Here are some of the sparrows I saw last Friday while driving back from Ipswich. http://dansphotos.servehttp.com/birds/v/New-Photos/Savannah+Sparrow+2.jpg.html...
If folks are planning ahead, the SDOU Fall Meeting in Pierre is scheduled for October 20-22, at the Ramkota Convention Center. Doug Backlund S. D. Dept. of...
doug.backlund@...
May 1, 2006 6:34 pm
2002
I should inform SD birders that in my travels last month, I ran into Dr. Jake Faust and his wife at the Carrizo Canyon Picnic Grounds w/my tour group in ...
foodrev@...
May 1, 2006 8:16 pm
2003
Anne Faust is actually quite a famous bird artist. check her out at: http://www.natureartists.com/anne_faust.asp dan ... -- Dan or Erika Tallman ...
Yesterday at Sandcreek we found Com. goldereye, Blue W. Teal, Mallard, Hairy Woodpecker, Song Spar.,and Myrtle Warbler. A Drive to see local Res. which are...
Jean
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May 2, 2006 1:37 am
2005
May 1: After a windy morning the day turned calm and idylic, and near noon I raced over on my bicycle to the Folsom (Lower Spring Creek) School section. I...
m. melius
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May 2, 2006 2:33 am
2006
Among birds observed at Canyon Lake from April 28-May 2 were the following species: Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Redhead Osprey Willet...
Jocelyn Baker
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May 2, 2006 6:25 pm
2007
This year the Prairie Hills Audubon Society is sponsoring spring birdwatching walks in the Jackson Park area of Rapid City. The primary purpose of these...
m. melius
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May 2, 2006 8:51 pm
2008
We started banding this morning but it was slow. Lots of yellow-rumps, a few orange-crowns, high in the trees and one early least flycatcher. We saw two ...
Doug Backlund
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May 2, 2006 10:36 pm
2009
A flock of 100+ Franklin Gulls flew low over I229 in East Sioux Falls, heading north, this afternoon. The E. Phoebe is in the nest at Leif Ericson Camp, for...
mick
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May 3, 2006 1:34 am
2010
One of the events we look forward to the most each spring is when the sparrows migrate through our yard in Aberdeen. Well, they have arrived! The only...
Brian Kringen
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May 3, 2006 2:19 am
2011
I went by Atkins Slough by Tea this evening, and came across three American Bitterns in flooded ditches near the slough. One was hidden pretty well, but the...
Despite the wind, I banded at Sand Lake for a few hours this morning and caught two White-throated Sparrows. I saw an apparent pair of Horned Grebes--which...
First of the year (at the E. Sioux Falls feeder complex) today were a Ruby Crowned Kinglet, Lincoln's Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, a Swainson's Thrush and a...
mick
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May 4, 2006 3:35 am
2014
I went for a walk out on La Framboise Island in Pierre this morning and came across what I can only describe as a jogging turkey. I had been walking for about...
The dates for the West River Migration Count (WRMC) will be May 11-15, 2006. The extended time period will allow participants to canvas more than one county...
While driving to Sylvan Lake and hiking the Harney Peak Trail (Black Hills National Forest/Custer State Park) today, May 4, I observed and/or heard the ...
Jocelyn Baker
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May 5, 2006 5:30 am
2017
On Wed. 5/3 my foy house wren was heard and spotted in the backyard, SW of Rapid City. Had my foy spotted towhee and chipping sparrow in the yard earlier in...
Clawges, Rick M.
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May 5, 2006 2:13 pm
2018
I've noticed sparrow numbers building during my field trips and at my feeders. Yesterday morning I had White-throated, white-crowned, Lincoln's,...
Hello, On the corner of 244th St. and 483rd Avenue (10 miles east of Dell Rapids, SD), we have been seeing Gray Partridge covies most morning while driving by...
I heard a Northern Bobwhite at sunrise, May 5, along Rapid Creek near the "Star of the West" sports fields. It was just north of the humane society building....
m. melius
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May 5, 2006 3:38 pm
2021
With migration in full swing, it's a good time to recommit to doing your part to protect birds in your yard. Audubon encourages everyone to help migrant and...
I saw my first of the year yellow warbler this morning in my Belle Fourche garden. He was bathing in our pond. I would have thought it was a little cold for...
Rick Rothermel
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May 5, 2006 8:49 pm
2023
The SFBC is doing a field trip Saturday to some warbler and shore bird areas around the county. If you wish to join us, we are meeting at the Outdoor Campus...
mick
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May 5, 2006 11:36 pm
2024
Eileen and the Farm Island banders saw a male Black-throated Blue Warbler and a male Western Tanager today at Farm Island. Both were in the vicinity of the...
Doug Backlund
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May 6, 2006 1:05 am
2025
I took the whole week off to do landscaping around our house, but took today to go birding most of the day. I started at the Outdoor Campus in Sioux Falls,...
The BTB Warbler was still at farm Island today. Also saw Blackpoll,OC Warbler, YR Warbler, Common Yellowthroat & Yellow Warbler. I saw a Gray-cheecked Thrush...
This morning (5/6/06) I went to Union Grove State Park in search of migrant songbirds. Instead I found a hunting dog Field Trial. Several times between 9 and...
Yesterday (Friday, 5/5) I stopped at Hartford Beach hoping to find a good variety warblers but found only yellow-rumped warblers. I did get an osprey, a...
Mark Otnes
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May 6, 2006 6:30 pm
2029
Members of the SFBC went on a field trip from Sioux Falls south to Newton Hills State Park. 73 species were seen. Bird of the day was a beautiful Blue-gray...