Stinchfield Woods is located in northwestern Washtenaw County in Michigan's lower peninsula about 20 miles northwest of Ann Arbor. The Woods features 777 acres of conifer plantations and stands of native hardwoods, mostly oaks and hickories, and is managed by the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources.

For a decade, volunteers have participated in the Stinchfield Woods Breeding Birds Survey by counting birds heard and seen on a Saturday morning in early June. The count typically yields species from Michigan's north such as Pine and Black-throated Green Warblers, Blue-headed Vireos, and Red-breasted Nuthatches.

Year 2003's count took place on Saturday, June 14, 2003. Seventeen birders divided into five groups and found 58 species, 871 individuals. This is a record number of individuals that far surpasses the 1995 high of 846. Susan Kielb established a first -- a county nesting record for Blue-headed Vireo. For eleven years (1993 to 2003), the count has averaged 59 species and 756 individuals.

Consult the table below for species heard and seen from 1998 to 2003. The table will grow in the years to come. An issue of Michigan Birding and Natural History gives a five-year summary and interpretation of the count by two longtime volunteers, J. Latham Claflin and John M. Swales.
Species #03 #02 #01 #00 #99 #98
Canada Goose
0
35
0
0
0
0
Sandhill Crane
0
3
2
0
0
0
Great Blue Heron
2
1
1
0
0
0
Turkey Vulture
12
7
14
9
4
6
Cooper's Hawk
2
6
3
0
1
2
Broad-winged Hawk
2
1
1
0
2
1
Red-Tailed Hawk
0
2
2
0
1
1
Ring-billed Gull
0
1
0
0
0
0
Roughed Grouse
0
0
0
0
1
0
Wild Turkey
0
0
1
0
2
2
Killdeer
0
1
0
1
0
0
Mourning Dove
6
8
5
1
18
9
Black-billed Cuckoo
0
0
1
1
0
0
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1
0
3
1
1
1
Great Horned Owl
0
0
0
0
1
0
Chimney Swift
3
3
4
3
0
2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
5
4
3
1
3
2
Rigng-necked Pheasant
1
0
0
0
0
0
Red-bellied Woodpecker
28
10
15
7
11
4
Downy Woodpecker
4
0
3
10
5
3
Hairy Woodpecker
3
6
2
0
2
0
Northern Flicker
0
1
0
2
1
5
Eastern Wood Pewee
44
48
36
30
30
32
Acadian Flycatcher
0
2
2
2
1
8
Willow Flycatcher
0
1
0
0
0
0
Least Flycatcher
0
0
1
0
0
0
Great Crested Flycatcher
12
10
7
6
15
6
Eastern Phoebe
0
1
2
0
0
0
Olive-sided Flycatcher
0
0
0
0
1
0
Eastern Kingbird
1
0
0
1
0
0
Tree Swallow
2
4
1
0
1
0
Barn Swallow
3
0
1
2
1
10
Purple Martin
4
2
2
0
1
1
Belted Kingfisher
1
0
0
0
0
1
Mallard
0
1
0
0
1
0
Wood Duck
0
0
0
0
1
0
Blue Jay
53
63
38
41
59
49
American Crow
41
48
53
55
37
45
Black-capped Chickadee
80*
89*
75*
45
73
81*
Tufted Titmouse
33
22
21
13
21
29
Red-breasted Nuthatch
11
8
10
20
18
12
White-breasted Nuthatch
6
12
12
8
15
5
Brown Creeper
14
2
5
3
5
3
Species #03 #02 #01 #00 #99 #98
Golden-crowned Kinglet
11
3
2
11
3
18
Blue-grey gnatcatcher
5
1
3
1
3
4
Eastern Bluebird
0
1
0
1
0
0
Veery
0
0
0
0
0
2
Wood Thrush
16
13
5
4
6
6
American Robin
7
8
10
16
17
20
Gray Catbird
9
9
5
6
5
4
Cedar Waxwing
22
17
26
45
14
24
European Starling
4
2
2
0
0
0
Blue-headed Vireo
3
2
0
0
1
1
Yellow-throated Vireo
6
2
3
0
3
3
Warbling Vireo
0
1
0
0
0
1
Red-eyed Vireo
47
41
36
25
30
19
Blue-winged Warbler
2
6
3
6
3
1
Yellow Warbler
5
2
1
2
1
4
Chestnut-sided Warbler
1
0
0
0
0
0
Balck-throated Green Warbler
12
16
16
7
13
11
American Redstart
0
0
0
0
0
1
Pine Warbler
31
23
24
15
19
22
Ovenbird
63
57
67
*62
54
53
Common Yellowthroat
3
5
4
0
1
3
Hooded Warbler
1
0
2
3
6
2
Yellow-rumped Warbler
0
0
0
1
1
3
Prairie Warbler
0
0
0
0
0
1
Scarlet Tanager
23
8
24
18
13
12
Northern Cardinal
48
47
30
52
57
39
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1
1
0
0
3
0
Indigo Bunting
34
20
28
31
27
26
Eastern Towhee
6
7
9
10
6
8
Chipping Sparrow
45
38
44
53
74*
71
Field Sparrow
4
2
7
7
4
5
Song Sparrow
2
8
6
9
8
5
Red-winged Blackbird
11
6
7
6
2
2
Common Grackle
2
2
2
1
1
3
Brown-headed Cowbird
22
12
0
4
18
12
Northern Oriole
1
0
0
1
2
0
House Finch
4
0
1
0
2
4
American Goldfinch
46
44
43
55
39
43
White-throated Sparrow
0
0
1
0
0
0
Total Species
58
61
58
49
61
58
Total Individuals 871
806
738
717
769
753
*Highest number of species in the count for the year. 
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