov]

Noteworthy birds at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge (May 17-18)
include:

FERGUSON BAYOU NATURE TRAIL
gadwall
blue-winged teal
northern shoveler
green-winged teal
ruddy duck
great egret
bald eagle (2 imm 1 subadult)
lesser yellowlegs
spotted sandpiper
dunlin
Caspian tern
willow flycatcher
bank swallow
cliff swallow
warbling vireo
red-eyed vireo
sedge wren
northern waterthrush
rose-breasted grosbeak
orchard oriole

REFUGE HEADQUARTERS
first robin fledgling of the season (5/17)
many white-crowned sparrows still at feeders
gray catbird carrying nesting material
brown thrasher

Steven Kahl
Refuge Manager
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
6975 Mower Road
Saginaw, MI  48601
P (989) 777-5930
F (989) 777-9200
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/shiawassee/