Beautiful sunny summer day, yard busy with birdlife. House wren still singing, (beginning before sunrise till sundown), second nesting in progress, ...
Hi SD Birders: I went to graduate school at SIU Carbondale and among others, my lifer Henslow's Sparrow was from just southeast of there. I check the Illinois...
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Jul 2, 2005 12:28 am
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I went to Arrowhead Park, E. of Sioux Falls, today because i had 15 spare minutes. Was happy to see one Snow Goose and one Cackling goose still there. It...
If you are in the Sioux Falls area, and want to see Green Herons, probably nesting, check the retaining pond on the west side of the Empire Mall (next to the...
mick
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Jul 2, 2005 2:06 am
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Went out today and had a 40 species day, including the Western and Eared Grebes at Goose Lake, and nesting American Avocets there as well as on Codington...
Erland & Sandy Carlson
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Jul 2, 2005 7:27 am
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Drove around Sand Lake today and got a few pictures I'd like to share. http://dansphotos.servehttp.com/birdgallery/New-Photos/Willet ...
Went out today and had a 40 species day, including the Western and Eared Grebe nesting site at Goose Lake, and nesting American Avocets there as well as on...
Erland & Sandy Carlson
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Jul 2, 2005 8:09 am
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I had Erland send me the image and I enjoyed the nice picture he took of a Clay-colored Sparrow. Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD [Non-text portions of this...
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Jul 2, 2005 4:51 pm
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Last weekend we counted nests at two of the largest egret colonies, both in Codington Co. Blythe Slough island had 813 egret nests (298 great egret, 140 snowy...
The Northern Hills Bird Club will conduct a field trip at The Nature Conservancy's Whitney Preserve on Saturday, July 9. Participants will meet at 8:00AM at...
Saturday, July 2, some of our fine members went to Blue Mound State Park just across the Minn. border. Findings include 35 species of birds and 7 species of...
mick
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Jul 3, 2005 5:06 am
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This might be the last time I"ll bother you this weekend. These are still from my Sand Lake trip. ...
Yes, I am still alive & birding. I went out in a boat on Oahe Saturday. I checked 3 Islands down from Spring Creek. One Island had over 100 Adult California...
Ricky D Olson
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Jul 4, 2005 1:26 pm
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Hello All...July 3rd, Jocie Baker and I went into the grasslands west of Newcastle, Wyoming for the Mountain Plover and McCown's Longspurs that Doug Chapman...
Today I felt the need to satisfy my burrowing owl craving. I got to my favorite prairie dog colony just west (I think) of the Fort Pierre National Grasslands...
This would be an excellent time for you to enter the first half of your Summer Season Report into the on-line database. Although you may certainly enter as...
Palmer, Jeff
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Jul 5, 2005 3:32 pm
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Greetings birding folks. This Saturday, July 9, the SFBC is going to have its scheduled field adventure. This time, however, we will break down into two...
mick
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Jul 6, 2005 3:30 am
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Here's a GREAT BIG thank you to Jennifer Fowler and Doug Chapman for volunteering to take the picture and identify the Clay -Colored Sparrow. (Yes, I was using...
Erland & Sandy Carlson
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Jul 6, 2005 3:49 am
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An interesting story (link below). Don't know about the rest of you, but it's not just issues of national security that get people interested in what you're...
This article is from a few days ago from the Sioux Falls ARGUS LEADER, South Dakota's largest newspaper. It was sent to me by Paul Baicich, a friend in...
You might like to learn some of the details of darker times for waterbird supporters and a centennial anniversary which may otherwise go unnoticed: 100 years...
Yesterday, (July 6) while conducting butterfly surveys in Marshall Co. South Dakota we observed an unusual number of Turkey Vultures near North Red Iron Lake....
Dennis&Lori Skadsen
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Jul 7, 2005 10:52 pm
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Turkey Vultures have also been present in Aberdeen this summer. I almost NEVER see them in summer. dan ... -- Dan or Erika Tallman danerika@... Box 740,...
Went north for a few days in Aberdeen. Saw 50+ species. The following location tally: North Dakota Street wetlands( 2 miles north of Aberdeen), and Proud WPA...
mick
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Jul 8, 2005 10:54 pm
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Hello All, Today, July 9, 2005, the Sioux Falls Bird Club tried something new. We added a July trip to our schedule last October and today decided to split ...
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Jul 9, 2005 6:46 pm
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We’ve mostly been in the office, entering data and sitting in front of the fan. However, we went to Sand Lake on Thursday. Wildly-flucuating water levels at...
The Northern Hills Bird Club will conduct a field trip in the Black Hills on Saturday, July 16. Participants will meet at 7:30 AM at the First Gold Hotel, 270...
Tis the season...last night at dusk, three male Rufous Hummingbirds were feeding at the same time! This is their first appearance to my house this summer....
Hi, Just in case the information got lost in the full trip list, I want to report that the Henslow's Sparrow first sighted June 14 at the intersection of ...
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Jul 10, 2005 2:17 pm
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I'd better get these pictures up before I have more computer problems. These are from Sica Hollow on Friday. ...
