WPBO and GAS auto tours at Shiawassee NWR 3/24 - results

Tue Mar 27 10:27:58 EDT 2007

blue-winged teal - 2
red-breasted merganser - 3
common loon - 1 fly over
horned grebe - 1
pied-billed grebe - 6
bald eagle - 13
sandhill crane - 1
lesser yellowlegs - 3
pileated woodpecker - 2
eastern phoebe - 4
tree swallow - 50
fox sparrow -  1
eastern meadowlark - 1
rusty blackbird - 100+

Singing American tree sparrows almost everywhere;
Thousands of Canada geese and dabbling ducks swarming in the air as bald
eagles stirred them up;
Many singing western chorus frogs;
First singing wood frogs of the season;
Eighteen species of waterfowl.

Many thanks to Larry Abraham, Carolyn Szaroletta, Steve Gasser, and Jerry
Ziarno for leading these trips.

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/