Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge birding auto tour results - 5/23

[Steve_Kahl at fws.gov]

Steve Gasser of Saginaw Valley Audubon Society led a birding auto tour at
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge on May 23.  Birds found on the trip
included:

Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 4
Wood Duck 9
American Black Duck 4
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal 14
Ring-necked Pheasant 4
Wild Turkey 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2
American Bittern 2
Great Blue Heron 14
Great Egret 22
Green Heron 1
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Virginia Rail 3
Sora 5
Sandhill Crane 18
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 11
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 14
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Dunlin 100
Ring-billed Gull 6
Caspian Tern 5
Black Tern 3
Mourning Dove 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 6
Horned Lark 4
Tree Swallow 7
Barn Swallow 2
Sedge Wren 4
Marsh Wren 8
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 5
European Starling 2
Yellow Warbler 16
Common Yellowthroat 5
Savannah Sparrow X
Song Sparrow 23
Swamp Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Bobolink 9
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle 13
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 3

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/