Tawas Birdwatching and Nature Observation

Tawas Birds & Nature

Bird & Nature Observation
    Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area
    Iargo Springs
    Kirtland's Warbler

TAWAS POINT STATE PARK: Bird Watcher's Paradise
During the annual migrations, Tawas Point State Park is one of the hottest birding spots in the Midwest. Tawas Point collects migrants moving along the coastline and concentrates them at the tip, where suddenly the confused birds discover an “end to the earth”. An amazing 301 species have been observed at the park. Spectacular transient shorebirds, gulls, waterfowl, songbirds, hawks, falcons, owls, and eagles attract birders from throughout North America during the spring and fall migrations.
During those seasons, Tawas Point State Park is a sanctuary for wild birds and the human spirit.

To learn more about birding in the Saginaw Bay area, and for information and locations of current bird sightings, visit Joe Soehnel's website .....

Bruce Bowman has assembled a check list of birds that have been sighted at Tawas Point ......

May 17, 2007 - Barn Owl at Tawas Point
Words cannot describe the excitement of seeing the first Barn Owl that has been documented in the Saginaw Bay area since the last sighting at Shiawassee NWR in July of 1978. At 8:15 A.M. my friends and I first observed the bird in flight ... an unusually slow wing beat with wings stretching far forward, the tips twisting and cupping to form a scoop to collect precious air. The flight was so slow that I expected the bird to suddenly drop vertically and belly flop to the ground. Later in the afternoon the owl took roost in a stand of pine trees, allowing us to admire and study it. That is where I took this photo. This Barn Owl was the 301st bird species to be documented at Tawas Point State Park. The last known nesting of Barn Owls in Michigan was in 1979 in Monroe.
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