Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge sightings

[Steve_Kahl@fws.gov]

Wendy Baker and her Delta College birding class toured Shiawassee National
Wildlife Refuge on June 9.  Birds found included:

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck (with ducklings)
Gadwall
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Redhead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Wild Turkey
American Coot (with young)
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Least Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Ferguson Bayou area)
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Prothonotary Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Steven Kahl
Refuge Manager
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
6975 Mower Road
Saginaw, MI  48601-9783
P (989) 777-5930 ext 16
F (989) 777-9200
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/shiawassee/