Erika and I took a pleasant New Year's Day stroll at Richmond Lake SRA (near Aberdeen). Ended up with a list with 15 species. Highlights included at least 4...
Finally!, after four years with few, if any, Pine Siskins, they arrived at exactly the feeder's prime feeding time (11:00), at the NWF Backyard Wildlife...
mick
zerrm@...
Jan 3, 2006 12:45 am
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I had a very good day today thank to Dan's posting yesterday. The only thing he did not mention is the 6 or 7 Townsend's Solitaire that were there. ...
I thought you all might enjoy this sad but interesting report from Seward, Alaska. We still have a home in Alaska and are on the Alaska list-serve: "On...
I bumbed into Dan Streifel at Richmond Lake SRA this afternoon. He pointed me towards a Townsend's Solitaire. Can't compete with his lovely recent photos, so...
Kristel Bakker of Dakota State University drafted a document titled "South Dakota All Bird Conservation Plan" under contract with SDGFP. I now have hard...
eileen.dowdstukel@...
Jan 4, 2006 10:59 pm
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The count was held on Dec.18th with a 10 degree minus temp. out of town. 14 people and 2 feeder watchers took 28.5 hours and 209.50 miles plus 1.75 hours...
Jean
jgwindsong@...
Jan 4, 2006 11:36 pm
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I saw a White-crowned Sparrow today, 5 January 2006, in northern Brown Co. along highway 10. The bird flew up fromt the roadside and perched in some ...
Many of us birders combine birding with other related interests and sciences. The glacial lake environment of eastern South Dakota is familiar to us. Some of...
mick
zerrm@...
Jan 7, 2006 5:15 am
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New SFBC President Doug Chapman just called and mentioned that he saw the Rufus Red-tail Hawk near Leif Ericson today. At the 11:00 arriving time at the...
mick
zerrm@...
Jan 7, 2006 9:32 pm
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Charlie and I found one adult gyrfalcon today, ~15 miles south of Fort Pierre. I put a photo of it on my gyrfalcon page: ...
Doug Backlund
dougback@...
Jan 8, 2006 2:55 am
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I took what will probably be my last Pierre trip this weekend, leaving mid-day Friday and coming back tonight. Very disappointing until this afternoon, as I...
The Black & White-winged Scoter were still present today. Also a Tundra Swan was up in a bay on Oahe Dam. I saw a Glaucous Gull off Marions Gardens Point...
A friend and I will be in the Pierre area at the end of this week with the main goal of seeing a Gyrfalcon. The listserve has many posts regarding gyr...
A couple of SFBC members went out east of Sioux Falls a few miles on Sunday before the snow hit, and found 20 species, including the following: a.. At...
mick
zerrm@...
Jan 8, 2006 10:10 pm
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Hello birders, I saw a flock of about 20 wintering mourning doves near Beaver Creek yesterday. Mark Schmidtbauer Sioux Falls ...
We observed about 15 gray-crowned rosy finches near the summit of Bear Butte in Meade Co. on Saturday. It was a very warm calm day with great views all around....
Clawges, Rick M.
Rick.Clawges@...
Jan 9, 2006 2:50 pm
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That reminds me! Last week my winter ecology class and I got great looks at a Merlin perching above the river between Tuthill park and Leif Erickson camp. We...
The NHBC has a trip planned to Pierre this Saturday Jan 14. Part of us plan to stay at the Pierre Super 8 (605-224-1617) and will meet for dinner at ...
Canyon Lake (Rapid City) is 100% open water, due to recent mild weather. Among the waterfowl today, January 9, were the following species: Redhead, ...
Jocelyn Baker
osprey@...
Jan 9, 2006 11:26 pm
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Last week I saw a flock of doves on top of the corn pile near the elevator in Volga, SD - so I turned around to check them out - there were 13 Eurasian...
Calling all List Keepers ... it is the time of year for you to send me your updated list totals (life and/or annual) for South Dakota. A form for reporting...
Palmer, Jeff
Jeff.Palmer@...
Jan 10, 2006 5:05 pm
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Yes I finally saw one. This one was 4 miles South and 2 miles west of Craven Corner. That's near Pembrook Colony. ...
Might I ask where Beaver Creek is located? Can't make the trip this weekend but hopefully the 21st. Any in-depth directions for finding the areas for the...
... It would be useful if this information about places to look and directions was posted on the list serve since other folks might be interested :-) Rick...
Rick
FHolbrook@...
Jan 11, 2006 1:24 am
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A reminder that the new South Dakota license plates for organizations should be available in a few weeks. Since everyone must get new plates, this is a good...
mick
zerrm@...
Jan 11, 2006 3:19 am
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Pennington County's association license plates probably will not be available until the end of January (per a clerk's statement yesterday). The decals are...
Jocelyn Baker
osprey@...
Jan 11, 2006 7:16 pm
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Those who asked for a tape of Charlie Trautwein's talk, Sunday at 2 o'clock at Augustana Gilbert Science Center, on the glacial lakes will have to see him in...
mick
zerrm@...
Jan 12, 2006 12:15 am
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Ricky Olson treated me to a delightful morning of raptors in the Pierre area. Here are two of the more interesting photos of the day: ...
