Birders, I found a Canada Warbler this morning on my land near Brandon. It is the first fall Warbler that I have seen. Mark Schmidtbauer Sioux Falls...
This morning's trip to Dewey Gevik Conservation Area found three other Sioux Falls Birders enjoying the blind. No wind and pleasant temps were a rare...
mick
zerrm@...
Aug 25, 2008 1:14 am
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Surprise visitor to ground birdbath Sunday morning was an ovenbird. Never had one visit yard before, quite a treat. Also seen was young brown thrasher,...
A Rufous Hummingbird briefly visited a hummer feeder in my yard in Chapel Valley, Rapid City this early morning. Reports are indicating that Rufous ...
Jocelyn Baker
osprey@...
Aug 25, 2008 4:46 pm
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DOUG BACKLUND CALLED ME YESTERDAY ABOUT A TUNDRA SWAN HE FOUND ON THE RIVER SOUTH OF ECHO POINT. AFTER VIEWING IT WITH DOUG, KRIS DOZARK ARRIVED AND STATED IT...
I had rufous subadult male at feeder and in flowers Aug 13-16. The ones coming in now, usually early morning and early evening before sundown are ruby-throats....
I am finally seeing a few butterflies, but very low numbers. I see this is as a trend this year as I monitor several listserves and several states have...
I am seeing signs of migration, swallows flycatchers, etc. There has been several hundred Franklin's Gulls, many Ring-billed Gulls, and a few California Gulls...
Ricky, I've just seen one monarch above my patch of butterfly weed. Last year we had 17 monarch caterpillars with 1/2 the leaves eaten at this time. Not a...
NHBC Meeting - Thursday, September 4 The Northern Hills Bird Club will have a picnic meeting on Thursday, September 4 at 6:00 PM at Woodle Park in Sturgis....
Here in NE Custer Co we've got plenty of grasshoppers, crickets, flies, miller moths, even mosquitoes for awhile. Butterflies I don't monitor too closely, so...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Aug 26, 2008 6:49 pm
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Hi, everyone, I wrote before my trip asking for persons who'd help me find some of my "missing species," but I had answers upon my return. The trip on the...
Lowell Anderson
prlowell@...
Aug 26, 2008 7:34 pm
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We live on an acreage east of Dell Rapids south Dakota. We have been seeing monarchs but that's about all as far as butterflies. I have seen maybe one or two...
Has any read anything lately relating to birds in general/migratory birds and their accidents with electrical windmills? [Non-text portions of this message...
Charles
cjpatter@...
Aug 26, 2008 10:53 pm
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Some readers may remember a post I made last year at this time, about a young Brown Thrasher killed and eaten by a Sharp-shinned Hawk in my yard. The thrasher...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Aug 27, 2008 4:07 pm
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Just in case some who missed "our bird" in MItchell last year have not heard, there is a Swallow-tailed Kite on Rte. 60 WSW of Mankato MN. Go to the MOU site...
Today (August 28) while hiking near Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park (Custer County) I observed Red-naped Sapsucker and Gray Jays. Clark's Nutcrackers were...
Jocelyn Baker
osprey@...
Aug 29, 2008 4:14 am
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Finally, during a late summer with no hummingbirds (highly unusual for Hanna) a male calliope hummer visited my yard. It hurriedly moved from feeder to...
I saw several Swainson's Thrush today. I also observed a Herring Gull among the many-many Franklin's Gulls. There are also quite a few Ring-billed Gulls and...
This morning there was a Whimbrel with 4 Black-bellied Plovers on the sandbar below Fisherman's Point. I also had a small wave of warbler's in my yayrd this AM...
I just had a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE flyby in Aberdeen, SD. I first saw the bird over the NSU campus and in quickly made its way to the NE (it's very windy today)....
I found a young N. Mockingbird around noon today, at Dinosaur Park on Skyline Drive. It was at the north end of the park. There was also a small flock of...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Sep 1, 2008 7:26 pm
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Hi all, The fall SDOU meeting is coming up October 10-12 in Pierre, so it is time to start arranging the program of talks for the morning and afternoon paper...
Swanson, David
David.Swanson@...
Sep 2, 2008 3:06 pm
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While driving down the street near the Ft Pierre Post Office a bird dove down and plucked a insect out of the air right in front and above my windshield....
Sorry for late post but server has been out till now. Saturday had a migration go over warren Peak. Had 2 Red-tails and 5 Swainson's Hawks on way over the...
Jean
jgwindsong@...
Sep 3, 2008 4:06 pm
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Labor day weekend trip to Sand Lake area. Few migrants to see. New birding area, Erickson GPA at the intersection of SD10 and Brown County 14 six miles west of...
mick
zerrm@...
Sep 4, 2008 12:08 am
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Hi, The September 08 Issue of Bird Notes is at the printer. Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD...
For those who collected data for the SD Breeding Bird Atlas this past summer, we ask that you write down your hours on the Volunteer Hours Form and send the...
Just a reminder for those who haven't already done so - I would appreciate receiving your Breeding Bird Atlas data by the middle of this month so I have time...
Today I had to go to Buffalo Ridge (near Hartford SD) to pick up some buffalo meat before the rains came, so I stopped by the Dewey Gevik area on the way. Glad...
