TRUMPETER SWANS
One of the AVA members spotted a large # of Trumpeter Swans. The latest # of Trumpeters is now a whopping 283. That is a record for us.
This is a picture taken approx. 1/15/12 by Matt Hedgwood just below Cooke Dam on the AuSable River. 
SNOWY OWLS REPORTS
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 Tawas Point SP Iosco Co - THE FIRST SIGHTING OF (2) TWO Snowy Owls 40 yards apart on the beach.
Peggy Allen’s photos she sent taken @ Tawas Point
SINCE that time as many as 6 have been sighted at one time. They are STILL PRESENT.
FYI: Here is a link of a map of all the birds that Jesse Ellis in Wisconsin & Skye Hass have compiled so far. Pretty amazing stuff. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=204094329457575509162.0004b268568ba73710764&msa=0&ll=45.752193%2C-92.021484&spn=10.164185%2C23.269043
BALD EAGLE
Check out recent Bald Eagle pix taken by Roger Ericksson @ Tawas Point. Go to www.saginawbaybirding.org
RED CROSSBILL
Matt Hegwood spotted one in Tawas near the Nordic Track store.
